The Ju Percussion Group
2004 US Tour
The JU PERCUSSION GROUP (JPG), the first professional percussion ensemble in Taiwan, was founded in 1986 by Tzong-Ching Ju. All members from the Ju possess great skills in playing Western percussion instruments, traditional Chinese and other instruments of Asian music.
The JPG has a wide range of repertoire, standard western classics, arrangement of Taiwanese folk tunes and children songs. The Group is a
lso devoted in commissioning of contemporary music. Highlights of their commission projects including “Stiucgeua” by James Wood with the Amadinda Percussion Group at the Budapest Spring Festival in 2002, “Les douze Lunes du serpent” with the Les Percussions de Strasbourg (France) in 2001 and among others. The Group has toured extensively in countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea, France, Sweden, Hungry, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Holland.
The JPG has released 15 highly acclaimed recordings and two of which were awarded the Golden Tripod Award, an equivalent to the Grammy’s in Taiwan.
