Tohru Minakuchi

Tohru Minakuchi graduated from Musashino Academia Musicae, studying trumpet with Mineo Sugiki, Shinichiro Yamaguchi and Yuji Inoue. He is currently an arranger, trumpet performer and clinician, and is a member of The Trumpet Concert, Ensemble Moimoi, Brass Ensemble Extra and Tokyo Brilliant Brass. Minakuchi is also director of the Moka Wind Orchestra and The Novel Brass, and is instructor of the Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High School Wind Orchestra and Shibuya Youth Symphonic Band.

Concert Band

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Yagi-bushi Carnival for Brs Band
Japanese folk song Minakuchi, Tohru
Experience a vibrant arrangement blending Yagi-bushi with samba rhythms.
JPY 5,000
Warabe-Uta - Fantasy Suite for Band
Minakuchi, Tohru
Traditional Japanese nursery songs create a mysterious, magical suite.
JPY 12,000
Rock'n Soran for Brass Band
Minakuchi, Tohru
Feel the energy of a traditional Japanese sea shanty in rock style!
JPY 4,600
Three Susato Dances
Susato, Tielman Minakuchi, Tohru
Creative percussion and youthful energy drive these vibrant Renaissance dances.
JPY 5,600

Ensemble

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Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi - Woodwind Quintet
Minakuchi, Tohru
Mysterious melodies capture the vitality of a classic Japanese children's folk s...
JPY 3,400
La Boîte à joujoux - Brass & Percussion Octet
Debussy, Claude Minakuchi, Tohru
Elegant phrases and warm harmonies paint landscapes of subtle beauty.
JPY 3,600
Fantazia - Brass Sextet
Byrd, William Minakuchi, Tohru
Byrd's Renaissance masterpiece unfolds with elegant counterpoint.
JPY 3,400
Zui-Zui-Zukkorobasi - Brass & Percussion Octet
Minakuchi, Tohru
A playful nursery rhyme becomes a vibrant fantasy full of wit and lively surpris...
JPY 3,600

Flexible

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Dances from Terpsichore - Flexible Quintet-Octet
Praetorius, Michael Minakuchi, Tohru
Flexible four-movement suite of classic Renaissance dances by Praetorius.
JPY 7,000