Kazumichi Sunada is currently an active freelance oboist in Japan and the artistic director/producer and teaching-artist of a number of Japanese Outreach Programs. Also, Sunada still gives concert performances throughout Japan.
Sunada is a former oboist and executive producer for a number of education programs created in conjunction with the oldest professional wind ensemble in Japan, the Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra (TWSO). He also participated in the negotiations related to the selling of concert programs of the TWSO.
Since 1997, he has given over 400 workshops in Japan's public schools as a facilitator/teaching artist. Sunada was appointed to the position of Programming Advisor of the outreach program for several public concert halls in Japan and the Executive Producer of the Support for Hands-on Cultural Projects by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2002.
He negotiated to prepare the budget (2.1 million U.S. dollars) for the Japanese Ministry of Education for Hands-on Kids Projects in 2004. He was the programming advisor of over 900 Hands-on Music Programs for kids (Budget:0.65 million U.S. dollars) throughout Japan in 2005.
Sunada received a bachelor's degree in music from Nihon University college of Art in Tokyo. He then obtained his master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1996 where he studied oboe with Laura Ahlbeck and conducting with Richerd Hoenich and Frank Batisitti.
Sunada’s other diverse experiences include teaching at the junior high and high school levels as well as a brief stint as an assistant stage manager for an opera company.
Currently, Sunada established a new non-profit organization called “ Life with Music Project(LMP)” for local areas in Japan. LMP, in partnership with the New York Philharmonic’s Education Department, is transplanting the mission and method of “outreach” to musicians in Japan in order to gain recognition and create needs for community activities and education programs offered by musicians. Currently LMP is offering these programs in Minato-ku, Tokyo, but in the near future, they will be extended to other areas of Japan. Since 2008, he has been asked to be in charge of planning, developing, coordinating and performing education programs at Japan’s largest classic music festival, LA FOLLE JOURNÉE au JAPON, held in Tokyo.
Sunada is a former oboist and executive producer for a number of education programs created in conjunction with the oldest professional wind ensemble in Japan, the Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra (TWSO). He also participated in the negotiations related to the selling of concert programs of the TWSO.
Since 1997, he has given over 400 workshops in Japan's public schools as a facilitator/teaching artist. Sunada was appointed to the position of Programming Advisor of the outreach program for several public concert halls in Japan and the Executive Producer of the Support for Hands-on Cultural Projects by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2002.
He negotiated to prepare the budget (2.1 million U.S. dollars) for the Japanese Ministry of Education for Hands-on Kids Projects in 2004. He was the programming advisor of over 900 Hands-on Music Programs for kids (Budget:0.65 million U.S. dollars) throughout Japan in 2005.
Sunada received a bachelor's degree in music from Nihon University college of Art in Tokyo. He then obtained his master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1996 where he studied oboe with Laura Ahlbeck and conducting with Richerd Hoenich and Frank Batisitti.
Sunada’s other diverse experiences include teaching at the junior high and high school levels as well as a brief stint as an assistant stage manager for an opera company.
Currently, Sunada established a new non-profit organization called “ Life with Music Project(LMP)” for local areas in Japan. LMP, in partnership with the New York Philharmonic’s Education Department, is transplanting the mission and method of “outreach” to musicians in Japan in order to gain recognition and create needs for community activities and education programs offered by musicians. Currently LMP is offering these programs in Minato-ku, Tokyo, but in the near future, they will be extended to other areas of Japan. Since 2008, he has been asked to be in charge of planning, developing, coordinating and performing education programs at Japan’s largest classic music festival, LA FOLLE JOURNÉE au JAPON, held in Tokyo.