THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIK HOUSE - Key Persons
From Pennsylvania, Alex is a half American / Japanese Guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in Los Angels. He grew up in US for most of his life but he also has the Japanese cultural understanding and he can help students / parents with it as well. Working towards a student's personal goals and equipping them with the necessary musical tools that they will need to survive along the way.　Harmony, theory, improvisation, reading, and even rhythmic independence for those who also like to sing. He believes becoming a good musician starts with developing good habits. Good habits are obtained through good teaching.
She started violin at the age of 6. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School, and Tokyo College of Music and studied under Yoko Kubo. After graduating college she moved to US and studied at Eastman conservatory of music in NY state. She studied under Oleh Krysa for solo performance and Ilya Kaler for orchestra study. She was participating Asian Youth orchestra (Hong Kong), International Music Arts (Canad) and Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan) during her college years. She joined Singapore Symphony in 2005 and toured with them to US and Europe for 3 years. After coming back in Japan in 2007 she has been performing and teaching students. She is mother of 2 children.
Hiroshi started playing electric and acoustic guitar when he was 13. He moved to North Carolina, USA, when he was 21 to begin his music and classical guitar study. He had his master's program at East Carolina University as his teacher Dr. Elliot Frank's graduate assistant, and his doctoral program at Shenandoah University in VA as a graduate assistant to Dr. Glenn Caluda, awarded his DMA in 2007. He moved back to Japan in 2008, and has maintained teaching and performing since. Hiroshi has over 15 years of teaching experience, and has taught a wide variety of students at various settings including private lessons, music stores and universities. While he specializes in classical guitar, he also can teach other styles i.e. general, pop and rock guitar, electric and / or acoustic.
A Dalcroze-Eurhythmics class is a great introduction for young children to the fundamentals of music and enables a seamless transition to instrumental study. Keiko has been teaching Eurhythmics classes for all ages-- from 1yr old to adults at various schools and also for local projects. Dalcroze believed that developing an individual's "kinesthetic sense"-a sensory experience derived from muscles in movement-enhanced one's expressive musicianship. Keiko offers the envionment that students can relax and enjoy the music entirely. She hopes that her taching Eurhythmics will lead students understand the surrounding world and people through music.
She graduated from Tokyo college of music - masters program. She studied under Jun Yamamoto, Soichi katsuta, Masaharu Kanda and Dmitry Feygin. She has been performing as a soloist, a member of Chamber groups and orchestras actively while she is dedicating herself for teaching young generations. Lesson in Japanese, English and Korean is available.