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Toyonaka, Osaka is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 15, 1936. Geography Climate Toyonaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The averag ...

, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1915, and it was chartered as a university in 1958.

Undergraduate majors

This college has following undergraduate majors * Music Business * Composition * Music Creation * Music Communication * Vocal * Piano ** Piano Course ** Piano Instruction Course ** Piano Performance Special Course * Pipe Organ * Wind Instruments * String Instrument ** String Instrument Course ** Violin Performance Special Course * Percussion * Classic Guitar/Mandolin Performance * Japanese Music * Jazz * Electronic Organ * Vocal Performance * Popular Instrument

Graduate school

This college has following postgraduate majors * Composition Major ** Composition Research Room ** Musicology Research Room * Vocal Performance Major ** Opera Research Room ** Song Research Room * Instrumental Music Major ** Piano Research Room ** Wind, String and Percussion Instruments Research Room

Notable alumni

Singer Aiko Yanai studied here in 1995 along with

Ringo Shiina , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. She describes herself as "". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled ...

. Composer

Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year. She wrote music for several game ...

graduated from this university in 1988. Conductor

Tomomi Nishimoto Tomomi Nishimoto (西本智実) is a Japanese conductor. Biography Tomomi Nishimoto was born in Osaka, Japan on 22 April 1970. Her experience learning to play the piano from her mother at the age of three as well as her mother's musical influence ...

graduated from this university in 1994.

References

External links

* Toyonaka, Osaka Universities and colleges in Osaka Prefecture Private universities and colleges in Japan Music schools in Japan Educational institutions established in 1915 1915 establishments in Japan * {{osaka-university-stub