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Born in Tokyo, Akemi Naito began studying piano at the age of five and composition at the age of fourteen. In 1978, she received B.A. in Music Composition from the University Division at the Toho Gakuen School of Music and graduate degree from the same university in 1980, and was a member of school’s faculty from 1980 until 1991. She was awarded the Takei Prize in 1982 and a finalist of the Music Today Composition Award, which was produced by Toru Takemitsu, in 1982 and 1988. Following her earlier activity as a composer in Tokyo, she received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council, that enabled her to come to New York City in 1991. She has since established herself as a New York-based composer. Ms. Naito’s works have been featured in music festivals around the world such as International Bayan Festival in Moscow, International Congress of Percussion in Poland, PASIC in Dallas and Austin, Gaudeamus Music Festival, Melbourne Festival, Musica Scienza Roma, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Japan Society Spring Festival, Music from Japan Festival, Foro Internacional de Musica Nueva in Mexico and Music Today International Festival in Tokyo. Her Marimba piece, Memory of the Woods, which was written for William Moersch in 2000 has received numerous performances both in the U.S. and internationally. Naito is a recipient of awards and grants from organizations including Aaron Copland Fund for Music for Recording for her CD album in conjunction with Cygnus Ensemble, the Bellagio residency from the Rockefeller Foundation, Chamber Music America, the New York Foundation for the Arts, consecutive ASCAP Standard Awards since 1998, Meet the Composer Fund, the first Aaron Copland Award from the Copland House residence, and resident fellowships from Yaddo, MacDowell Colony and Millay Colony for the Arts. Her second CD album, Mindscape has been released by Bridge Records in September 2006. In addition, her compositions can be heard on CRI, EMI and ALM. Her works have been published by HoneyRock and AUGEMUS.

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Sanctuary - Transcription for Marimba Duo	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:12:00
Months - Spaceship for Zodiac	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2005	00:22:19
Mindscape - Four Poetic Images	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:13:00
Voyage	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:12:00
Memory of the Woods	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:09:30
Sanctuary	Keyboard	1998	00:11:00
Interlude	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:08:00
Rain, Calling Autumn	Keyboard	1994	00:09:00
Winter Shadow	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:07:00
Solitude	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1992	00:10:00
Secret Song	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1979	00:06:00