Toho Gakuen School of Music

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Toho Gakuen School of Music
桐朋学園大学
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TypePrivate
Established1948
President Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Principal Ikuo Oshima
Location
Chōfu, Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusUrban
Website www.tohomusic.ac.jp
Toho Gakuen School of Music

Toho Gakuen School of Music (桐朋学園大学, Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku) is a private music school in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2]

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History

Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Ichigaya (Tokyo) as the Music School for Children, [3] and two years later moved to Sengawa (current address at Wakabacyo, Chōfu-shi, Tokyo) and opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. Nov.1954 moved to Sengawa (Wakabacyo, Chōfu-shi, Tokyo). 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior College and in 1961 the Junior College becomes the Toho Gakuen College Music Department. [4] The College of Music was a pioneer in offering university-level degrees in music in Japan. In 1995 the Toho Orchestra Academy was established in Toyama and in 1999 opened the Toho Gakuen Graduate School, which offers postgraduate degrees. [1]

Courses

Through its high school, college and graduate school, Toho Gakuen offers courses from preparatory diplomas to master's degrees in all orchestral instruments, piano, composition, conducting and musicology. [5]

Notable staff members

Notable alumni

References

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  2. ↑ "Toho Gakuen School of Music". Japan Cultural Profiles Project:Cultural Profile. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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  10. ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Persons related to Chopin". Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Berliner Philharmoniker:Musicians:Tōru Yasunaga" . Retrieved 21 July 2009.[ dead link ]
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Full 2009-1010 Biography" . Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "Biography" . Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  15. ↑ "Nobuco Imai". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Profile (in japanese)". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  17. ↑ "CV" . Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "David Currie, School of Music" . Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  19. ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06.
  20. ↑ "KOKIA - CDJournal" アーティスト・プローフィル (in Japanese). CDJournal. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Profile". Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  22. ↑ "Reflections". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  23. ↑ "Eiji Oue, bio" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  24. ↑ "Heiichiro Ohyama, Music Director and Conductor". Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  25. ↑ "Yuji Takahashi" . Retrieved 17 August 2009.

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