Yoshiaki Horiguchi , double bass, now on the faculty of Towson Univeristy, has served as guest principal bass for the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and the New Orchestra of Washington. Mr. Horiguchi is currently the bassist for the National Chamber Winds and a founding member of the award-winning Trio Jinx. He has collaborated with a broad range of artists such as Zuill Bailey, Judith Ingolfsson, Hal Robinson, Alex Fiterstein, Michael Kannen, Wendel Patrick, Shodekeh, Don Vappie, Tony Arnold, Lauren Ruth Ward, and more. Yoshi, not being a stranger to life on the road, has also performed around the United States at the Sitka Summer Music Festival, Mesa Arts Center, Iowa Great Lakes Music Festival, El Paso Pro Musica, the Kennedy Center, Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and more.
In addition to being an active performer and educator, he is also a sought after pedagogue and string specialist. Mr. Horiguchi has served on the faculty for the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore Symphony’s, El Sistema inspired, ORCHkids program, Shenandoah Conservatory, Bass Works, the Peabody Preparatory, American Music System Camps, York College of PA, UMBC, the International Society of Bassists Young Bassists division, and more. He has presented pedagogy research at the International Society of Bassists convention, and is certified in the Mark O’Connor string method; and has studied string pedagogy under Christian Tremblay and Bai-Chi Chen from Peabody. His passion and drive for students to study pedagogically beneficial and accessible music has inspired him to arrange works that are being performed around the world.
Yoshiaki Horiguchi graduated with honors as a Linehan Artist Scholar at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in double bass performance and music education. From UMBC, he also earned his teaching certificate and won the 2011 concerto competition. He then graduated as an Aegon USA scholar at the Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University for his Master’s Degree in double bass performance and pedagogy and he is finishing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Peabody. He has attended the Hot Springs Music Festival, National Music Festival where he worked with Robert Stiles, the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, and WaBass Festival. Yoshi proudly hails from the studios of Ed Malaga, Jeff Koczela, Laura Ruas, Paul DeNola, and Paul Johnson. In his free time, Yoshi enjoys wearing primary colors, playing ultimate Frisbee, swing dancing, and expanding his sock collection.