Instrumental Teaching

Timothy Carter

- Clarinet & Saxophone Teacher

Tim Carter has performed throughout America, Europe, and Asia as an orchestral, chamber, and solo clarinet player. In addition to classical music, he has also explored playing pop, jazz, and gypsy-rock fusion on an amplified clarinet.

He received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, and his Master of the Arts degree from The Juilliard School & City University of New York. He moved to Japan after winning a blind audition for Principal Clarinet of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and previously performed as their solo clarinetist throughout Japan. He has also collaborated as an orchestral clarinetist with The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tokyo Symphony, Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo, The Kioi Chamber Orchestra, and The Vienna Philharmonic (Toyota Master Players).

As a solo clarinetist, he was awarded top prizes at numerous high volume participant international music competitions in Europe and Asia, including a unanimous 1st prize at The 8th Japan Clarinet Competition where he was selected from a pool of 193 applicants. First album, “Clarinet Reinventions,” was released on the Fontec label in 2016. He has given masterclasses at many universities throughout China and Japan and is on the faculty of J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo.

Email Address: tcarter@bst.ac.jp
Website: www.timothywcarter.com
YouTube: Tim's YouTube Channel

Jessica Cesana-Hashimoto

- Cello Teacher

Before moving to Japan in 2006, American-Swiss cellist Jessica Cesana-Hashimoto, was performing professionally for fifteen years in New York City with orchestras, opera and musical theater productions. She was a member of the Greenwich Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Ridgefield Symphony, Westchester Symphony and appeared as a soloist with the Bridgeport Chamber Symphony. She has also performed with Broadway and off-Broadway musicians for numerous shows and recording sessions.

Ms. Cesana-Hashimoto also taught the cello and chamber music at the Merit Music School in New Canaan, Connecticut, St. David’s School, Manhattan, and ensembles at the Franklin D. Roosevelt school in Manhattan. She first traveled to Japan in 2002, with the New York Ragtime Orchestra, led by pianist Masonabu Ikemiya for concerts across Japan and then returned in 2004 performing concerts at the Osaka Dome and Osaka area with the same group. Since moving to Tokyo in 2006, with her husband and son, she has been performing chamber music concerts with pianist Azusa Sakurai, and teaching cello students from Japanese public schools, the British School and American School.

Ms. Cesana-Hashimoto, grew up in upstate NY, graduated from Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, in 1990, where she earned degrees in both music education and performance. She was the recipient of the Keilocker string scholarship and student of Einar Holm, and Pamela Gearhart. Following graduation, she went to Switzerland to study with Angela Schwartz of the Basel Symphony and taught at the American School in Karlsruhe, Germany. While earning her Master’s Degree from Purchase Conservatory in 1997, she was a student of Marion Feldman, Manhattan School of Music, and Peter Wiley, cellist for the Beaux Arts Trio and Guarneri Quartet.

Email Address: jcesana@bst.ac.jp

Anneliese Chang

- Piano Teacher

- Aural and Theory

Anneliese Chang comes from Taiwan and has been teaching Music since 1992. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney in Australia and has qualifications from LTCL (Trinity College London). A. MusA. Associate diploma of music, (Australia Guild music examination board)

Whilst in Australia, Anneliese worked as a pianist, composer and teacher. She has performed the piano many times for many national events in Sydney. Anneliese moved back to Taiwan in 1997 and taught the piano, composition and solfege at Eternal-life Christ College and Bournemouth and Poole College. Several of her students have won competitions under her instruction.

Email Address: achang@bst.ac.jp

Marco Fatichenti

- Piano Teacher

Pianist Marco Fatichenti is an internationally acclaimed performer and recording artist who has appeared in some of the most prestigious venues across Europe, Asia, and the United States. At the same time, he continues to be a much sought after pedagogue for his kind, considerate and dynamic approach to teaching, committed to promoting music and its societal value amongst diverse audiences. While living in London he became instrumental in the music departments of schools such as Wellington College and Uppingham School.

He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and has obtained a Doctorate from King’s College London, being described by Hilary Finch in London’s The Times as ‘none other than Chopin incarnate’.

Marco has been based in Tokyo since 2021, where he continues to perform both as recitalist and chamber musician and to support young pianists in their musical careers.

E-mail: mfatichenti@bst.ac.jp

Alberto Garcia graduated in Piano and Music Theory from the Conservatory of Music in Spain in 1984 and went on to achieve the Yamaha Electone Certificate from the Colegio Hispano Ingles in Spain. He later went on to study Contemporary Harmony and Theory, Jazz guitar and Jazz ensemble at the Guillermo Gonzalez Music School in Tenerife, Spain. He finally graduated from the Musicians Institute Hollywood in Los Angeles where he studied under Scott Henderson, Carl Verheyen, Allen Hind, Dean Brown, Ross Bolton and Jean Marc Belkadi. Following his graduation, he made an additional Encore Program at MI and studied with Rick Zunigar.

As a session player, he performed exclusively during his stay in California and accumulated experience in different genres such as rock, pop, jazz, blues and funk. Alberto is now the Head of the Guitar Department at LiveJam Music School in Tokyo and works with various performing bands and on various projects in Tokyo.

Email Address: agarcia@bst.ac.jp

Christopher Hardy is a highly acclaimed percussionist, composer and educator. Chris has a background in Western percussion from the University of Michigan and is a hand drum specialist whose primary focus is on Middle Eastern, North African, West African, Brazilian and Latin percussion.

In addition to leading his own groups and co-founding Tatopani, the Tokyo-based world music group, Chris has performed and recorded with such diverse artists as Hamza El Din, John Neptune, Kazumi Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Hidetaro Honjo (shamisen), Eitetsu Hayashi (taiko), Hideo Kanze (Noh performer), Kim Duk-Soo (Samul Nori), Onoe Shoroku (Kabuki), Shuntaro Tanikawa (poet), Kazutoki Umezu, Sizzle Ohtaka, Kato Kazuhiko, A.I., Kaleb James, Anthony Bailey, Ted Piltzecker, El Zafete.

Chris has performed at the Edinburgh Festival and at major music festivals in Japan, as well as actively performing throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa, South America, Australia and the United States. Most recently, he performed with the resident Cirque du Soleil show, “Zed” and served as musical ensemble director for the Tokyo performances of the “O Vertigo” dance troupe (Canada). Chris can be heard on the Victor, JVC, Columbia, Denon, Polydor, EMI, Equilibrium and Sony labels.

Email Address: chardy@bst.ac.jp
Website: http://christopherhardymusic.com/

Jacob studied Jazz Saxophone at Trinity College of Music in London and has performed extensively across the UK and Scandinavia. He specializes in teaching saxophone technique, jazz repertoire, improvised music and jazz theory for students of all abilities. Jacob has led the British School in Tokyo Jazz ensemble for the last 8 years, and the adult and youth jazz programs at Tokyo International Music School since their formation in 2022.

Jacob only offers lessons for students at the Showa campus.

Email Address: jknill@bst.ac.jp

Kuh studied Suzuki violin method from the age of 3, learning under Mr Suzuki directly and performing at Suzuki seminars as an exemplar student. She continued her study at Trinity College of Music in London. Following her graduation, she has worked extensively as a session violinist, teacher and performer.

Kuh only offers lessons for students at the Azabudai campus.

Email Address: kknill@bst.ac.jp

Chris Koh has been teaching professionally since 1994 and has experience working with all age groups and levels at independent and Local Education Authority schools and music centres in the UK. Chris completed his postgraduate violin studies with Professor Krysztof Jakowicz at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Poland. He also studied with Ezsta Boda-Katone (Trinity College), Jean Brier (Huddersfied University) and Oliver Butterworth at the Centre for Young Musicians, Pimlico, UK.

As a professional freelance musician, Chris has worked for various classical opera and orchestral chamber and contemporary music theatre companies in the UK. He was also a principal member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, Grange Park Opera and has performed solo for several touring companies and accompanied various artists in England.

Email Address: ckoh@bst.ac.jp

Jun Kubo

- Flute Instrumental Teacher

Ms Kubo received her bachelor's of Music from the Juilliard School in New York, studied with the legendary flutist from NY Philharmonic, Julius Baker. She also earned her Master’s of Music & Artist Diploma from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Advanced Certificate in Music Education from New York University, where she also studied Jazz.

She has won numerous international awards including Haifa International Flute Competition in Israel, and Leonardo di Lorenzo International Competition in Italy. She has toured and recorded in the major halls of the US, Europe, Russia and Japan and has now come back to live in Tokyo since 2012.

Before moving back to Tokyo in 2012, she moved to New York at the age 11 to attend the Juilliard Pre-College. Studying with Dr Bradley Garner, then with European teachers Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot, Trevor Wye and William Bennett every summer and a year in Paris attending the International School of Paris.  Her main teachers include Julius Baker, Andras Adrjan, Carol Wincenc and Robert Dick.

She is the author of “Let’s Begin Playing the Flute!” from Yamaha Music Media and has released “Tapisserie 1” , “Tapisserie 2” & "III" from SCOOP Records with her ensemble, Fevbre.

Email Address: jkubo@bst.ac.jp

Naoko has performed both in the UK and Japan, including in The Leeds International Chamber Music Recital, The Paxton House Summer Music Festival, the NPO Japan Scotland Society’s Concert Series, The Oldham Walton Centenary Celebration Concert in the presence of Lady Walton, and at the Holkham Hall by invitation of the Earl Countess of Leicester. Her qualifications include a BMus from Musashino Academia Musicae as a recipient of the Fukui Naoaki Scholarship, a PGDiploma in Advanced Studies in Musical Performance (with distinction) from the Royal Northern College of Music, and a Diploma in Professional Performance also from the RNCM. Whilst at the RNCM, she was awarded numerous prizes and was a finalist in The 6th Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Competition. She also became a scholar of the RNCM, and won the Sir Henry Richardson Award, before working as a Junior Fellow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama. Her principal teachers were Shinya Nakane, Caroline Palmer, Carole Presland, and Graeme McNaught. Naoko also teaches piano in the Art Department of Yaei High School and is a judge of the Japan Classical Music Competition.

Email Address: nmatamaru@bst.ac.jp

Alla Takemura

- Violin & Viola Instrumental Teacher

Alla Takemura graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatoire with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Professor Nickolay Bratennikov, as well as taking part in the master classes at the Moscow State Conservatoire with Professors Boris Belenki and Maia Glezarova. After graduating, she combined her work as a music and sound director for the National TV Company with teaching and performing.

She has performed at the Royal College of Music and St John’s Cathedral and participated in the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at the Julliard School of Music in New York. She is a soloist and a music director with the Zion String Ensemble specializing in Baroque and church music and has been teaching the violin and viola at BST since 2004.

Email Address: atakemura@bst.ac.jp