Welcome to Tokyo International Music School, founded in 2022 to bring musicians from the international and Japanese communities to rehearse and perform together. Following our first successful year, we are pleased to announce our 2023-24 programme, which includes a significant expansion in the number of groups we offer. Find out more about our orchestras, choirs and jazz bands.
We continue to work closely with the British School in Tokyo, making use of their wonderful rehearsal and performance spaces. For the 2023-24 season we will hold some of our rehearsals at their new campus in Azabudai. You can find our term dates and a list of programmes we offer below. More detail can be found on the ensemble pages.
Term Dates 2023 - 2024
Term 1
Saturday 23rd September 2023 - Saturday 16th December 2023
Term 2
Saturday 6th January 2024 - Saturday 16th March 2024
Term 3
Sunday 14th April 2024 - Sunday 16th June 2024
Our programmes take place at the British School in Tokyo campuses in Sangenjaya and Azabudai.
Sangenjaya
The British School in Tokyo
Music Department (3rd Floor)
Showa Women’s University 5th Bldg.
1-7-57 Taishido
Setagaya-ku
Tokyo
Azabudai
The British School in Tokyo
Azabudai Hills
1-3-3 Azabudai
Minato-ku
Tokyo
Welcome to Tokyo International Music School, and thank you for taking the time to look at our website. My decision to establish this music school has been informed by my experience working as Director of Music at the British School in Tokyo. Whilst our students were able to take advantage of musical opportunities within school, it seemed odd that there was no way of regularly bringing students from different Tokyo schools to rehearse and perform together.
Working in partnership with the British School in Tokyo, where our rehearsals take place, we hope not only to bring students together from different international schools in Tokyo, but also to allow members to work more closely with students from local Japanese schools. In the spirit of cultural exchange, our aim is to provide a place for students to come together to share their passion for music, to build lifelong friendships, and to and to have fun in the process.
Our first year was a great success, with the establishment of a range of different groups, and three concerts at which our students had the opportunity to showcase their skills. We hope to build on this in our second year, providing more groups, including opportunities for adults, and a range of performances for all of our members.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions about our programmes, or any of our future plans, and we will be very happy to hear from you.
Simon Beston
