堀 優希 YUKI HORI
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東京在住の音楽インストラクター兼特殊教育専門講師。
2019年にバークリー音楽大学卒業。専攻は特殊教育、指揮、及び心理学。 ボーカリストとしても活動中。 3歳より木下音感楽院で絶対音感、楽典、ピアノ、声楽、合唱を学ぶ。同楽院の主催する数多くの音楽祭やコンサートで、独唱と合唱の高音部を担当。小学校2年生で同楽院のオペラ「シンデレラ」でシンデレラの姉妹役を演じ、4年生の時には同じくオペラの「白雪姫」で主役を演じる。5年生の時には、Jose Carrerasのクリスマスコンサートにバックコーラスとして出演し、6年生の時にはテーマパーク「キッザニア」のオープニングセレモニーで同パークの国家を独唱した。更に同年、オペラ「シンデレラ」で主役のシンデレラ役を演じ、その練習風景がBS朝日のテレビ1時間番組で放映された。 その後、木下音感楽院 を卒業後、13歳で渡米しニューイングランド音楽院にてソプラノ歌手のClara Sandlerに師事し、クラシックの声楽を学ぶ。更に、同音楽院では指揮者Ben Zander、Hugh Wolff、Josh Weilersteinの指導の下、同学院のオーケストラを二度指揮する。2014年にWalnut Hill School for the Arts音楽学部声楽学科卒業。同年、National Young Arts Competitionのポピュラー部門にてMerit Awardを受賞し、バークリー音楽大学に入学。2016年の夏にはBerklee Gospel Choirの一員として、Newport Folk Festivalに出演。その後、ボストンでの音楽インストラクター兼特殊教育専門講師の仕事を経て、2019年に帰国し、2020年12月にプレオープンした保育型幼児教育スクール、「Pitスクール」にて、音楽プログラム監修兼講師を務める。 2021年6月に音楽教室「STUDIO MOTIF」を創立。 |
Yuki Hori is a music, special education instructor and vocalist based in Tokyo area, graduated Berklee College of Music in 2019 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Professional Music, concentrating in special education, psychology, and conducting. Yuki has graduated Walnut Hill School for the Arts as a voice principal major in 2014 and was chosen for the Merit Award at Young Arts Competition the same year. She has had both classical and contemporary vocal training as well as classical piano and conducting. She has taught piano and voice lessons for children with special needs at Note-worthy Experiences in Sudbury and was a member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Currently, Yuki is working as a Music and Special Education Specialist at MICA Holdings after working as a Music, English, and Special Education instructor at Pit School (PIT Co., Ltd.).
Yuki started music when she was three years old and performed the leading part of various children’s operas in Tokyo. She also toured to Mongolia and China with the Kinoshita Music Academy Choir and performed with Jose Carreras in 2006 at his Christmas Special Concert in Tokyo. In 2007, she performed the anthem for the Japanese theme park, Kidzania, at the opening ceremony. As a conductor, she conducted New England Conservatory Lab Orchestra and New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra during her high school years under the direction of Maestro Hugh Wolff and Maestro Benjamin Zander. In 2016, she performed with the Berklee Gospel Choir at the Newport Folk Festival.
Yuki started music when she was three years old and performed the leading part of various children’s operas in Tokyo. She also toured to Mongolia and China with the Kinoshita Music Academy Choir and performed with Jose Carreras in 2006 at his Christmas Special Concert in Tokyo. In 2007, she performed the anthem for the Japanese theme park, Kidzania, at the opening ceremony. As a conductor, she conducted New England Conservatory Lab Orchestra and New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra during her high school years under the direction of Maestro Hugh Wolff and Maestro Benjamin Zander. In 2016, she performed with the Berklee Gospel Choir at the Newport Folk Festival.