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  41st TYOC (March, 2025)

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  UP Arco - The University of the Philippines String Orchestra (2015)

The 41st TOYOTA Youth Orchestra Camp (TYOC), hosted by the Federation of Japan Amateur Orchestras Corp. (JAO), was held in Tokyo in March 2025. The camp welcomed international participants from Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Norway. In addition to the youth orchestra members, conductors from Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines also joined the program.
(Click here for the full event report.)

We conducted interviews with three of these distinguished educators and will be sharing them in a three-part series.

The third interview in our international educator series features Professor Edna Marcil “Michi” Martinez, educator of UP Arco – The University of the Philippines String Orchestra.

Professor “Michi” has participated in numerous TYOC camps and JAO-hosted festivals over the years. Drawing on her extensive experience, she has also authored scholarly articles on amateur orchestras. Some of these contributions are available on our website, and we invite you to read them.
(Click here to read her contributed article.)

In this interview, she shares her thoughtful reflections on TYOC, offering a broad and insightful perspective shaped by years of engagement in music education and cultural exchange.

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  The 1st Asian Amateur Orchestra Festival in Fukuoka (August, 2011)

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  NPO-WFAO meeting in Fukuoka (August, 2011)

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  The World Amateur Orchestra Festival in Shizuoka (August, 2012)

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  Public Lecture at JAO Festival in Tokyo (August, 2024)