SPEAKING & TEACHING CREDITS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
COMPOSITIONS
- 2025 — Hikari City, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Jazz Composers Present — Online, USA
JAZZ, BIG BAND & BEYOND
- Sapporo City Jazz, Japan
- Kawasaki Jazz, Japan
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
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Ibaraki Prefectural Mito Daisan High School, Japan —November 2023
Lecture for approximately 600 high-school students, plus a “Jazz 101” masterclass
- Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan — June 2021, November 2021, and June 2022
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Nagasaki University, Japan
“Introduction to Careers,” a required course for students in all faculties, 2021–2022
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Moriya Junior High School, Moriya City, Ibaraki — February 2021
Online social-studies field trip: “What Is a Musician’s Job Really Like?”
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Official Residence of the Consul General of Japan in New York — August 2019
Program for students ages 13–17, presented with the cooperation of the Kyodo News New York Bureau and Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
A VIEW FROM NEW YORK
- How Does New York Embrace Diversity?
- Why Are Jazz Bands So Resilient to Change?
TEACHING
BAND AND ENSEMBLE COACHING / GUEST CONDUCTING
There are three ways to work together:
- A one-time workshop or clinic
- Ongoing coaching over multiple sessions
- Guest conducting at a concert (For a guest-conducting engagement, Migiwa leads a workshop lasting several hours and then joins the ensemble in concert as pianist or conductor.)
JAPANESE STUDENT JAZZ BANDS MIGIWA HAS COACHED:
Sophia University, Waseda University, Keio University KMP, International Christian University, University of Tsukuba, Tohoku University, Doshisha University, Saga University, Kagoshima University, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido University of Science, Hokkai-Gakuen University
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS：
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May 2026 — Vermont All State Music Festival
Swanton, Vermont, USA
Guest conductor of the state’s representative high-school jazz ensemble
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May 2024 — Generations in Jazz Festival
Mount Gambier, Australia
Guest artist, adjudicator, and guest conductor at a festival attended by 6,000 young musicians
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May 2024 — Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
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April–May 2024 — Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
University of Melbourne, Australia
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April 2024 — University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
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July 2023 — New York University Steinhardt
Jazz Studies Program
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January 2023 — Mt. Hood Community College
Portland, Oregon, USA
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2009–2016 — Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Workshops
USA and Japan
More than 1,400 participants, ages 16–60
TEACHING COMPOSITION
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November 2024 — Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo / Minato City Board of Education
Program for children ages 6–12, designed to include children who require additional support
- July 2023 — New York University Steinhardt
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June 2022 — International Alliance for Women in Music Symposium
Oregon, USA
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May 2022 — International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers Symposium
Texas, USA
CHOIR AND ENSEMBLE COACHING
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May 2025 — Hikari City, Yamaguchi
Co-created and performed two pieces with a 50-member community choir whose members ranged in age from 13 to their 70s
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October–November 2024 — Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki
Five single-day events for approximately 1,500 participants ages 6–15
RECORDING PRODUCTION & ARRANGING
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
- Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows
- Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
All of the above projects resulted in Grammy-nominated albums.
PUBLIC CREATION & PREMIERES DURING ARTIST RESIDENCIES
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June 2024 — Camargo Foundation / Jerome Foundation
Cassis, France
Lecture and concert
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September 2024 — Anderson Center
Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
Lecture
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April 2022 — Culture Lab LIC
Queens, New York City, USA
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