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Ju Percussion Group

by Bella from Tainan

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1. Introduction:
Ju’s Percussion Group is the first professional percussion group in Taiwan. Founded in 1986, they had set a goal to bring Taiwanese people into the palace of music, and further introduce Taiwan’s art to the world. Their first appearance abroad is in 1990 and they received a wonderful response. They also try to spread the musical education by setting up Ju Percussion Music School, and welcome those who want to enjoy music as they do to join and learn. There have been already 27 teaching centers around Taiwan, and they even expand their teaching overseas to Australia and China. Innovation with a strong sense mission has led them to become an excellent group.

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2. About their Performing experiences
With the spirit of moving on, they have performed in over 24 countries and 4 continents around the world. They have performed in Paris, France - Paris, Quartier D'ete, Budapest Spring Festival, Nihon bankoku hakuran-kaiand Twin Oaks in America. They wanted to share the Taiwanese touching rhythm throughout the world. Through all these performances, they have also played a good role in diplomacy. For example, according to the China times, they were the first Taiwanese group officially invited to perform in India. With performance lists such as Indian famous songs from movie Slumdog Millionaire and Taiwanese aboriginal songs, they were highly praised by audience in India. They are also famous in their ever-changing style including the western and eastern percussion, combined with the daily ingredients and their artistic movements. The have been commissioned to create tracks for more than 155 songs. Currently, they are trying to create a musical drama called Mulan. With strong support of their fans and a deep sense of responsibility, they will keep working hard and do their best to present their performance.

3. Educational passion
They devoted themselves not only on the stage but also to the musical education. They try to encourage children to play the instruments by giving some classes around Taiwan. They use some beautiful and simple songs for them to ensemble. The membership ranges from 3 to 18 years old. Also, they hold a music concert yearly for those young kids to show themselves on the stage while letting their parents to know what their kids have learned.They will also create a musical for young kids every year, leading them to enjoy music through lovely dramas. They also create a cute model called 3 Bean Brothers. One is called Do Do, another called Re Re, and the other called Me Me. They have proven to be highly popular with kids. So far, there has been 110,000 kids taught by the center. By their passion, Taiwan will certainly have more and more young musicians devoted to percussion.

TIPC
TIPC

4. About Tipc
TIPC, Taiwan International Percussion Convention, was first held in 1993. So far, there have been six sessions and the seventh session in this year will start from May 22th to May 28th throughout the western Taiwan. There are three goals the Ju Percussion Group wanted to reach by holding this giant convention. First, they want to present the awesome composition on the world stage. Second, they try to welcome those famous percussion groups to Taiwan so that the Taiwanese audience can enjoy those superb perform. Third, through different country’s unique performance, they can learn and take in some special features from each other and improve the level of the whole percussion skills. This year, there are 9 groups, including the France-TaCTuS, Forum Music Emsemble, PercaDu, Ensemble 1002, Amsterdam Percussion Group, Percussion Ensemble, Seoul Percussion Ensemble, AZAGUNO, STRIKE Percussion and Hannuri Yeon-Hee Dan, invited to Taiwan. With the rich and various tunes, the audiences will definitely be stunned.

4. Conclusion: Why I chose the group as my hero
As one of the students and audience of Ju percussion group, I am truly touched by their devotion to musical education, diplomacy and the charity. When I was about 3 years old, I attended the classes in their education center. Since then, I have performed 10 times on the stage and I found that I have developed great passion for percussion and stage performance. This is all because of the hard work of Ju Percussion Group. I have seen their professional performances for three times. Every time, it gives me different feelings and sensations. What I like the most is the song called Fantasy Train which is a performance that tries to describe the train passing over the channel. It is a symbolized composition of Ju Percussion Group. In the future, I will want to learn more music skills and musical. I hope one day I can be good enough to be a member of them. And that is why I choose the Ju Percussion Group to be my hero.

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Last edited 5/21/2011 12:00:00 AM

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TIPC - TIPC official website
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