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Composer Koji Nakano's works reflect the relationship between beauty, form and imperfection through the formality of music. As a composer and an educator, Koji's musical activities have included community service and outreach to help bridge Eastern and Western musical cultures. His recent work strives to merge both musical traditions and also make reference to theatre, philosophy, rituals and spirituality in a series of compositions entitled Time Song. Koji is the first recipient of The Toru Takemitsu Award in Composition from the Japan Society of Boston awarded annually to the most talented young composer in the Boston area. In 2008, Koji became the first composer to receive the S&R Washington Award Grand Prize from the S&R Foundation, which is awarded annually to the most talented young artist (in the fields of fine arts, music, drama, dance, photography and film), for his/her contributions to U.S.-Japanese relations. The past distinguished awardees include soprano Maki Mori (2000), pianist Yu Kosuge (2002), violinists Yosuke Kawasaki (2004), Sayaka Shoji (2006), and Tamaki Kawakubo (2007). Koji received his Bachelor Degree in composition with distinction, and Master's Degree in composition with academic honors and distinction, Pi Kappa Lambda, from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied with Lee Hyla and John Harbison. Later, he studied with Dutch composer Louis Andriessen in Amsterdam and at the Royal Conservatory of Hague as the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program Artist. Koji received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at San Diego, where he studied with Chinary Ung. Koji is a member of the American Music Center, ASCAP, and currently serves as a Fellow Council member of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In addition to which he is a committee member of the National Performing Arts' Task Force on Diversity in Performing Arts in USA. In 2009, Janet Jieru Chen and Koji co-founded The Asian Young Musicians' Connection which promotes new music by commissioning compositions from emerging Asian composers along side with worldwide professional musicians for its regular concert in Asia and North America. His upcoming projects include a new work for the Pacific Rim Music Festival, Scattered Clouds/Dramatic Sky (String Quartet version) for Borealis String Quartet, and his second chamber opera Spiritual Forest. Koji is the recipent of The 2010 White Flowers Residency for Composers from Yaddo. Koji will be Visiting Professor of Composition at the Taipei National University of the Arts in the Spring Semester of 2011.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Ancient Songs for solo soprano	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2007	00:05:30	Ancient Songs for solo soprano
Ceremonial: Time Song	Orchestra	2006	00:07:46	Ceremonial: Time Song
Time Song II- Howling Through Time For Female Singer, Flutist And Percussionist	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2006	00:14:26	Time Song II- Howling Through Time For Female Singer, Flutist And Percussionist
Brush	Opera/Theater	2004	00:20:00
Frozen Crystal	Keyboard	2002	06:00:00	Frozen Crystal
Collage for Orchestra	Orchestra	1999	00:08:30	Collage for Orchestra
Zone for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:06:00	Zone for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
Brass Quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:05:30	Brass Quintet
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	Orchestra	1997	00:17:00	Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
A Rock in the Way of A Floating Stream	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	05:30:00	A Rock in the Way of A Floating Stream
Elastic	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1994	05:30:00	Elastic


Confluence of Cultures: Music of The Pacific Rim Premieres of two new works by Koji Nakano as well as his works by Chinary Ung, Sean Heim, Chih-Chen Wei and Bruce Crossman.	5/30/2009 12:00 AM CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall California State University at San Bernardino San Bernardino CA us	Phone: Email: Web:http://composerkojinakano.googlepages.com/home
Meditations VI Cellist JW Turner will perform my Elastic for solo violoncello as part of his recital: Meditations VI	4/1/2009 05:30 PM Dillard Auditorium Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem North Carolina 27110 us	Phone: Email: Web:http://composerkojinakano.googlepages.com/home
Meditations VI Cellist JW Turner will perform my Elastic for solo violoncello as part of his recital: Meditations VI	3/27/2009 08:00 PM Rowe Recital Hall University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte North Carolina 28223 us	Phone: Email: Web:composerkojinakano.googlepages.com/home

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