Toyota City Boys and Girls Choir youth
豊田市少年少女合唱団ユー ス
Japan
The Toyota City Boys and Girls Choir was established in 1977 as a municipal choir for boys and girls, placed as a “Toyota Citizens’ Musical Ambassador”. The choir is acting with those who joins, from the 2nd grade elementary school students to university students. First prize in the General category of the Fukushima Vocal Ensemble Competition in 2018, 2021, 2023, and 2025, also the Fukushima Mayor’s Award in the final selection of the competition in 2018, and 2025. First prize in the Youth category of the Tokyo International Choir Competition in 2018, 2022,2023,2024 and 2025. At the same competition, they won gold medals in the 2023 Folk Music Division, the 2024 Contemporary Music Division, and the 2025 Homophonic Choir Division. In 2024, they received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, the Best Contemporary Music Interpretation Award, and the Best Performance of the Required Piece Award.
Category
Equal Voice Choir
Hiroko Naga
Category 2
Hiroko Naga, a native of Nagoya City, graduated from the Department of voice music, at Aichi University of Arts. She has been studied voice music, early music singing, choral conducting, and pursues both the way of performing based on styles of each musical piece and the new theatrical expressions which are enabled by chorus. She has been the instructor of the choir since 1990, for 35 years she has supervised and conducted numerous concerts to great acclaim. She has led the choir to win higher level prizes at contests including the Tokyo International Choral Competition, Takarazuka Chamber Choir Competition, and National Vocal Ensemble Contest, and in other Competition. Awarded the Prize at the 2022 Toyota Youth Development Merit , and the Outstanding Conductor Award at the 5th Tokyo International Choral Competition 2023. She is also lecturer at Aichi University of Arts, Kinjo Gakuin University,Toyota Regional Nursing College.