Soloist – Recent Concerts

Holiday Songs and J-POP with Thunder Wave at the Mall of America, with St. Paul Conservatory of Music, Bloomington, MN 2013

Music of Asako Hirabayashi, Schubert Club Courtroom Series Concert, St. Paul, MN 2013

Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Mendelssohn Chor, Ubiquitous Bach, Tokyo, Japan, 2013

Butterfly Songs by Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, Federal Courthouse & State Capitol, Minneapolis, MN 2013

Love and Death at Harvest Time, Guest soloist with Cerulean Fire, Hamline University Sundin Hall, St. Paul, MN 2013

Coffee Cantata & Cantata BWV 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen”, J.S. Bach, Musica Poetica, Tokyo, Japan, 2013

Bach Cantata BWV 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” & Aria from BWV 82, Drake String Ensemble, Des Moine, IA, 2012

St. Matthew’s Passion, J.S. Bach, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Tokyo, 2010

Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Tokyo, 2007

Christmas Oratorio, J.S. Bach, Heilbronn Schütz-Chor, Heilbronn,Germany, 2006

B-Minor Mass, J.S. Bach, Bach Society of Minnesota, 2006

Free Family Music Series at MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, 2013

Minnesota Concert Opera Bravo Singers Concerts, 2013

Loon Opera Company, Benefit Concert, Bemidji, 2013

Frequent performer of Spotlight Series, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis 2011-2013

Folk songs to contemporary songs from Japan, Japan America Society of Minnesota 40th Anniversary Event, 2012

Songs from Yukionna by Asako Hirabayashi, American Composers Forum, Tuesday Salon, 2011 & 2012

Six Elizabethan Songs by Dominick Argento (with Greg Theisen), Spotlight Series, MacPhail Center for Music, 2012

Soul of the Drums, Various, Mu Daiko, Ordway McKnight Theatre, 2011

Songs and Arias from all around the world, by various composers, Love All Around the World, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2009-2012

From Shtetl to Broadway, with Les Block and Heidi Ziman, Or Emet Event, Sabes Jewish Community Center, 2011

8 different Benefit Concerts for Japan’s Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster, Various venues and artists, 2011

Shepherd on the Rock, by Schubert, with Greg Kajiwara and Jason Alfred, Spotlight Series, MacPhail Center for Music, 2011

Taiko Party, Various, Mu Daiko with D’Lo, Mixed Blood Theatre, 2009

Via Crucis, Soloist, choreography & dance, Liszt, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Tokyo, 2005

St. John's Passion, J.S. Bach, Heinrich Schütz-Chor, Tokyo & Heilbronn, 2004

 

Stage work: Opera, Theater, and Musical Theater

 

M. Butterfly                   Song’s singing voice, Kurogo           Guthrie Theater                         

Figaro                             Susanna                                               Theater de la Jeune Lune                    

                                                                                                 Berkeley Repertory Theatre

                                                                                                  American Repertory Theatre

Don Juan Giovanni       Donna Anna                                         Theater de la Jeune Lune                       

                                                                                                 American Repertory Theatre

Carmen                          Frasquita                                               Theatre de la Jeune Lune                       

                                                                                                  American Repertory Theatre

Pacific Overture            Tamate, Shogun’s Mother                 Park Square Theater/Mu                       

The Walleye Kid           Omani, Teacher                               Theater Mu at Ordway McKnight                     

Camelot                          Ensemble                                           Chanhassen Dinner Theatres                      

Guys & Dolls                  Sarah Brown                                           Lake Pepin Players

Carousel                        Julie Jordan (understudy)                     Dorian Opera Theatre                                              

Dipped in Love             Eriko                                                         Mu Performing Arts                                        

Rough Cuts                    Various projects over the years         Nautilus Music-Theater     

Pickup Truck Opera Penelope, Minerva Mixed Precipitation Theatre

 

Recipient

Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant 2013 – Opera Yukionna project with composer Asako Hirabayashi

MacPhail Center for Music Artist Grant 2013 – CD Recording of “Songs from Japan” arranged by Gregory Theisen and Concert

 

Teaching

Voice Faculty, MacPhail Center for Music, 2007-2021

 

Degrees

Master of Music (Vocal Performance)                                  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Bachelor of Arts (Vocal Performance)                                  Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan