Yo Goto

Biography

Yo Goto (b. 1958, Akita, Japan) is a Japanese composer.

Goto received his B.M.E. degree from Yamagata University, Japan, and studied composition with Shin-ichiro Ikebe at the Tokyo College of Music, completing a performance diploma course. Having been active as a composer, arranger, and clinician in Japan since 2001, he moved to Texas to study with Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas. He holds a M.M. in composition and a M.M.E. from UNT.

Mr. Yo Goto is recognized as one of the leading composers and arrangers in the United States and Japan. Recently, his works have been performed at the conventions of CBDNA, TBA, FMEA, and at The Midwest Clinic.

Goto is also considered a distinguished educator and researcher in the field of wind music. He frequently writes and lectures on the topics of selecting music for school band programs and the educational goals of band teaching. He has discussed new American and European wind literature with Japanese band directors at every level for over ten years, and his information is recognized as an educational standard in Japan. For excellence in clinics and wind literature research, Goto received the Academy Award from the Academic Society of Japan for Winds and Band in 2000. He also won the second place of the solo harp composition of the 2006 USA International Harp Competition.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)

All Wind Works

Aggression (2005)
Clalitas (1989)
Dancing in Air (2004)
Dancing in Rain (2009)
Eine Nachtmusik fur Erlkonig (2014)
Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
Encore! (2013)
Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
Fantasma Lunare (2008)
Fantasies on Frère Jacques (2010)
Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (as arranger)(2000)
A Festival Suite (2003)
Fêtes Lointains (2009)
Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody (as arranger) (2000)
Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
Howl's Moving Castle (as arranger) (2004/2010)
Impromptu (1976)
Journey of Exploration (2008)
Lachrymae (2005)
A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
Lux Aeterna (1998/2000)
Marche Hongroise (as arranger) (1820/1846/1986)
My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2008)
The Nutcracker Fantasy (as adapter) (1891/2004)
Over Great Waves and Far Away (2012)
Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
A Poetry of Breeze (1991)
Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (as arranger) (2008)
A Prelude to the Shining Day (2010)
Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
Ruffles Call from Afar (2015)
Shadow Song (2016)
Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
Songs for Wind Ensemble (2010)
A Srping Breeze Passes Through a Plain (1999)
Star Fantasy (2014)
Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (as arranger) (2013)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1705/2014)
Turandot (as arranger) (2007)
The Vein of Water (2008)
A Wild Rose Above (2014)
WINGS (1998)

Resources

C. Alan Publications - Yo Goto
Collins, Carl. "Songs." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 651-659. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 337.
Grice, Jennifer L."Fantasies on Frère Jacques." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 229-240. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
Kanchanahud, Nipat. "Eine Nachtmusik für Erlkönig." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 526-534. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.
Penshorn, Brett. "Shadow Song." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 638-646. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
White, Christopher G. "Dancing in Rain." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 345-353. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.