Roy Hirabayashi

Founder @San Jose Taiko

San Jose, CA, US

Co-founded of San Jose Taiko in 1973, a nonprofit performing arts company, based in San Jose Japantown. • Founding member, composer, performing member, artistic director, and executive director. • San Jose Taiko is the 3rd oldest taiko (Japanese drum) group in North America. Organized and led what began as a community based cultural activity in San Jose Japantown to grow to become an internationally known professional touring ensemble. • In July 2011 stepped down from the executive director position of the organization to pass on the leadership to the next generation of the organization through a well-planned succession process.A full curriculum vitae is available on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hirabayashi