ABOUT US
Our choir "The Little Singers of TAKARAZUKA"was established in 1975 supported by Takarazuka Junior Chamber.
The Choir is organized by approximately fifty members from six years old to eighteen,who live in Takarazuka city or its outskirts.
We usually practice ourselves for three hours every Sunday morning.
We hold more than twenty concerts a year which are Annual concert in spring , Farewell concert for elder members , Christmas concert , Chorus festival and so on.
We had Three times concert tours for us after Korea in 1988 ,Taipei in1993 U.S.A. Canada in 1998 ,Finland in2003 and China in2005.
Profile of our Conductors
Jun NISHIMAKI
Graduation from KONAN university department of science
It studied under Ken-ichiro Kobayashi and Yoshio Saida how to conducts.He commanded many university choruses.The regular conductor of little singers of takarazuka , the Voicefield chorus ,Konan univ. glee club ,Kobe Port singers.
In VEGA MESSIAH played every year in Takarazuka Vega hall,takes charge of chorus guidance under Tatsuji Hayashi and Yoshibumi Hata.
Ashiya chorus society vice chairman,Hyogo Prefecture chorus director society member,meeting member of 10 Heisei directors,Chorus person group "music tree"member.
Miho KASAHARA
Graduation from a Mukogawa women's junior college education department.
In Takarazuka elementary school which it worked in first,It meets with the brightness of the eye of the children of "I want to sing more".A chorus part was organized.The thing becomes the origin of today's chorus activities.It is instructed in the Little singers of Takarazuka from 1982
A youth's prize of Hyogo Prefecture was caught.meeting member of 10 Heisei directors,The teacher of Takarazuka city SUMIREGAOKA elementary school.
Chairman : Nobuaki Yamaoka
Conductors : Jun Nishimaki(since 1983), Miho Kasahara(since 1982)
Pianists : Mito Kobayashi , Miwa Tomogane
ABOUT OUR TOWN TAKARAZUKA
Takarazuka city is an old post town that has been well known by its hot spring and revue.
Recently, however, it is also popular as a town of music. Many international music competitions are held there. One of the most famous competitions is Takarazuka international chamber chorus contest.
Takarazuka city is located near Osaka, the second largest city in Japan, or a port town of Kobe, It only takes thirty minutes from both of the cities.
200,000 people live in Takarazuka city.
TAKARAZUKA city homepage@ http://www.city.takarazuka.hyogo.jp/en/index.html/