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Master of Music, Piano Performance, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, June 2005
Specialization in Spanish Piano Music, Academia Granados-Marshall, Barcelona, Spain, 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Performance emphasis, Albion College, Albion, MI, May 2002
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, August 2000
Certificate of Suzuki Piano Instructor, The School for Strings, New York, NY June 2005
Winner of the 33rd Artist International and solo debut recital at the Carnegie Weill Hall, 2005
Young Alumni Award from Albion College, 2010
Scholarship participant of Festival of Interpretation of Spanish Song, Granada, Spain, 2007 and 2008
Full Scholarship participant of Chamber Music Festival at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
The Ruth Carter Rowland Memorial Music Prize, 2000-2002
The Katherine K Westbrook Scholarship, 2001 spring
The Presser Scholarship, 2001 spring
Winner of the Albion College Concerto Competition, 2001
"In short, a model performance" said New York Concert Review, about Yukiko's solo debut recital at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall held in December 2005. Her concert was totally sold out and passionately acclaimed by the audience.A native of Tokyo, Japan, she has been active as a piano recitalist, soloist with orchestras, and a chamber musician and has performed in the United States, Canada, Spain, and Japan.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Utah State University, where she was honored as Student of the Year 1998, and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Albion College, where she won many honors, scholarships, and the College Concerto Competition.
After her graduation, she was honored a distinguished Alumni Award “Top 10 in 10” in year 2010. Yukiko continues her studies with Maestro German Diez after completing her Master's degree in piano performance at the City University of New York Brooklyn College, where she was a scholarship student.
Music Director at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Union City, NJ (Fall 2007- Fall 2011)
Piano faculty at Long Island University Continuing Education program, NY (Fall 2005- spring 2010)
Ballet accompanist at Steps on Broadway, New York, NY (Fall 2007- present)
Piano accompanist at Rudolf Steiner High School, NY (April – June 2006)
Suzuki violin program accompanist at Lucy Moses school, New York, NY (2002)
Church pianist at Parma United Methodist Church, Parma, MI (2001-2002)
Choir Director at St. John’s Church, Albion, MI (2001-2002)
Language Skills: Japanese and English
Suzuki piano method (Certified)
Traditional piano method
Private lessons with parents as well for Suzuki method
Private lessons with students for traditional method