Why would a drum band end up in a sugar refinery that’s about to be abandoned? What kind of magic is it that the same drummers who were so idle during the pandemic, are suddenly so eager to get back on stage? Twelve years ago, during Ten Drum Art Percussion Group’s first time in Canada, they got to experience cold like Taiwan has never experienced before, and yet, they still experienced the same warmth in the people. The children who played on stage have grown up now, and the past members have evolved into instructors, backstage crew, and planning management. Listen to a behind the scenes account of the group’s adventures with drumming and how they used drums to relieve pressure that had built up from the pandemic!

“To create Taiwan’s local culture and promote the art of drumming” is Ten Drum Art Percussion Group’s goal. “Ten” signifies the overlapping of drumsticks, and the collection of energy in the ten directions to converge the power of unity. Taiwan’s drumming has never really had its own roots over these thousands of years. Ten Drum Art Percussion Group uses the culture, folklore, history and scenery of Taiwan as its theme. They combine diverse drumming elements to develop the essence of Taiwan’s drumming culture. The “Ten Drum Cultural Village”was established in 2007 to revitalize the declining sugar manufacturing industry with the power of culture, with the hope of reversing the original impression of percussion and multiplying local cultural values through drum music.