Horn, Susan Horn

Hornbegan studying Taiko in 1986 with  Tanaka Sensei of San Francisco Taiko Dojo. A few months later, she was accepted into the world’s most famous Taiko group Kodo’s first apprenticeship program. After returning to the U.S., she continued to  study and perform with Taiko Dojo, returning  often to Japan  to study with several other world class performing groups. Eventually she began teaching and formed her own group and Dojo in Emeryville. Since the opening of Emeryville Taiko in 1998 Susan has had hundreds of students and has taught in after-school enrichment programs in Berkeley and Alameda.  In January 2012, Emeryville Taiko was invited to perform, teach and participate in a Taiko festival in Bauru, Brazil. http://www.etaiko.org/