堀  優希　YUKI HORI

STUDIO DIRECTOR｜Piano/Vocal Instructor

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3歳より木下音感楽院で絶対音感、楽典、ピアノ、声楽、合唱を学ぶ。その後、13歳で渡米しニューイングランド音楽院にて声楽を学ぶ。2014年にWalnut Hill School for the Arts音楽学部声楽学科卒業。同年、National Young Arts Competitionのポピュラー部門にてMerit Awardを受賞し、バークリー音楽大学に入学。2016年の夏にはBerklee Gospel Choirの一員として、Newport Folk Festivalに出演。

2019年にバークリー音楽大学卒業。専攻は特殊教育、指揮、及び心理学。その後、ボストンでの音楽インストラクター兼特殊教育専門講師の仕事を経て、2019年に帰国し、2020年12月にプレオープンした保育型幼児教育スクール、Pitスクールにて、音楽プログラム監修兼講師を務める。
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2021年6月に音楽教室「STUDIO MOTIF」を創立。

Yuki Hori is a music, special education instructor and vocalist based in Tokyo area, graduated Berklee College of Music in 2019 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Professional Music, concentrating in special education, psychology, and conducting. Yuki has graduated Walnut Hill School for the Arts as a voice principal major in 2014 and was chosen for the Merit Award at Young Arts Competition the same year. 

She has had both classical and contemporary vocal training as well as classical piano and conducting. She has taught piano and voice lessons for children with special needs at Note-worthy Experiences in Sudbury and was a member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Currently, Yuki is working as a Studio Director at STUDIO MOTIF and Music and Special Education Specialist at MICA Holdings after working as a Music, English, and Special Education instructor at Pit School (PIT Co., Ltd.).