Yo Goto

Composer

Japan/ USA

 

Yo Goto is recognized as one of the leading composers and arrangers in the United States and Japan. His works have been performed at several international conventions including College Band Directors National Association, World Association for Symphonic Band and Ensemble, and Midwest Clinic. Goto received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Yamagata University, Japan, and studied composition with Shin-ichiro Ikebe at the Tokyo College of Music, completing a performance diploma. As an active composer, arranger, and clinician in Japan, Goto moved to Texas to study composition with Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas in 2001, earning graduate degrees in both composition and music education during his stay. Goto is also considered a distinguished educator and researcher in the field of wind music. He frequently writes and lectures on topics such as selecting music for school band programs and the educational goals of band teaching. He has presented lectures on new American and European wind literature with Japanese band directors at every level for over fifteen years, and his information is recognized as an educational standard in Japan. His work, Songs for Wind Ensemble, won the 2011 Sousa/Ostwald Award, one of the most prestigious awards for wind band compositions, held by the American Bandmasters Association. Goto also received the Academy Award from the Academic Society of Japan for Winds and Band in 2000 for excellence in clinics and wind literature research.

 

 

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