Megumi Kanda


Megumi Kanda, is a Japanese trombone performer.

Early life

Kanda began playing trombone at the age of 10 in Tokyo, Japan, and attended the Toho High School of Music, where she won first prize in a Japanese national competition.
After high school, she moved to the United States and earned a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with James DeSano, principal trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra.
She was first hired as a professional trombonist by the Albany Symphony Orchestra in 1997, and then worked for the Rochester Philharmonic. From 2004 to 2008, she served on the board of directors for the International Trombone Association.

Current

Kanda is currently the principal trombonist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a position she won in 2002.
Andreas Delfs was the Music Director of the MSO at the time.
Megumi Kanda is an Artist and Clinician with Greenhoe Trombones, a company founded by her colleague in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Gary Greenhoe. Kanda plays a Greenhoe GC4-1R Tenor Trombone.
Kanda is married to Dietrich Hemann, with whom she has three children.

Discography

Kanda is featured on the following albums.
Release DateAlbumLabelNotes
2 12 2002Amazing GraceJVC Victororiginally released in Japan
24 3 2004Amazing GraceVictorapparently same tracks released on DVD audio in Japan
29 6 2004Amazing GraceAlbany Recordsre-released in US
21 5 2003Mirai: Brilliantly Classical Young Maestros of Our TimeVictorreleased in Japan
23 9 2003GloriaVictororiginally released in Japan
31 8 2004GloriaAlbany Recordsre-released in the US
1 11 2004Mona LisaVictorreleased in Japan
22 6 2005Best of Ave MariaVictorreleased in Japan
21 4 2006Magnifique LiveVictorreleased in Japan
recorded live at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall