Updated: Aug. 19, 2016 Yoshiaki Onishi Composer, Conductor, Researcher
Contact Information
Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.yoshionishi.com
Overview
Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1981, Japanese-American composer/conductor Yoshiaki Onishi is currently Associate Professor of Composition/Theory at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Japan. As a composer, he has worked on commissions that have come from such festivals as Takefu International Music Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek as well as performing organizations such as Ensemble Intercontemporain. His works are published by Edition Gravis in Berlin, Germany. As a conductor, he has conducted Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam), and ECCE (Boston/New York) among others. Yoshiaki Onishi lives in Tokyo.
Education
Institutions
Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) Doctor of Musical Arts 2008 – 2015 Dissertation Title: Between Imaginations and Realizations: Composers and Metaphysical Spaces Thesis Advisor: George E. Lewis Master of Arts 2008 – 2012 Composition Studies with Fabien Lévy, Tristan Murail, Fred Lerdahl, Stefano Gervasoni (visiting)
Yale University, School of Music (New Haven, Connecticut) Artist Diploma, Music Composition 2007 – 2008 M.Mus. Music Composition 2005 – 2007 Composition Studies with Michael Klingbeil, Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis Clarinet Studies with Mingzhe Wang
University of the Pacific (Stockton, California) B.Mus. summa cum laude, Music Composition 2000 – 2004 Composition Studies with François Rose, Robert Coburn Clarinet Studies with Patricia Shands Conducting Studies with Eric Hammer
Workshops
Matrix Academy at SWR Experimentalstudio, Freiburg, Germany 2014 Scholarship Fellow Masterclasses with Philippe Manoury and Alwynne Prichard
Festival Acanthes, Metz, France 2009 Stagiaire de Composition (Trainee in Composition) Individual Lessons with Ivan Fedele and Hugues Dufourt
Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan 2008 Composition Fellow Lessons and Masterclasses with Toshio Hosokawa
Yoshiaki Onishi 2 Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan 2004 Composition Fellow Lessons and Masterclasses with Toshi Ichiyanagi
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, Connecticut 2004 Fellow in Contemporary Music Workshop Lessons and Masterclasses with Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis
21st Summer Course for Young Composers, Warsaw, Poland 2003 Invited Fellow Lessons and Masterclasses with Anders Hillborg, Marco Stroppa, Luca Francesconi
Professional Appointments
Full-Time Position
Associate Professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo, Japan 2015 – present
Teaching Fellowships and Assistantships
Columbia University, Teaching Fellow 2010 – 2015
Yale University, Teaching Assistant 2006 – 2008
Works
Compositions
Recordings
Recordings of my recent works are available online on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/yoshiakionishi
List of Works Note: Works preceded by an asterisk “ * ” are published by Edition Gravis, Berlin, Germany.
* Envoi I, for violoncello solo (2015) Commission: Anssi Karttunen, for his project Five Dialogues Première: Anssi Karttunen, New York, October 29, 2015
* Tramespace II, for large ensemble (2013 – 15) Commission: Ensemble Intercontemporain as a result of Projet Tremplin 2012 Première: Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pablo Heras-Casado, cond., Cologne, on May 9, 2015
Ombreuses – une miniature pour deux harpes (2014) Written for Harp Duo sHARP Première: Harp Duo sHARP, Utrecht, on September 14, 2014
* Parti…, for violin solo (2012 – 2014, rev. 2015) Commission: Ari Streisfeld Première: Ari Streisfeld, New York, April 15, 2014 Première of the revised version: Yasutaka Hemmi, Echizen-shi, Japan, September 11, 2015
Yoshiaki Onishi 3 * Tramespace I, for large ensemble (2012 – 13) Commission: Gaudeamus Muziekweek as a result of Gaudeamus Prize 2011 Première: ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble, Clark Rundell, cond., Utrecht, September 2, 2013
* Spargens, for trombone solo (2012) Commission: William Lang Première: William Lang, Brooklyn, November 16, 2012
Près de l’Abîme, for clarinet quartet (2013) Commission: Patricia Shands Première: Concinnity Quartet, ClarinetFest (Assisi, Italy), July 2013
* Tr (épilogue), for violoncello solo (2012, rev. 2014) Première: Patrick McGuire, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (New Mexico, USA), July 24, 2012
Tréma/Trame I, for four players (2011) Première: Yarn/Wire, New York, January 27, 2012
Tr, for violoncello and piano (2011) Commission: “ensemble cross.art” (Stuttgart, Germany) Première: “ensemble cross.art”, Stuttgart, Germany, October 28, 2011
Les Mots Disparus, for flute solo (2007/2011) Written for Hibari Charity Project Record: Reiko Manabe (Hibari Charity Project, 2011)
* Palinody, for 14 players in 7 groups (2010) Written for the Wet Ink Ensemble Première: Wet Ink Ensemble, Yoshiaki Onishi cond., New York, December 11, 2010
* Départ dans…, for 5 players (2010, rev. 2014) Commission: Takefu International Music Festival Winning Composition, Gaudeamus Music Prize 2011. Première: by Harp Duo Farfelle and Next Mushroom Promotion in Takefu, Japan, Sept. 11, 2010
Sans Percussion – Une Esquisse-Sculpture, for 51 players (2009) Commission: Festival Acanthes Première: Orchestre National de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier, cond., Metz, France, July 16, 2009
* Culs-de-sac (en passacaille), for string quartet (2008, rev. 2010). Written for JACK Quartet Première: JACK Quartet, New York, March 9, 2009
Tu n’y trouveras que du vent II, for 3 Japanese Gagaku Instruments (2008) Commission: Mayumi Miyata, and Institute of Medieval Japanese Studies. Première: Takeshi Sasamoto, Hitomi Nakamura, and Remi Miura, New York, February 12, 2009
Vague II « molto ritardando », for 36 orchestral players (2008) Première: Yale Philharmonia, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond., New Haven, April 2, 2008
Vague, for 13 players (2007) Written for Yale School of Music and Royal Academy of Music Première: Academy Manson Ensemble, Simon Bainbridge, cond., London, April 24, 2007
Yoshiaki Onishi 4 Marche du Supplice, for 12 high school percussionists (2007) Commission: Nishi High School, Ryota Narita, dir. Première: Nishi High School Percussion Ens., Yoshiaki Onishi, cond., Hakodate, Japan, Aug. 9, 2007
Ref., for orchestra (2006 – 07) Première: Yale Philharmonia, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond., in New Haven, April 5, 2007
Lost Geometry, for 41 players (2006) Première: Yale Philharmonia Wind Ensemble, Yoshiaki Onishi, cond., New Haven, November 2, 2006
Sigla, for 12 percussionists (2006). Commission: The Lucerne Festival Première: Lucerne Percussion Academy, Michel Cerutti, cond., Lucerne, Switzerland, September 6, 2006
Travelogues I, II and III (2004), four-channel electronic pieces. Première: University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., March 30, 2004
Mémoriale, for piano (version 2, 2004) Première: by Artie Johnson at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., March 30, 2004
…et in terra pax…(!?), two-channel electronic piece (2003) Première: University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., March 30, 2004
Notable Performances
Envoi I, for violoncello solo (2015) - Performed by Anssi Karttunen, at Reid Hall (Paris, France) on February 15, 2016. - Premièred by Anssi Karttunen, for his project Five Dialogues, at Scandinavia House in New York on October 29, 2015.
Parti…, for violin solo (2012 – 2014, rev. 2015) - Performed by Yuna Toki in Tokyo on November 1, 2015. - The revised version premièred by Yasutaka Hemmi, Echizen-shi, Japan, September 11, 2015. - Premièred by Ari Streisfeld at The Stone in New York, April 15, 2014.
Tramespace II, for 18 players (2013–15) - Performed by New Japan Philharmonic, Yoichi Sugiyama, cond. at 26th Competition of Akutagawa Award for Music Composition in Tokyo, Japan on August 28, 2016. - Premièred by Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pablo Heras-Casado, cond. at Acht Brücken 2015, Cologne, Germany, on May 9, 2015.
Tramespace I, for 18 players (2012–13) - Performed by New Japan Philharmonic, Yoichi Sugiyama, cond. at 24th Competition of Akutagawa Award for Music Composition in Tokyo, Japan on August 31, 2014. - Premièred by Asko|Schönberg Ensemble, Clark Rundell, cond. at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013, Utrecht, The Netherlands on September 2, 2013.
Spargens, for trombone solo (2012) - Premièred by William Lang at Bargemusic, Brooklyn on November 16, 2012.
Tr (épilogue), for violoncello solo (2012, rev. 2014) - Performed by Tatsuki Sasanuma in Tokyo on November 1, 2015. - Performed by Kevin McFarland at New Orleans Museum of Art on July 11, 2014. - Performed by Meghan Burke at Spectrum in New York on May 8, 2014. - Revised/definitive version premièred by Kevin McFarland at DiMenna Center (New York) on April 12, 2014. - Premièred by Patrick McGuire in Santa Fe, NM as a part of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Creative Dialogue V (Anssi Karttunen, Magnus Lindberg, Chen Halevi, dirs.) on July 24, 2012
Yoshiaki Onishi 5 Tramespace, for large ensemble (2012) - Excerpted version read by Ensemble Intercontemporain (Susanna Mälkki, cond.) as a part of the Projet Tremplin, at IRCAM, Paris, France on April 13, 2012
Tréma/Trame I, for four players (2012) - Premièred by Yarn/Wire on January 27, 2012 at DiMenna Center, New York
Tr, for violoncello and piano (2011) - Performed at Italian Academy at Columbia Univ. by Sean Katsuyama and Mahir Cetiz on April 4, 2012 - Premièred by “ensemble cross.art” (Céline Papion, violoncello and Junko Yamamoto) during the period of October to December, 2011
Départ dans…, for five players (2010, rev. 2014) - Performed at Faculty Development Concert at Toho Gakuen School of Music, by the students of the school, composer conducting, on November 14, 2015. - Performed at An Evening of Today II concert at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam by the Nieuw Ensemble, composer conducting, on January 16, 2014. - Performed at Gaudeamus/New York Festival 2012 by the Wet Ink Ensemble, composer conducting, on January 25, 2012. - Performed at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2011 (The Netherlands), by The Nieuw Ensemble, in Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh (Utrecht, the Netherlands) on September 9, 2011. - Premièred at Takefu Int’l Music Festival (Japan) by Next Mushroom Promotion on September 11, 2010.
Palinody, for 14 players in 7 groups (2010) - Performed by the University of the Pacific Orchestra, Nicolas Waldvogel conducting, February 4, 2012 - Premièred at St. Peter’s Church Chelsea (NY) by the Wet Ink Ensemble, December 11, 2010
Culs-de-sac (en passacaille), for string quartet (2009, rev. 2010) - Performed at Ferienkurse in Neue Musik Darmstadt (Germany) by the JACK Quartet on July 23, 2010 - Performed at (le) Poisson Rouge (New York) by the JACK Quartet on June 29, 2010
sans percussion – une esquisse-sculpture (2009) - Performed at Festival Acanthes (France), by Orch. National de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier in July 2009
Tu n’y trouveras que du vent II (2008) - Performed at Columbia University, by Takeshi Sasamoto, Hitomi Nakamura, and Remi Miura, in New York, February 12, 2009.
Conducting
Affiliations
Artistic Director, Ensemble Exophonie Tokyo 2015 – present
Conductor, ensemble ni 2013 – present
Assistant Conductor, Columbia University Orchestra 2011 – 2013
Associate Conductor, Iktus Percussion (Iktus+) 2010 – present
Conducted Concerts
ECCE, New York/Boston 2014 ECCE Intergrations (Conducted 8 pieces on May 1 and 15, 2014)
Yoshiaki Onishi 6 Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 2014 An Evening of Today at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ (January 16, 2014)
Columbia University Orchestra 2011 – 2013
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2012 (Three Clarinets and Three Violoncelli)
Iktus Percussion and Loadbang, NY 2012 Xenakis Portrait Concert
Talea Ensemble, New York 2011
Wet Ink Ensemble, New York 2010, 2012
IKTUS Percussion and MIVOS Quartet 2011
Mantra Percussion and Dither Guitar Quartet 2010
IKTUS Percussion, New York 2010
Columbia Composers Ensemble 2009 – present
Pacific Music Festival Academy Ensemble 2008
Yale Philharmonia 2006 – 2008
University of the Pacific Student Ensemble 2006
Pacific Music Festival Academy Ensemble 2004
Clinics for wind ensembles in junior high, high schools and colleges in Japan 1999 – present
List of Repertoires (20th/21st century repertoires)
Andre, Mark Asche (2004, rev. 2014) Aylward, John Mercury (2013) Chang, Yu-Hui Intersect (2013) Di Castri, Zosha Escapement (2009) Di Castri, Zosha Strange Matter (2011) Gosfield, Annie Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery (2000) Grisey, Gérard Talea (1986) Hall, Alec Striped Noise (2011) Hall, Alec Blood July (2012) Hughes, Curtis K National Insecurity (2002) Jacobs, Bryan Do You Need, Do To Me, 18 Me, 18 Mean (instrumental version) (2012) Jacobs, Bryan Stealing an Image (2009) Jacobs, Bryan Aninininimate (2012) Lin, Wei-Chieh …entrapercevoir… (2013, rev. 2014) Lindberg, Magnus Quintetto dell’estate (1979) Lu, Wang Siren Song Yoshiaki Onishi 7 Moore, Kate Mobiles and Sculptures (2014) Onishi, Yoshiaki Départ dans… Onishi, Yoshiaki Palinody Onishi, Yoshiaki ref. Onishi, Yoshiaki Vague II Onishi, Yoshiaki Wound Sky Orikasa, Toshiyuki Dissipation IIb Ricketts, Matthew Quick Study (2011) Serrano, José M. Sistro Impar Soper, Kate The Sleep Side (2011) Tsuda, Schuyler Forced Vibrations and Resonance Tucker, Colin engulfed, constrained in a widening gap (2012-13) Wettl, Mátyás ö (2014) Xenakis, Iannis Atrées Xenakis, Iannis Khal Perr
Completed Research and Scholarship
Dissertation
Doctor of Musical Arts Dissertation, Columbia University in the City of New York 2015 Dissertation Title: Between Imaginations and Realizations: Composers and Metaphysical Spaces Thesis Advisor: George E. Lewis Defense Committee: Fred Lerdahl, George E. Lewis, Georg Friedrich Haas, Martin Brody, Mark Andre
Published Articles and Essays
Review Article for Andile Khumalo (for “[…]” (Ellipses) Online Magazine, South Africa) 2015
On Tramespace I, a lecture (for The Ear Reader (http://earreader.nl/archives/797)) 2014
Keynote Speech: “Crisis? This is how I keep composing…” at Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013 2013
Academic Article “Concerning Notation of Mark Andre’s …zu… for string trio” 2012
Op-Ed Article, Columbia Spectator, “Democratizing classical music,” December 2, 2011 2011
Op-Ed Article, Columbia Spectator, “Reharmonizing Japan,” March 25, 2011 2011
Presentations
Workshop Presentation “Teaching Creativity in Music Humanities,” Columbia University, March 11, 2015.
Composition Colloquium on Tramespace I Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo, Japan, March 4, 2014.
Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussant: Seminar at Gaudeamus Muziekweek, September 6, 2013.
Yoshiaki Onishi 8 Colloquium Presentation: “Analysis of …zu… for string trio by Mark Andre,” October 17, 2012.
Composition Colloquium, at the University of the Pacific, February 2, 2012.
Composition Colloquium, at Manhattan School of Music, April 14, 2011.
Composition Colloquium, at Takefu International Music Festival, September 8, 2010
Lucerne Festival Percussion Ensemble Atelier Public Interview (Switzerland) September 2, 2006.
Composition Colloquium, Mannes College of Music (New York), November 6, 2004.
Pi Kappa Lambda Student Lecture: “Variations of Concepts and Perception,” February 26, 2004.
Festivals, Residencies
Participant, Matrix Academy at SWR Experimentalstudio, Freiburg 2014
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2013 (as a commissioned composer) (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 2013
Creative Dialogue V (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) 2012
Guest Composer, University of the Pacific (Stockton, California, USA) 2012
Guest Composer, Takefu International Music Festival (Takefu, Japan) 2010
Stagiaire de Composition, Festival Acanthes (Metz, France) 2009
Composition Fellow, Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan) 2008
Yale/Royal Academy of Music Exchange Composers Project (USA and GB) 2007
Lucerne Festival Academy (Lucerne Percussion Ensemble) (Lucerne, Switzerland) 2006
Composition Fellow, Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan) 2004
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Contemporary Music Workshop (Norfolk, CT) 2004
21st Summer Course for Young Composers in (Warsaw, Poland) 2003
Contemporary Music Festival at Otterbein College, (Westerville, Ohio, USA) 2003
Research and Creative Works in Progress
New Work for string trio (2016) (in progress, for 2017 Music From Japan concert in New York)
New Work for recorder and shakuhachi (2016) (in progress, première planned on March 25, 2017)
Vgf II (2016), for orchestra (in progress)
Vgf I (2016), for five players (in progress, work written for Distractfold Ensemble) Yoshiaki Onishi 9
Courbettes (2012 - ), for male voice, sub-bass recorder and live electronics. (in progress) Commission: UMS N’ JIP in Brig, Switzerland.
Review Article, Open Space
Awards, Honors, Commissions
Finalist, 26th Competition for Akutagawa Award for Music Composition (Japan) 2016
Finalist, 24th Competition for Akutagawa Award for Music Composition (Japan) 2014
Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Foundation 2012
Commission Recipient, Projet Tremplin of IRCAM and Ensemble Intercontemporain 2012
Winner, Gaudeamus Music Prize 2011 2011
Conservatory Award in Music Composition Department (Univ. of the Pacific) 2004
Presser Foundation Award – Presser Scholar (Univ. of the Pacific) 2004
Recipient, Hoefer Prize for faculty/student creative research (Univ. of the Pacific) 2003
Teaching
Academic Institutions
Toho Gakuen School of Music
2016 – 2017
Harmony I (Diatonic Harmony, using Geidai-Wasei Textbook, Volume 1, one of Japan’s most popular textbooks on harmony. One-year sequence.)
Harmony II (Chromatic Harmony, using Geidai-Wasei Textbook, Volume 2. One-year sequence.)
Music Theory Overview (Lecture course covering the formal analysis of music, as well as musical terminologies and relevant music history of Western classical music. One-year sequence.)
Music Fundamentals in English for Conservatory Students (Taught in the college division of Toho Gakuen. Music fundamentals entirely taught in English, this course allows students to practice English in order to have a better command of the language in practical situations of music making. One-year sequence.)
Music Fundamentals in English for Music High School Students (Taught in the high school division of Toho Gakuen.
Advanced Orchestration and Instrumental Research (For composition majors. Analysis of orchestration in major twentieth and twenty-first century orchestral and chamber-orchestral works, as well as assigning students to Yoshiaki Onishi 10 conduct research on contemporary music techniques on instruments of their choice. One-year sequence.)
Lecture Course: Survey of American Music (For all conservatory undergraduates and graduates. A survey of history and music that have taken place on American soil from pre-1776 to present. One-year sequence.)
2015 – 2016
Harmony I
Harmony II
Music Theory Overview
Music Fundamentals in English (High School division only)
Advanced Orchestration and Instrumental Research
Seminar Course: Semiotics and Intertextuality in Music (Examination of how semiotics and intertextuality are applied to the praxis of musical analysis. One-year sequence.)
Applied Harmony II, sec. 2 (Special topics on Harmonic Sequence and Non-Harmonic Tones, and the comparative readings of these techniques via different textbook sources (from Japan and the U.S.). Incorporates the introductory exercises on Schankerian Analysis in the second semester. One-year sequence.)
Columbia University
2015 – 2016
W1123: Music Humanities (Instructor) (Designed the course syllabus and taught a semester sequence. Full responsibilities, including grading.)
2014 – 2015
Dissertation Fellowship
2013 – 2014
W1123: Music Humanities (Instructor)
2012 – 2013
Assistant Conductor and Librarian, Columbia University Orchestra (Assisted the Artistic Director, Jeffrey Milarsky. Managed the orchestral parts. Managed the orchestra personnel. Oversaw and annotated the program notes. Led the sectionals and the rehearsals. Guest-conducted the Orchestra.)
2011 – 2012
Assistant Conductor and Librarian, Columbia University Orchestra
2010 – 2011
W1123: Music Humanities (Instructor)
Yoshiaki Onishi 11 2009 – 2010
W1123: Music Humanities (Served as TA)
Yale University
MUSI 312: Composition Seminar 2008 (TA Position. Taught three undergraduate composition students.)
MUSI 295a: Practical Applications in Music, Multimedia Art, Video and Technology I 2007 (TA Position. Assisted undergraduate students for their technical needs. Led the sectional meetings.)
JAPN 162: Advanced Japanese III 2006 – 2007 (TA Position. Assisted undergraduate students in speaking and writing Japanese. Led language labs and individual meetings with students.)
JAPN 157: Advanced Japanese II 2006 – 2007 (TA Position. Assisted undergraduate students in speaking and writing Japanese. Led language labs and individual meetings with students.)
Outside the Academic Institutions
Assistant Lecturer, Takefu International Music Festival 2015 (In Echizen-shi, Japan. I assisted Toshio Hosokawa as an assistant to give further feedbacks to the composition students, and I led 2 individual and 2 group lessons in composition.)
Private Composition Lessons 2005 – present (I have taught and mentored composition students of diverse levels, from high school students up to after-retirement music enthusiasts.)
Miscellanea
Professional Activities
School Service at Toho Gakuen School of Music
College and High School Students Committee 2016 – present (Oversees and manages the student activities, in-school scholarships, etc.)
Security Committee 2016 – present (Oversees the security and safety of the school campus and the students.)
Graduate School Implementation Committee 2015 – 2016 (Assisted the committee with English translation of the documents related to the implementation of the graduate school at Toho Gakuen.)
Professional Service at Toho Gakuen School of Music
Lecture and Concert with Ueli Wiget 2016 (Duties included: Live interpreter (English — Japanese)
Lecture and Concert with Peter Veale 2016 (Duties included: Live interpreter (English — Japanese)
Yoshiaki Onishi 12 Lecture and Concert with Cort Lippe 2015 (Duties included: Live interpreter (English — Japanese), Publicity (flyer-making, etc.)
Public Lesson, Lecture and Concert with Lei Liang 2015 (Duties included: Live interpreter (English — Japanese), Publicity (flyer-making, etc.)
Host, String Quartet Concert at Open Campus, Toho Gakuen Sch. of Music 2015
Interviews
Interview by David Durán Arufe for Dossier 4x4 on Sul Ponticello web magazine 2016
Interview by Ensemble Intercontemporain 2015
Interview by Jake Gagne for Columbia University Radio (WKCR, 89.9 FM) 2014
Interview by Aad van Nieuwkerk for Muziek van Nu 2014
Interview by Dan Vezza for Composers Conversations 2013
Interview by Aad van Nieuwkerk for Vrije Geluiden 2013
Interview by Aad van Nieuwkerk 2011
Clarinet Playing
Recording/Performance of Centauro (2012) by Claudio Baroni 2012
Member, Columbia University Orchestra 2011
World-Première Performance, Drawing No. 11 by Alvin Lucier 2007
US Première Performance, Drei Geistriche Konzerte (H.W. Henze) 1st clarinet 2007
University of the Pacific Wind Ensemble, concert master 2002 – 2003
CBDA all-state honor band (symphonic band), concertmaster 2000
Research Assistant
Transcription of select Portuguese fados for Prof. Lila Ellen Gray 2011
Translator/Interpreter
Live Interpretation of Lecture by David Gutkin 2016 At Buncademy, Tokyo
Live Interpretation of Lectures at Toho Gakuen Sch. of Music Lectures by Peter Veale and Ueli Wiget 2016 Lectures by Lei Liang and Cort Lippe 2015
Live Interpretation of Lecture by Alain Bonardi at Toho Gakuen Sch. of Music 2013 (French/English to Japanese)
Translation of composition seminars at Columbia University 2009 – 2012 For Toshio Hosokawa, Hitomi Kaneko, Yasuko Yamaguchi, Norio Fukushi and Kikuko Masumoto (Japanese to English)
Yoshiaki Onishi 13 Other Employments
Map Collection (Yale University library) – Japanese Maps Researcher 2007
Assistant, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale Summer School of Music) 2006 – 2007
Assistant, Oral History, American Music (Yale School of Music/Library) 2005 – 2005
Music and Programming Language Software Experience
C++, Open Music, Audiosculpt, Spear, ProTools, Max/MSP, Peak, Logic Audio, Reaper, Finale 2001-2014
Software Developed
Composing MH (for Mac) 2014 Description: Available for download at: http://yoshionishi.com/en/?page_id=646 Developed on Max/MSP, and it is a standalone software that can be run without Max/MSP software on the computer. This software allows its user to compose “musique concrète”-style compositions. Originally developed in the summer of 2014, this software has been successfully deployed as the final project for students in my Music Humanities course in the 2014 Fall semester.
Memberships and Affiliations
Published Composer, Edition Gravis, Berlin/Brühl, Germany Member, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society Member, Honor Academic Society of Phi Kappa Phi Member, Broadcast Music, inc.
Languages Spoken
Japanese (Native Language) English (Secondary Language – Fluent) French (Advanced Level – Fluent) German (Intermediate Level)
References
Available upon request.
Place and Date of the Preparation of This Document
St. Louis, August 19, 2016