April is Jazz Appreciation Month. While Tomoko focused on classical compositions when she performed and taught, she appreciated a wide var...

  As Tomoko demonstrates, Christmas certainly builds lifelong musical memories. Tomoko attended Ferris Academy: an elite Dutch Reformed sc...

  Tomoko graduated twice from college: with a music bachelor’s degree from Tokyo National University and a music bachelor’s degree from San ...

Tomoko decided to come to America by the time she was in college. “In Japan graduation is the end, in America it is just part of life,” Tomo...

 A t one point in her life as a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Tomoko wasn’t sure she could continue her studies becaus...

When Tomoko was a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she studied music theory including composition analysis, harmony, ...

Spring 1965 was a golden season for Tomoko in her musical life. In February she was featured on KTVU television channel, playing one of h...

Tomoko’s first commercial album includes a piece by Haydn. It was a good starting choice for Tomoko.   Haydn laid the groundwork for so...