Ms. Keiko 'Katie' Ikeda is teaching private piano lessons, and enjoys teaching composition, early musicianship/advanced keyboard ensemble classes at the Yamaha Music Centers in Irvine and Aliso Viejo as a certified Yamaha Music Education System instructor. Her students call her, “Ms. Katie.”

Keiko 'Katie' Ikeda began piano and musicianship lessons at a Yamaha Music School in Japan at the age of four. Later, she received private piano instructions with Mrs. Kuniko Fujiwara and Mr. Hiroyuki Yabu, voice lessons with Mrs. Minako Otsu, and music theory and composition with Mr. Makoto Uchiyama. Upon completing her Bachelor’s Degree in International Civilization at Seinan Gakuin University, she joined the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra (Fukuoka, Japan) as a member of the administrative staff, and taught music and English at the Yamaha Music School for Children.

After she moved to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she took piano lessons at Victoria Conservatory of Music with Mrs. Kristine Beny and Dr. Michael Redshaw, and participated in master classes with Mrs. Winifred Scott Wood. Since moving to California, she further studied piano with Dr. Rob Watson, music education with Dr. Dennis Siebenaler, conducting with Dr. Mitchell Fennell, and received a Masters Degree in Piano Pedagogy under the guidance of Dr. Martha Baker-Jordan at California State University, Fullerton. She received piano instructions from Dr. Mikhail Korzhev, Mr. Nigel Hutchison (London, UK), Ms. Susan de Burgh (Victoria, CA) and Mr. Leonid Levitsky as well.

She also studied clarinet since age of twelve with Mr. Toru Mizusaki (Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Japan), Mr. Håkan Rosengren (CSU Fullerton, CA), and Mr. Nuno Silva (Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Portugal) and performed with Seinan Gakuin University Wind Ensemble, which received a silver prize at All Japan Wind Ensemble Competition, also with University of California Irvine Wind Ensemble, and California State University, Fullerton Wind Ensemble, in the U.S.

Ms. Ikeda is a recipient of Seinan Gakuin University Alumni Scholarship.
Her students who enjoy performing and creating compositions are also awarded with many prizes at festivals and competitions.

She served as a branch president of MTAC Orange Coast Cities Branch for the years 2009-2011.

Orange County Piano Lessons Ensemble, Theory and Music Composition