is a

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player and professor at Kunitachi College of Music. He is a founding member of the

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(ITEA), formerly named Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association (TUBA).

Education

Toru Miura studied with Kiyoshi Ohishi at the Conservatory of Music of

Tokyo University of the Arts or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1971. He completed a masters in 1973, studying with Ray Young at the

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. This was followed by studies at the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

in New York, where he played in the

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under

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, and also studied with Cherry Beauregard.

Career

Miura attended the first TUBA International Symposium in 1973. After returning to Japan, he went on to become a euphonium soloist with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Ensemble from 1978 to 2007. He founded the Tokyo Bari-Tuba Ensemble and The Euphonium Company, and is the Japanese representative of ITEA, of which he is a founding member and director. Recognizing his role in promoting the euphonium outside of its traditional western environment, and advancing the

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movement, ITEA awarded Miura a lifetime achievement award. He has served as professor of euphonium at

Toho Gakuen School of Music is a private music school in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. History Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Ichigaya (Tokyo) as the Music School for Children, and two years later moved to Sengawa (current address at Wakabacyo, Chofushi, Tokyo) and opened t ...

Soai University is a private university in the city of Osaka, Japan. It was established in 1888, initially as a women's university. Famous people with ties to Soai include alumni Hideo Ishikawa is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture ...

, Sobi Music Academy, and

Kunitachi College of Music The is a private music conservatory in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, Kunitachi now offers study programs in performance, music education, composition, computer music, and musicology, for bachelor ...

, the former Tokyo Conservatory of Music, where he remained on the faculty as of 2011.

Instrument

Miura was a Besson featured artist and used their Besson Prestige BE2052 and BE2051

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miura, Toru Euphonium players People from Osaka Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of Kunitachi the College of Music