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Yo Goto
Yo Goto

Born
1958 in Akita (Japan)

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Mr. Goto was born in Akita, Japan, in 1958. He earned an Education degree from the University of Yamagata, and a Specialist/Composition Degree from Tokyo University of Music. Mr. Goto, well known as a composer and arranger of band music, actively serves as a music critic. His overseas recognition also continues to grow. Yo Goto busily lectures throughout Japan, and is valued for his efficient advice and instruction from educational perspective.
Mr. Goto's leading works have been selected as test pieces for the All Japan Band Contest. He is a board member of the Academic Society of Japan for Winds, Percussion and Band, and an advisor of the Japan Band Clinic Committee.

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Smiley Rag

Smiley Rag

Foundation of Performance 6<br>Towards the Next Step

Foundation of Performance 6<br>Towards the Next Step

Foundation of Performance 5<br>Song of Growing

Foundation of Performance 5<br>Song of Growing

Over Great Waves and Far Away

Over Great Waves and Far Away

Foundation of Performance 4<br>Smooth and Crispy

Foundation of Performance 4<br>Smooth and Crispy

Music by Yo Goto

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Smiley Rag

Smiley Rag

This is one of three songs commissioned for the 55th anniversary of the Ishikawa Prefectural Band Association. 1. March 2. Elegy 3. Pops The content of each song was a request of the...
Concert Band, Mixed Ensemble (Woodwinds/Brass)
FLMS-87106
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Foundation of Performance 6<br>Towards the Next Step

Foundation of Performance 6
Towards the Next Step

Educational and musical meaning of "Towards the Next Step". This is the 6th chapter in the “Foundation of Performance” series. It is an accessible, fun march whose melody is based on various...
Concert Band
BOMS-89108
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Foundation of Performance 5<br>Song of Growing

Foundation of Performance 5
Song of Growing

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Concert Band
BOMS-89107
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Over Great Waves and Far Away

Over Great Waves and Far Away

Over Great Waves and Far Away - A Celebration for Band was commissioned to celebrate Hakodate (Hokkaido) District Band Association’s 60th Anniversary in 2012. I had an honor to conduct Hakodate...
Concert Band
COMS-85070
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Foundation of Performance 4
Smooth and Crispy

When performing is not as simple as just not tonguing (or in double bass not bowing) to make it "legato", or that simply shortening the notes produces "staccato". The method of performing legato...
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BOMS-89105
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Encore!

Encore! was commissioned by Ishikawa Prefecture Band Association to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2010. The commissioning request was that the piece be fun and appropriate as an encore. I made it...
Concert Band
COMS-85069
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Foundation of Performance 3
Step by Step

Step by Step -Diatonic Chorale- Step by Step was composed in the spring of 2011 for an annual joint concert held by high school bands in Nagaoka, Niigata. A request was that it be easy to memorize...
Concert Band
BOMS-89104
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Toward Higher Mountains

Light of Hope - Toward Higher Mountains - Arirang and Akatonbo - Simple Gift for Wind Ensemble - Brillante March - Jubilee Fanfare - Fantasy on Saitara Bushi - The Singapore Flyer - Echoes of...
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TDIV551
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Capriccio on Three Japanese Children Songs

The first movement of this suite, Zui Zui, based upon a Japanese traditional song, was commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association and completed in 2008. Later, Kagome Kagome and Ocharaka...
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COMS-85054
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Crossroad

The title Crossroad reflects the notions of “gathering place” and “socially active location”. Mr. Goto states that just as Roads connects many places and people, it is my...
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COMS-85047
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Fêtes lointains

I have written some works that explore musical simultaneity in order to liberate the audience from a sense of linear-oriented time. Fêtes lointains is included in this series. This piece was...
Concert Band
ZOMS-A041
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Foundation of Performance 2
for Beginning Bandmembers

Master educator and composer Yo Goto's second in a series uses five attractive selections to teach more advanced fundamentals to first and second year bands. Key changes, mixed articulations, 6/8...
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BOMS-89102
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A Prelude to the Shining Day

A Prelude to the Shining Day was written for Noda Junior High School Concert Band, Kawagoe, Japan, for the 10th anniversary of their foundation, and premiered in April 1992 under the direction of...
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COMS-85038
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The Nutcracker Fantasy

Composer Yo Goto created a sweaping fantasy for wind band using melodies from the world-famous ballet "The Nutcracker" by Peter I. Tchaikovsky. Lovely solo parts and solemn tutti parts make...
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ZOMS-A034
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Howl's Moving Castle

Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s animation “Howl’s Moving Castle” (2004), this Symphonic Fantasy for Band was arranged for Neagari Jr. High School Band (Kazuhiro Tanaka - director)...
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COMS-85036
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My Neighbor Totoro

There have been countless interpretations, both positive and negative, of “My Neighbor Totoro”. However, I was simply moved by this film’s portrait of family love, respect for the...
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COMS-85033
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Turandot

I. Popolo di Pechino! (Introduction) II. Gira la cote! III. Nessun Dorma! IV. La mia vittoria (La terza risposta) V. Diecimila anni nostro Imperatore! VI. Padre augusto (Finale) In 2006 the...
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ZOMS-A031
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Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea

The sound track of Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea includes a number of famous and familiar melodies as parody. I arranged it to exaggerate the fun-ness. “Deep Sea Ranch” from the...
Concert Band
COMS-85083
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Zui Zui

Commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association, this delightful handling of a Japanese children's melody makes it an educationally valid festival and concert piece.
Concert Band
ZOMS-A035
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Foundation of Performance
for Beginning Bandmembers

Yo Goto, master composer and educator, crafts basic music skills into six progressive arrangements for beginning band. Starting in Bb with quarter note two-voice unisons, selection two moves to...
Concert Band
BOMS-89101
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Harmony Training for the Ensemble
(Winds Vol. 3)

Der ideale Blasorchester-Klang Diese neuartige Video-DVD präsentiert in 3 Kursen (Theorie, Technik und Übungsbeispiele) ein Trainingsprogramm zur Verbesserung der Klangqualität eines...
DVD-Video
T9520
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Carnival of the Animals

Camille Saint-Saens "grande fantasie zoologique" is a collection of 14 short movements, each with a specific animal subject. Performed now by the symphony, this suite was originally scored...
Concert Band
ZOMS-A012
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Funiculi-Funicula Rhapsody

The song “Funicluli – Funicula” was written by the journalist Peppino Turco and set to music by Luigi Denza in 1880 to celebrate the funicular which was built that year to the...
Concert Band
ZOMS-A016
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Lux Aeterna

Commissioned by Yonezawa Kojokan High School Wind Orchestra. Lux Aeterna means "eternal light" in Latin, and the word is often used in Catholic mass. The piece, though, is not religiously inspired...
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ZOMS-A018
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Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly"

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is said to be the most important Italian opera composer in the generation after Verdi. In all Puccini wrote twelve operas, but died before he could complete the last one,...
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ZOMS-A015
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Jocuri Poporale Românesti

Six dance movements segue between haunting beauty and wild excitement. Seasoned composer Yo Goto skillfully translates Bartok's intentions in a surprisingly accessable manner with no loss of...
Concert Band
ZOMS-A007
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Happyland

New Sounds for Concert Band 38
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DH950632
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Nausicaä Requiem

From Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s career take-off point, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) captures the last scene of Nausicaä coming back alive after being flown away by...
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COMS-85079
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