The second joint practice session is being held in Fukushima City. Today, Sunday, June 3rd, Fukushima City is also sunny before the rainy season, with the maximum temperature reaching 31 degrees, and the second joint practice session is being held at Fukushima Minpo Hall. Toshio Yanagisawa, who was conducting in Kosovo until recently, will be instructing us again this year. As this is the first time he has participated in this year's joint practice session, he expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to take this fourth term to a new level," and talked about what he would like the members to learn through Brahms' Symphony No. 2, which is the main piece of the next concert that he and director Ryuichi Sakamoto have decided on. I'm already looking forward to March 2019.