Elisabeth University of Music

Full-time faculty are listed in alphabetical order under their respective specialties. Names are given in their usual order (Western or Japanese): family names are in capitals.

KAWANO Yuji. President of the University (cf. Languages)

Composition

KAWAKAMI Osamu. Associate Professor.

Musicology

MIBU Chieko. Professor.

Music Education

OKANO Yasuko. Professor.

SHIMADA Miki, Professor. BA(1976), University of the Sacred Heart,Tokyo; MA(2004), Graduate School of NAGASAKI Junshin Catholic University. Research on methodology of Montessori. Study of Education for Peace.

MIMURA Mayumi. Professor.

FUJIO Kanoko. Full-time lecturer.

Sacred Music

BABA Yuriko. Professor. BA(1992), Tokyo University; MFA(1994), Elisabeth University of Music; DEA(music et musicologie)(1997), Universie de Tours; DMA(2003), Elisabeth University of Music. Research and articles on Guillaume Minoret (sous-maitre of the Royal Chapel in the reign of Louis XIV). sacred vocal music of French Baroque Era. Critical edition: Guillaume Minoret, Les motets, vol.1, Editions du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

MAEDA Yuki. Professor. (cf. Languages)

Pipe Organ

FUKUHARA Shiori. Professor.

SASAKI Yu. Associate Professor.

Vocal Music

KATSURA Masako. Professor. MFA (1981), Elisabeth University of Music. New York University MFA in Performing Arts Division(1991). 　Further study in Vienna under Ms Olga Warla, then Wien Staat Oper Soprano. At Julliard School of Music in New York took Italian diction course under Prof Corradina Caporello and French diction course under Prof Thomas Grubb. At EUM teaches Italian diction and repertoire, and History of Opera from Beethoven era to the contemporaries as well as voice lessons. At National Chonju University in Korea gave a lecture on Japanese Lyrical Songs from its cradle era to its maturiy(2004).

HAYAMA Hiroko. Professor.

OKADA Yoko. Associate Professor.

ORIKAWA Hiroharu．Associate Professor. BFA (2000), MFA (2002), Kunitachi College of Music. Performances especially of Italian Opera Works.

KOBAYASHI Yoshiko. Associate Professor.

Piano and Harpsichord

KAKIUCHI Atsushi. Professor. BFA(1993) , Toho Gakuen College of Music Department.

KAWANO Yuji. Professor.

SHITAKA Misa. Associate Professor.

KUBO Chihiro. Full-time Lecturer.

NAKATANI Masafumi. Full-time Lecturer.

String

KAI Maya. Associate Professor (violin). BFA (2000) and MFA (2002), Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Solo and ensemble performances throughout Japan.

Winds

WAKASA Kazuyoshi. Professor (trombone).BFA (1990), Elisabeth University of Music. Diploma (1994), Conservatoire National de Region de Paris. Former Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombonist. Director, Elisabeth Wind Ensemble.

MANDAI Keiko. Associate Professor (flute).

OGAWA Hironori. Associate Professor (percussion).

Foreign Languages

KAWANO Yuji. Professor (German). AB (1981), MA (1984), Sophia University (Tokyo). Research on history of Catholic Church in the Middle Age.

MAEDA Yuki. Associate Professor（Japanese）. BA(1990), Seiwa College, MA(2005) and PhD(2009) Hiroshima University. Tutor of distance learning program in Japanese studies at The University of Sheffield, School of Asian Studies, England (2009). Part-time lecturer at Hijiyama University, Hiroshima (2009).
Research on listening in Japanese as a second language.