CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• ten ten special collaborative performances: De-bayashi CD release concert (2007), RINGO NO TEN (2008), ITAN NO TEN (2009), ODORI TO TEN (2010)
  
• Performance highlights as the director of "ten ten" Japanese folk music ensemble include: Ottawa Tulip Festival, Guelph Spring Festival, Ottawa Folk Festival, Festival du Monde Arabe de Montreal, National Arts Centre, Museum of Civilization, Royal Ontario Museum, Japan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert at U of T Faculty of Music
• ITAN NO TEN performance at the Bloor Street Festival, 2009
  
• Performed shamisen with musicians from around the world for Toyota's International Conference in Las Vegas, 2011
  
• Performed shamisen music, singing and taiko as a current member of the Nagata Shachu, which performs over 25 full concerts and 40 smaller shows annually
  
• Composed and Performed live shamisen and taiko music with dancer, Keiko Kitano at Dancemkers in Toronto, February 2008
  
• Performed at "Voice ++ Festival 2007" in Victoria, BC
  
• Composed and performed original taiko music for the Green Tea Collaborative Dance Company at Winchester Street Theatre, March 2006
  
• Lectured and demonstrated the shamisen and Japanese folk music for University of Toronto's Asian Theatre course 2004, 2005, 2006
  
• Performed taiko music for the film soundtrack "Skin Walkers" composed by Andrew Lockington, Glenn Gould Studio, 2006