Experience teaching approximately 6,500 learners in total
We have supported learners ranging from young beginners to students pursuing specific goals.
Teacher
Teachers at our Utsunomiya music school
Meet the instructors who teach at Primavera.
Founder and lead instructor
Lessons built on the joy of music.
Founder and lead instructor · Misako Iida
After graduating from a music university, she taught at Yamaha Music School and worked at a public junior high school before founding Primavera. Drawing on experience teaching approximately 6,500 learners in total, she tailors each lesson carefully to the child's individuality and pace.
50 students in year three, about 80 in year five
She has grown a trusted school rooted in the local community.
Teaching informed by developmental support through music and professional qualifications
She also leads a facility that provides developmental support through music and applies her junior-high teaching license and eurhythmics qualification to her lessons.
Qualifications and affiliations
- Junior-high school teaching license (Music)
- Teaching member, Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan (PTNA)
- Certified eurhythmics instructor, Japan Education Center NPO
- Certified developmental-disability adviser / developmental support specialist
- FigureNotes Basic Instructor
Instructors
Experience spanning developmental support through music and live performance, brought to every lesson.
Shieno Takahashi
After studying piano at Showa College of Music, she taught piano and Electone at Yamaha Music School and worked with many students.
She also brings that experience to developmental support through music at Doremi.
She performs as a lounge and wedding pianist and at corporate product launches, recitals and events.
Level 2 Music Health Instructor
She also draws on her experience leading music-based wellness sessions in her teaching.
Manavis instructor
She also leads music-based wellness sessions as a Utsunomiya lifelong-learning instructor.
Also teaches vocal and drum courses
Drawing on her experience teaching piano and Electone, she teaches a wide range of courses.
Performance experience and expertise brought to every piano lesson.
Sayaka Kato
She began piano at age two, studied piano at Utsunomiya Junior College High School and completed the Piano Performance course and graduate studies in keyboard accompaniment at Tokyo College of Music.
An award winner in numerous competitions in Japan and abroad, she works widely as a soloist, vocal and instrumental accompanist, chamber pianist, orchestral keyboard player and arranger.
She also works as a rehearsal and performance pianist for opera and operetta. Her lessons support individual goals from complete beginners to students preparing for music high school or university entrance exams.
Solo and accompaniment performances across Japan
She performs actively across genres in concerts, recitals and outreach events in Tochigi and throughout Japan.
Part-time piano instructor at universities, junior colleges and high-school music programs
She teaches piano part-time at universities, junior colleges and high-school music programs.
- PTNA teaching member
- Piano instructor, Japan Opera Foundation training division
- Member of the Verde Society
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Nurturing flute tone and expression with enjoyable, attentive lessons.
Misaki Kishi
A flutist from Tochigi, she graduated from the flute program at Utsunomiya Junior College High School and continues her studies in wind music and ensemble at Utsunomiya Junior College.
She has earned excellent results in competitions including the All Japan Junior Classical Music Competition and has appeared as a soloist with the Utsunomiya Junior College Orchestra.
Her local performances include a guest appearance on FM Tochigi (RADIO BERRY)'s 'Ongaku no Minaterrace Tochigi' and many classical concerts. Her flute lessons value the joy of music and personal expression.
Competition and soloist experience
She has achieved excellent competition results and performed as an orchestral soloist.
Concerts in and beyond Tochigi
Her community-based work includes RADIO BERRY appearances and concerts at the prefectural office.
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