Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
Troy Webdell, conductor
Miho Sasaki, piano
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Orchestras program provides student musicians with an authentic, professional orchestra experience. From classics to pops, enjoy the accomplishments of these young musicians.
JUNIOR STRINGS
YOUTH SYMPHONY
MIHO SASAKI, PIANO
A native of Japan, composer, pianist and teacher Miho Sasaki has collaborated and performed with numerous orchestras, universities, and contemporary music festivals across the US and Asia, including the Tokyo to New York concert series, Bargemusic (Brooklyn), Queens (NY) New Music Festival, Aichi University of Music and Fine Arts in Japan, Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and IDRS (International Double Reed Society). Sasaki was awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis and selected for MTNA/IMTA commissioned composer 2024. She has recently performed Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments under the director of Michael Colburn with the Butler Wind Ensemble, Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, and premiered her composition for two pianos, four hands with Kate Boyd at IMTA conference at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, South Bend
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