My music reflects my moods and experiences from a young age, starting in Chiba, Japan where I was born. My early years were joyful; we lived beside a forest surrounded by rice fields where my siblings and I would play in nature. My Japanese dad and Filipino mom wanted us to experience living abroad, so when I was five, we moved to the west coast of Canada, in Richmond. Since I had started piano in Japan, it was comforting to continue playing piano after moving to Canada, amidst all of the changes with immigrating. The immigration came with stresses at home, so much so that the piano became a soothing escape from a growingly turbulent home life, but in return, gave me more freedom, a curiosity to explore outside of home, and come back home to the piano. Thinking back to those days, these experiences built a need for me to make music that was soothing, expressive, and soulful. Today, my music leans into the genres of contemporary piano, soul, folk and pop-ballads.
Experiences
2024 Mother’s Day Luncheon at Hale O’Malena
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at Hale O’Malena
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at Hale Ku’ike
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at Hale Bayshore Kaneohe
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at Hale Ku’ike Pali
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at Manoa Cottage
2024 Concert in the theme of Love at LiveWell Kahala Nui
2023 Christmas Concert at Hale O’Malena
2023 Christmas Concert at Hale Ku’ike
2023 Christmas Concert at Hale Bayshore Kaneohe
2023 Christmas Concert at Hale Manoa Cottage
2023 Christmas Concert at Hale Ku’ike Pali
2023 Piano Storytellers Festival
2023 Private Wedding
2023 Fall Concert at Hale O’Malena
2023 Fall Concert at Hale Ku’ike
2023 Fall Concert at Manoa Cottage
2023 First Church of Christian Science, piano accompanist
2021 – 2023 Special Projects Coordinator, Health Arts Society
2021 – 2023 Piano Accompanist at Gateway Theatre, Richmond
2023 Barclay Manor, percussion with Kathara Indigenous Pilipino Arts Collective
2023 Of Bread and Roses, piano accompaniment to drag dancer of song, Bituing Marikit
2023 Anza Club open mics in February and March
2023 Auditions for the Cambodian Rock Band at the Arts Club Theatre (2 rounds)
2022 & 2023 Performances during student piano recital
2021 & 2023 buto / buto:bones are seeds (Theatre) music lead, composer, performer, sound designer
2017 – 2023 Piano teacher
2021 Music production and video for youth, Trap Three Little Pigs
2021 Cardboard Project 3.0 short documentaries, composer and sound recording
2021 & 2022 Cohort member at Music for Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Fest
2021 Kathara Arts Video Production and sound recording of Lupay Ay Buhay, piano
2019 Outdoor Wisdom Learning, ukulele
2019 Journey to Space, piano to dance collaboration
2018 UBC Botanical Gardens, piano to dance collaboration
2018 Eclettico Cafe, piano set
2012-2014 Conical Hat Dancer, South East Asian Cultural Heritage Society
2011 – 2017 Human Resources Administrator
2010 – 2012 Kathara Filipino Indigenous Dance Collective, traditional gongs
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