Toho Gakuen Graduate School

Toho Gakuen Graduate School (桐朋学園大学院大学) is part of the Toho Gakuen music division, which operates Toho Gakuen University and its graduate school, Toho Girls' High School Music Department, Toho Gakuen Graduate School, and the Toho Orchestra Academy. Its Toyama campus offers a master's program in performance studies (演奏研究専攻). The school traces its institutional roots to the Toho Gakuen music division, whose history began with a music classroom for children opened in 1948 and developed through the founding of the Toho Girls' High School Music Department in 1952, Toho Gakuen Junior College in 1955, and Toho Gakuen University in 1961. In 1995, at the invitation of Toyama City, the Toho Orchestra Academy was established, and in 1999 Toho Gakuen Graduate School opened in the same city as Japan's first independent graduate school in the arts.

The Toho Gakuen music division began with a 'music classroom for children' opened in 1948. In 1952, a music department was established at Toho Girls' High School, marking the start of Toho Gakuen's music education history. This was followed by the opening of Toho Gakuen Junior College in 1955 and the four-year Toho Gakuen University in 1961. In 1995, at the invitation of Toyama City, the Toho Orchestra Academy was established, and in 1999 Toho Gakuen Graduate School opened in the same city as Japan's first independent graduate school in the arts. The school is part of the School Juridical Person Toho Gakuen, which comprises three school groups: the boys' division, the girls' division, and the music division.

A music education institution within the Toho Gakuen music division, guided by the motto 'Tomо to fukaku, tomo to hiroku' (deeply with friends, broadly with friends).

• Master's program in performance studies (演奏研究専攻)

  A master's-level program offered at the Toyama campus.

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