The Midwest Clinic Chat Rooms provide an arena where teachers will learn from and dialogue with expert practitioners. These brief ‘chats’ allow directors a forum for collaboration in a relaxed, intimate environment. The Chat Rooms have limited seating so attendance is granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Yukiko Nishimura
- Biographical Information
Born in Kyoto, Japan. Began music of her own volition at an early age.
She began taking piano lessons at the age of four and learning to
compose music at seven. After graduating from Tokyo University of
the Arts as a composition major, she continued her study at the
University of Miami in Florida and Manhattan School of Music.
She has been commissioned many works by performers, performing
groups, and organizations. More than a hundred works have been
published by leading American publishers and Japanese publishers.
Among her honors are a special mention at the 15th and 26th
International Competition for Original Composition for Band in
Corciano, Italy, and the 6th Aoyama Award. In recent years she has
been nominated for the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Hollywood Music in
Media Awards in the "Contemporary Classical" category.
Yukiko studied composition with Atsutada Otaka, Alfred Reed,
Richard Danielpour, and Giampaolo Bracali and piano with Ivan
Davis and Sara Davis Buechner.