Tokyo College of Music (東京音楽大学, Tōkyō Ongaku Daigaku) is a private music school and university in Tokyo, Japan. Offering a range of undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral degree programs, the college was originally named as the Toyo Conservatory of Music (東洋音楽学校, Tōyō Ongaku Gakkō) in Kanda, Tokyo, in 1907.
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History
The college moved to Toshima, Tokyo in 1924 after the original campus was destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake. The college changed its name to Tokyo College of Music in 1969.
A second modern campus and performance facility was opened in 2019 in Kamimeguro, Meguro.
Some notable graduates
Yuko Suzuhana - singer and leader of Wagakki Band
Junichi Hirokami – conductor
Mahito Yokota – composer
Naoki Sato – composer
Yasunori Nishiki – composer
Yugo Kanno – composer and musician
Riyoko Ikeda - opera singer and manga artist