My Compositions and Arrangements written in 2011
New Choral Compositions, One movement, Standalone
1) "The Word from Above"
SATB, with Piano, English
2) "Mae-e (Forward)" Text by Kentaro Sato
SA ver, SATB, ver, SSAA ver, TTBB ver, a cappella, with piano, or with strings, Japanese
3) "Tsunagari (Connection)" Text by Kentaro Sato
SA ver, SATB, ver, SSAA ver, TTBB ver, a cappella, with piano, or with strings, Japanese
4) "Title to be anounced later" Text by Kentaro Sato
SATB, a cappella or with Piano, Latin
5) "Egao-no Maho (The Magic of a Smile)" Text by Kentaro Sato
SATB, a cappella or with piano, Japanese
6) "Ima (This Moment)" Text by Kentaro Sato
SAB, with Piano, Japanese
7) "Ne Timeas, Maria" SATB, a cappella, Latin
8) "Lux Fulgebit"
SATB, a cappella, Latin
9) "O Filii et Filiae"
SATB, a cappella, Latin
New Choral Suites, Multi-Movement
1) "Title to be announced later" Text by Kentaro Sato, 6-movement work
TTBB, with Paino, Latin
2) "Fabulae Persei (Tales of Perseus)" Text by Kentaro Sato
TTBB, with Piano, or Organ, optional percussions, Latin Lyrics with English/Japanese Narrations
3) "Requiem Pacis"
New piano accompaniment version now available upon the request from Panamusica, a Japanese publisher.
New Choral Arrangments
1) " Anpanman-no March"
SA, with Piano, Japanese
2) "Tenohira-wo Taiyo-ni"
SA, with Piano, Japanes
3) "O Christmas Tree"
TTBB, a cappella, English
Music for Theater and Musical
1) Music for Opening Ceremony of the All-Japan High School Cultural Festival in Fukushima
2) "Niji-no Kakehashi" a children's musical produced by the City of Iwata (Japan)
Library CD
1) "8bit World"
Game Music
1) SQUARE ENIX "Final Fantasy Type-0" Orchestral/Choral Arrangement, Orchestration, Master Recording Production, Lyrics writing and etc.
Country that I visited in 2011
Australia: for recording with Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Cantilation for "Final Fantasy Type-0"
What I could do in 2011
1) To construct better work environment
I moved to an apartment with sound-proof. I also moved to Tokyo-metropolitan area.
2) Conducting
More guest-conducting gigs
3) Educational Activity
Besides the private lessons and workshop that I do, I started to teach composition/arrangement at Shobi College of Music
4)Composition/Arrangement
I wrote a lot of choral music in 2011. And for the firtst time, I wrote a multi-movement works for men's ensemble. Also, for the first time, I wrote a piece with can be performed by many types of ensemble (alone or together), and with multiple accompaniment possibility.Technically, I did not write a lot of piece with divisi. I wrote a lot of lyrics too (and in this regard, I would like to acknowledge tremendous scholarly helps from Dr. Robert Zaslavsky).
5) Narration
I started Japanese narration service mainly for foreign company, and it is going a lot better than I expected.
6) Staying healthy
Besides the a lot of natural disaster and very busy schedule followed, I was able to stay healthy.
(I would like to continue and expand what I did in 2011 into 2012)
What I could not do in 2011
1) Writing blogs
Men... I did not write at all...
2) Forming my own choral groups and start recording projects
I really did not have enough free time to do so.
3) Publishing new books
Because I was very busy for composing and conducting, I have not able to finish books on orchestration, choral technique and etc...
(I would like to improve this in 2012)
