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EDUCATION  

Doctoral Study in Violin Performance.  University of Kentucky School of Music.    1994-1997   
Graduate Assistantship with the Niles String Quartet   

Concertmaster Fellowship.  University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music.  1991-1994   

Master of Music in Violin Performance.  The Julliard School.    1991   

Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance.  Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.    1988   

PRINCIPAL TEACHERS    
Daniel Mason, University of Kentucky School of Music    1994-1997   
Tiberius Klausner, University of Missouri-Kansas City    1991-1994   
Robert Mann, The Julliard School    1988-1991   
Koichiro Harada, Tokyo National University    1984-1988   

CHAMBER MUSIC TEACHERS    
Benjamin Karp, University of Kentucky School of Music    1994-1997   
Felix Galimir, The Julliard School    1990-1991   
Lewis Kaplan, The Julliard School    1990-1991   
Members of the Julliard String Quartet    1988-1991   

MASTER CLASSES   
Elmar Oliveira, Stephanie Chase, Sylvia Rosenberg, Dorothy Delay, Aaron Rosand, Shlomo Mintz, pianist of Suk Trio, Susanne Lautenbacher, Ko and Shuku Iwasaki among others.   

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS    
 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Virginia, USA    1992   
 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival,  Schleswig-Holstein, Germany    1991   
 Banff Arts Festival, Alberta, Canada    1989   
 Kirishima International, Kyushu, Japan    1987   
 Aspen Music Festival, Colorado, USA    1986   

SCHOLARSHIPS   
Rotary Club International Scholarship    1989-1990   
The Julliard School Scholarship    1990-1991  

ORCHESTRA   
Concertmaster (John N. Knapp Chair), Cedar Rapids Symphony, Cedar Rapids, IA     1997-present   
Concertmaster (three programs), Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA    1998 & 1999   
Section Violin, Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines, IA    1999   
Section Violin, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington, KY    1994-1997   
Section Violin, New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, Plymouth, NH    1995-1996   
Violinist,  Andy William’s Japan Tour    1988   

SPECIAL CONCERTMASTER’S SOLO   
Scheherazade, Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra’s 75th Anniversary Concert    1997   
     Live concert televised on Iowa Public Television     

GUEST SOLOS   
Masterwork 4 (performed own cadenza for Rondo in B flat by Mozart), Cedar Rapids Symphony    1999   
Chamber I, Cedar Rapids Symphony    1998   
Freedom Festival, Cedar Rapids Symphony    1998   
Gala Concert at Ritz Carlton Hotel, Kansas City Camerata    1994   
Opening Concert, Kansas City Camerata    1993   
WNCN Radio, New York, NY    1988   
Recitals in Osaka, Japan and Cedar Rapids, IA   

CHAMBER   
1st Violin, Cedar Rapids Symphony String Quartet     1997-present   
     Performed string quartet recitals at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Prucil School, and Cornell
     College in addition to regular chamber series
     Gave educational concerts for elementary school and kindergarten children   

1st & 2nd Violin, Niles String Quartet,    1994-1997   
     Performed string quartet recital at University of Kentucky   
     Gave educational concerts for elementary schools   
     Performed for Lexington Philharmonic promotional concerts   
 

Faculty Member.  Cedar Rapids Symphony School, Cedar Rapids, IA    1997-present   
     Provided one-on-one teaching for beginners to advanced students (ages 9 to adult)   
     Coached violin sections for high school and advanced youth orchestras   

String Quartet Coach.  Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA    1998-present   

Faculty Member.  Grantwood Area Education Agency.  Mount Vernon, IA    Summer 1999   
     Taught three courses of Japanese for middle school students   

Faculty Member.  Festival of Strings, Lexington, KY    Summers 1997 & 1998   
     Coached orchestra sections and string quartet   
     Taught master classes for advanced pre-college students  

Music Scholarship Competition Judge, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA    1999   
East Coast Tour with University of Iowa Center for New Music including chamber music   
     performances at Merkin Concert Hall, Yale University, Harvard University and Connecticut   
     College    1998   
Prize Winner (as member of Niles String Quartet), Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition   
     1995   
Soloist for winter tour with University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory Orchestra   
     including Missouri Music Educators Association Conference    1993   
Selected for European tour and chosen as one of the concertmasters for Schleswig-Holstein 
     Musik Festival Orchestra under Rostropowitsch, Menuhin, Kitajenko, and Eschenbach   
     1991   
Performance Awards at each university attended including three concertos and an appearance 
     in the concert sponsored by Yomiuri News in Tokyo    1988   
First Prize at West Japan National Youth Competition sponsored by Mainichi News    1981