Page 10 - Info Magazine nr 14 december 2020
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Formed in 1961, the Yamaha Symphonic Band
continues its activities through to the present
day, comprised of amateur musicians from
the Yamaha Corporation.
The main activities of the band include its
yearly concert and pops concert. The band
commissions a new song every year which
it adds to its repertoire of approximately 50
specially-commissioned symphonic band
pieces.
Recently the band has been active international-
ly at such events as the Midwest Band Clinic, a
performance in Korea, and a concert commemo-
rating 80 years of diplomatic relations between
Japan and Canada.
It consistently takes the gold medal at the "All
Japan Symphonic Band Contest", Japan's pre-
mier Symphonic Band competition. To date, the
band has won 28 medals across all divisions of
the contest. In recognition of the band's many
years of activity, the Shizuoka Board of Education
awarded it the "1995 Shizuoka Prefecture Cultu-
ral Award".
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