name:　Takagi Tohko

*Name fluctuation

gets older and "old"「古」（ko) forever
"Climb"「登」(tou) towards your goal! There is an origin.
My paternal grandfather named it for me.
Is there anyone else in Japan who has this name and origin?

Birthplace　　

Fuchu City, Tokyo. Moved to Inagi City at the age of two.
When I was in junior high school, I joined the swimming club and later joined the choir club.

When I decided to go to high school, I was planning to take the private Hachioji High School and Tokyo Metropolitan Middle East High School.
At that time, the pass rate was high, and the choir teacher told me, "If you go to Tokyo Metropolitan Nagayama High School, the chorus is popular."
That's why I changed it to Nagayama. And passed.

There was no choir club for club activity introduction, so when I visited the music room with the thought "...??",
There were a lot of people... (^"^ What? There's a choir club! ）
While thinking, I wrote my grade and name at the reception, grabbed sweets and Coke, and went to the music

　　　　　「"Papa Paan!!!
　　　　And the sound of a trumpet sounded. (×0×)

Why?

　　
　　　When I asked the child sitting next to me, "This is a tour of the choir club, right?"
　　　　　　「？？」 He made a face.
　　　　　　"It's a tour of the brass band! ismile said

　
　　　　The seat was in the middle, so I couldn't get out of the way, and after listening to the performance,
a very good talker advisor teacher appeared (currently Mr. Masahide Baba, an advisor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Katakura
High School Brass Band!). I had no choice but to receive an explanation of the club activities.
When I was about to leave after that, I asked, "What part do you want?" and "Even if you don't have experience,
you can play a percussion instrument right away!

so I joined the brass band while thinking, "When should I quit ..."

A week before the first high school baseball game, "There is no orthodox cheering BGM!"

　　　　　　 After that, I experienced the blissful moment when the score I wrote became a sound, and even after graduating,
I taught myself to arrange music. It is also true that I recklessly made a sales, saying,
"I wish I could make a sound for such a band..." Thanks to the cooperation of various people,
we have managed to get this far. Thank you very much.

　　　　　　When I started arranging in earnest, the repertoire of arranged works was still small, and the score depended
on that of foreign arrangers. I think it was the time when O. Respighi's copyright expired and I started writing music
according to my "family circumstances". In such a situation, I wondered if there was a band that could produce
the score of a person like me, and I started looking for a song for the easy reason, "If I were to arrange it anyway,
I wondered if people would be more interested in songs that other people have not done..."

　　　　　After successfully graduating from high school and vocational school, I spent most of my salary on CDs in my twenties, despite being rubbed by the rough waves of society. I probably bought about 2000~2500 copies. Considering that the unit price of one sheet is around 2000 yen ~ 2500 yen ...
It seems that they have invested a certain amount. Sometimes I would buy songs that didn't make an impression on me again,
and if I never listened to them again, I would have them assessed by a used CD

　　　　　I started looking for songs for easy purposes, but the more I listened to different songs, the more I realized that there were songs
that were buried in the world for various reasons. Unfortunately, songs that were not genuinely attractive, songs that the orchestration was wonderful,
but I was not attracted to the melody (material

Also, when trying to understand the works, I sometimes came into contact with the composer's life.

　　　　　Thanks to 15 years of substantial support from the widow of a Russian railway tycoon, Tchaikovsky was able to fully demonstrate
his strength in the ballet world after the fall of L. Minkus. An irregular life caused by poverty led to malnutrition, tuberculosis,
and the person who did not return home before his 35th birthday, S. Kalinnikov (1866-1901)
　

　　　　　Despite the fact that he left behind wonderful works (if he had lived a life like Tchaikovsky's),
for some reason he wanted to bask in the sun, although the works were buried for some reason,
not the arrangement and form that the composer of brass band wanted.