RELEASE: REP. AUCHINCLOSS ANNOUNCES GUEST FOR JOINT MEETING OF CONGRESS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, KISHIDA FUMIO
Washington, DC - Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) is announcing Newton’s Sachiko Isihara as his guest for the Joint Meeting of Congress with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Sachiko serves as the Executive Director of the Suzuki School of Newton, a community arts non-profit organization with two main components: a Suzuki music program, and a full-day integrated arts preschool modeled on the Suzuki philosophy of education.
Sachiko leads a team of twenty Suzuki teachers at the Suzuki School of Newton, was responsible for implementing a full-day, arts-integrated Suzuki Preschool in 2009, and is a frequent clinician at the annual MA Suzuki Festival. She regularly holds teacher training and student workshops and sponsors collaborative Suzuki events in the Massachusetts area. She recruits and nurtures new faculty and seeks to utilize our ever-changing world as a moment of opportunity for new students and educators.
She is a founding board member of the Newton Cultural Alliance Selected by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women as one of their Commonwealth Heroines of 2020, she was recognized for her leadership and volunteerism for the betterment of her community. In 2023 she was appointed to the Suzuki Training Committee, an international committee of Suzuki teachers to advise on the Suzuki Teacher Training program throughout North, Central and South Americas.
“The US-Japan relationship is stronger than ever, and Sachiko’s Suzuki music program is a compelling example of the cultural exchange that enriches Massachusetts,” said Auchincloss.
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