We are holding a joint training session in January.

It's about two months until the concert. This month's joint practice session will be held in Fukushima City as usual, on Saturday and Sunday. Today, we practiced under the guidance of Toshio Yanagisawa. Masato Oshiki, representative director of the Tohoku Youth Orchestra (President and CEO of Yamaha Music Japan Co., Ltd.), came to observe us from the morning. We started by practicing "Three TOHOKU Songs," composed by Dai Fujikura with folk songs from the three prefectures where the orchestra members are from, and then "Blu" by director Ryuichi Sakamoto. Today, there are fewer members due to the fact that about 10 people are absent due to influenza, and the National Center Test is also taking place at the same time... but the lion dance on the stage curtain is as lively as ever. This was a quick report from the practice venue of the Fukushima Minpo Newspaper.