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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Music Workshop was created based on our wish for "as many people as possible to come enjoy the wonder of music without making large efforts!" Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Music Workshop is a program with an objective to foster thriving spirits through the development of both communication and self expression skills, via the raising of interest in music and the arts. As a public cultural institute, we wish to provide a comfortable space where people can come together to enjoy music. And lately, we are putting more of our energy into workshops for people who need support from society, by growing our activities into nursing homes and welfare facilities for persons with disabilities.
2021 season workshop lineup and detailed introduction of each program (PDF *only in Japanese)
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Music Workshop
Various Online Programs Available on YouTube!
April–September 2022
August 2022
Happy and Friends
English is fun! Let's make friends all over the world by speaking and singing in English!
Age 3-4, Age 5-8
Workshop Concert—Saxophone Quartet
Interactive concert by seeing, listening, and experiencing
- 6 months-6 years (Pre-school children)
June 2022
Traveling Europe Vol.3
Let's go on a trip around Europe with musical masterpieces! Can you guess the next country George and Mary are heading to?
- 6-18 months, Age 5-8
Welcome to Cafe Ensemble!—Today's special: BEETHOVEN
Enjoy a delightful moment with a cup of music brewed with unique sounds!
- Age 50 and above (Free invitation for seniors aged 65 and above)
Body, Sound, Sing
Your voice and Everyone's voice, Your tone and Everyone's tone. Find the only music you can't find anywhere else, created with various sounds.
- Elementary School Students-Adults
Workshop Concert—Flute & Piano
Interactive concert by seeing, listening, and experiencing
- 6 months-6 years (Pre-school children)
Pa-Pi-Pu-Pe-Pot
Music from all over the world comes out through the mysterious pot if you cast a spell on it. Everyone, say "Pa-Pi-Pu-Pe-Pot!"
- 19-35 months, Age 3-4
May 2022
Traveling Europe
Take the 'Music' Train to Europe along with popular classical music!
- 6-35 months, Age 3-4, Age 5-8
Musica Piccola
The long-awaited concert is going to be held today! Let's play fabulous music with the maestro!
- Age 3-4, Age 3-8 (for deaf and hard-of-hearing participants)
Tora and Shiroko's story
Seeding together with a cat and a mouse. Let's grow the plant with lovely music!
- 19-35 months, Age 3-8
Shall we sing?
Beginners are welcome! With your flexible body and relaxing sound from your voice, find new parts of your personality by singing and dancing!
- Age 50 and above (Free invitation for seniors aged 65 and above)
The Exciting Carnival of Coco and Pepe
¡Hola! Welcome to the lively Latin world! Let's get ready for the carnival moving to the Latin rhythm with chatty-funny birds, Coco & Pepe!
- 6-18 months, 19-35 months, Age 3-4
April 2022
Concert under the sea—The secret of the mysterious treasure box
Let's work together with our friends under the sea to crack open the world treasure box!
- 6 months-6 years (Preschool children) with their families and caregivers
Workshop Concert—An Invitation to Ballet Music
Interactive concert by seeing, listening, and experiencing
- 6 months-3 years, 4 years-Adults
January–March 2022
*Click program titles on the flyer to jump to scheduled event pages.
Tuneful Candy Shop
Pat it, mix it, and fluff it up! Let's make tuneful candy!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3–4 years
Tora and Shiroko's story
Seeding together with a cat and a mouse. Let's grow the plant with lovely music!
- 19–35 months, 3–6 years (Pre-school children)
Festa with the King of the forest
Let's have a festival for welcoming our princess! Sing with smiles and dance together!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3-8 years (for deaf and hard-of-hearing participants)
Tora and Shiroko's story
Seeding together with a cat and a mouse. Let's grow the plant with lovely music!
- 3–4 years, 3-8 years
with My Baby—Maternity Workshop: Singing & Dancing
Let's enjoy singing with your baby in your belly!
You will experience prenatal chair ballet exercises as well.
- Pregnant people
Sound Atelier
Touch, play, listen, and then?
Feel the world of musical instruments with your whole body!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3-8 years (for deaf and hard-of-hearing participants)
American Music Party
It's Show Time!!
Are you ready to jump into the exciting world of American music?
- Ages 3-6 (Pre-school children) with their caregivers and families, 3 years-Adults
December 2021
*Click program titles on the flyer to jump to scheduled event pages.
Workshop Concert—Piano
Interactive concert by seeing, listening, and experiencing
- 6–35 months, 3–6 years (Pre-school children)
Welcome to Cafe Ensemble!—Today's special: BEETHOVEN
Enjoy a delightful moment with a cup of music brewed with unique sounds!
- Age 50 and above
Where is the cheese?
Bon appétit! Enjoy your favorite dishes along with exquisite variety of music!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3–4 years
Animal Detective
Let's go seek the hidden animals in the riddle zoo!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3–4 years
Migo's Magic
Let's recycle the thrown away items into a fancy music!
- 6–18 months, 19–35 months, 3–4 years
with My Baby—Maternity Workshop: Relaxing & Music Session
Music played by everyone together would be a wonderful gift for your baby in your belly.
- Pregnant people
American Music Party
It's Show Time!!
Are you ready to jump into the exciting world of American music?
- Elementary school students–Adults (Pre-school children are also admitted)
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Casa da Música (Portugal) are in collaboration since 2013, and we have been in cooperation to build a relationship that will further our programs, through offerings including the dispatch of workshop leaders and lecturers from Casa da Música to the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and the sending of our Workshop Leader Skills Training Program students to their site for training. Casa da Música, which means "House of Music," inaugurated in 2005 as the first institution in Portugal specialized in music aimed for enhancing the creativity of music, and commemorating the city of Porto's being designated as European Capital of Culture in 2001.
Casa da Música has hosted concerts and festivals that blend the diverse arts and cultures, and was the first in Portugal to work on fully-realized educational programs. Under their credo that "music is both art and what fosters the generous spirit in people," Casa da Música's mission is to have all types of people to experience music in all of its richness under their educational programs, and they run activities for the local communities and projects where citizens can actively participate.