Performed in the National Concert Hall for the first time during the grand opening of the National Theater & Concert Hall.

Went on the first overseas tour at the invitation of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS). Attended the PAS Convention in the US and performed at 5 renowned universities.

Performed its first musical theater, “Four Seasons of Taiwan,” at the National Theater Hall.

Invited the top 3 drummers from mainland China: An Zhishun, Lee Zhengui, and Lee Minxiong to establish the first professional “traditional percussion center” across the Taiwan Strait.

Performed at the Lincoln Center Out-Of-Door festival in New York, Inroads/Asia at UCLA in Los Angeles, and Twin Oaks in Washington D.C. in the US.

Founded the amateur Juvenile Percussion Ensemble, composed of students aged 10 to 18. Concerts were held every year regularly, and it has become the largest musical club in Taiwan. Attended the PAS Convention in the US again. JPG’s Founder and Artistic Director Ju Tzong-ching was presented the National Award for Arts.

Attended the Budapest Spring Festival in Budapest, Hungary and performed with the Amadinda Percussion Group. Hosted the 4th TIPC. Performed at the Beijing Music Festival in Beijing, China.

Performed at the Lincoln Center Out-Of-Door festival in New York, and the 39th Huntington Summer Festival in Long Island, New York in the US. Performed at the China Arts Festival in Hangzhou, China.

Performed at the opening of the National Theater for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Hosted the 6th TIPC. Performed at the Festival Vancouver in Vancouver, Canada.

Celebrated the JPG’s 25th anniversary. Toured New Delhi and Mumbai in India at the invitation of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hosted the 7th TIPC.

Performed “BoUnCe, Taiwan” with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) as one of the few examples of percussion music plus symphony. Hosted the 8th TIPC with the largest number of performances ever. Toured Europe. In addition to performing at the Bruckner Festival in Linz, Austria and the Budapest Spring Festival in Budapest, Hungary, the JPG also performed at the Vienna Concert Hall in the music capital of the world. Established the JUT Percussion Group, composed of teachers of the Juvenile Percussion Ensemble, so that the students and teachers could grow together and learn from one another.

Hosted the concert “The Joy of Music Making” to show Taiwan’s profound craftsmanship in making musical instruments. Performed with mainland China’s two major symphony orchestras—the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra the two ensembles’ host cities with percussion concertos.

Participated in the TIFA hosted by the NTCH again and performed “Our Percussion Music”, marking the first chapter of the trilogy for commissioned works. Hosted the 9th TIPC and the first Taiwan International Percussion Convention Competition (TIPC Competition). Invited to the Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Moscow, Russia and performed the percussion theater “MuLan”.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the JPG canceled the performance in the first and second quarter and other important activities, including the Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp (TIPSC), which was unprecedented over the past 3 decades. JPG’s Founder and Artistic Director Ju Tzong-ching was presented the National Culture Award of the ROC (Taiwan).