TaikoMix was formed in 2005 by graduating members of the collegiate taiko ensemble UC Riverside Senryu Taiko in response to a specific need for Asian and Asian American community representation of traditional and cultural arts in the Inland Empire region. TaikoMix operates a community performing ensemble, TaikoMix, that is based in Riverside and open to all who wish to study taiko. The community performing ensemble has been practicing together weekly for over fifteen years.

In 2015, under the TaikoMix organization, the professional performing ensemble The Wagaku Collective was formed. The Wagaku Collective is an ensemble of musicians who are classically trained on traditional Japanese musical instruments: Okinawan sanshin, shakuhachi, shinobue, Tsugaru shamisen, and taiko. The Wagaku Collective’s purpose is to share Japanese tradition and culture through public performances and educational activities centered on Japanese minyo (folk) music.