Toho Gakuen School of Music

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Toho Gakuen School of Music
TypePrivate
Established1948
PresidentTsuyoshi Tsutsumi
PrincipalKoichiro Harada
Location
Chōfu, Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusUrban
Websitehttp://www.tohomusic.ac.jp/

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

History

Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan (Tokyo) as a music school for children, and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior College and in 1961 the Junior College becomes the Toho Gakuen College Music Department.[3] 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]

Studies

Through its high school, college and graduate school, Toho Gakuen offers studies from preparatory diplomas to master degrees in all orchestral instruments, piano, composition, conducting and musicology.[4]

Notable staff members

Notable alumni

References

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  12. ^ "Biography". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Nobuco Imai". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Profile (in japanese)". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  15. ^ "CV". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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  17. ^ "Hong-Jae Kim". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  18. ^ "Biography".
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  20. ^ "Profile". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  21. ^ "Reflections". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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  24. ^ "Yuji Takahashi". Retrieved 17 August 2009.

External links

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