2026年春のコンサートプログラム
2026 Spring Concert Program
You can access the lyrics of all the songs.
Part I
1. Because We Have Songs*
歌があるから*
2. Spring is Somewhere
どこかで春が
3. Hazy Spring Moon
おぼろ月夜
4. I Found a Little Autumn
ちいさい秋みつけた
5. My Home Town
ふるさと
6. School of Minnows**
めだかの学校**
7. When You Wish Upon a Star
8. Wonderful Friends
すてきな友達
9. Red Dragonflies
赤とんぼ
- sing-along- Please see page below for lyrics.
10. Put Your Hands Up to the Sun
手のひらに太陽を
Intermission (休憩) 15 minutes
Part II
11. Japanese Folk Song / "Soranbushi"
Soloist: Noriko Meguro
Taiko: Mayumi Hata
Shamisen: Rieko Kotoku (guest)
民謡/そうらん節
唄:目黒典子
太鼓:畑真由美
三味線:古徳里江子(ゲスト出演)
12. Rainbow
にじ
13. Like a Wildflower
野に咲く花のように
14. Fly on the Wings of Song
歌の翼に
15. Over the Rainbow
Violin Solo
16. The Name of Life
いのちの名前
Alto Solo: Keiko Kagami
17. I just Kept Walking on a Long Narrow Road
川の流れのように
18. A Song From Long Ago
遠い日の歌
19. Lift Your Eyes to the Night Sky
見上げてごらん夜の星を
Violin Solo, Group Solo
20. Praise to Mother Earth
大地讃頌 - だいちさんしょう
Concert Presenters
Artistic Director and Conductor: Haruko Sakakibara / 榊原晴子
(* is her lyrics and composition, and ** is her arrangement)
Pianist, Taiko drum and Soprano: Mayumi Hata / 畑真由美
Emcee: Jonathan Sakakibara
Violinist: Haruki Murata (9th grade student at Folsom High School)
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Began Violin at the age of 5. Currently under guidance of Igor Veligan.
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Won the 1st Place in 2022 Auburn Symphony Young Artist Competition.
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2023 Go for the Gold Competition, 2025 Folsom Lake Symphony Young Artist Competition.
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Received first place with honors on the 2025 International Youth Music Competition.
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Member of the Youth Symphony since 2021, Co-concert Master for Premier Orchestra.
Members
Their voice parts are indicated by the alphabet: Soprano (S), Mezzo-Soprano (M), and Alto (A).
Hideko Davis / デービス秀子 (A)
Nami Fong / フォン奈美 (S)
Taeko Houston / ヒューストン妙子 (A)
Izumi Jones / ジョーンズ泉 (S)
Keiko Kagami / 鏡味恵子 (A)
Mizue Kumagai / 熊谷瑞枝 (M & A)
Noriko Meguro / 目黒典子 (S & M)
Keiko Rothfield/ ロスフィールド圭子 (S & M)
Yumiko Swann / スワン由美子 (M & A)
Makiko Swartout / スウォートアウト牧子 (M & A)
Atsuko Takeda / 竹田厚子 (S)
Miyo Uchida / 内田三養 (S)
Kazuko Vargas / バーガス和子 (S)
Shiomi Wilson / ウィルソンしおみ (A)
Sachiko Yoshikawa / 吉川祥子 (A)
Guest Performer
Rieko Kotoku (古徳里江子)
www.RieDrumDance.com
Instagram: @riedrumdance
FB: Rieko Ivaska
Rieko is a performer of a wide range of genres of Japanese performing arts including Taiko and Dance. She strives to bring interesting traditional and modern performing arts from Japan to the audience in the United States.
Our Appreciation to:
Tina Harris, Voice Trainer; Director of St. Francis High School Choirs;
member of Sacramento Master Singers
Parkview Presbyterian Women (Co-sponsor)
Parkview Presbyterian Church (Use of Facilities)
We practice on the 1st and 3rd Sundays from 12:15-2:30 pm at Parkview Presbyterian Church. If you are interested in singing, please contact us at 916-213-9614 or visit https://www.sakurachorus.com
Akatonbo Lyrics
Romanized lyrics:
Yuuyake koyake no akatonbo
Owarete mitanowa itsunohika
Yuuyake koyake no akatonbo
Owarete mitanowa itsunohika
Yuuyake koyake no akatonbo
Tomatte iruyo sao no saki
にほんごかし:
ゆうやけこやけの あかとんぼ
おわれてみたのは いつのひか
ゆうやけこやけの あかとんぼ
おわれてみたのは いつのひか
ゆうやけこやけの あかとんぼ
とまっているよ さおのさき