BIO
MAYUMI KIMURA MEGURO is an award winning classical and film composer.
She is the recipient of the 2018 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, the composition fellow for the MusicaNova Orchestra 2019 season, a finalist for the 2017 Morton Gould Award, and a finalist for the EarShot New Music Orchestra Readings.
Mayumi has composed and arranged music for clients including the United Nations, the University of Michigan and the Parliament of Canada. Moreover, her works have been performed in venues around the world including Singapore, USA, Mexico, and Japan. Serving as an unofficial Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, Mayumi participated at the 2018 World Season for Peace UN Singers international tour in China. She also composed the music for University of Michigan's Bicentennial Celebration video which was played in front of 60,000 people at the Big House Stadium, and wrote the music for an educational videogame launched by the Parliament of Canada on its platform. Her work for theater includes composing the music for "Chinglish" by Tony award winner David Hwang, set in production by Director Hector Flores Komatsu.
She has been a student of composers Bright Sheng, Evan Chambers, Kristin Kuster, Paul Schoenfeld, Cheryl Van Maanen, John Boyle, and Arturo Sanchez Guzzi.
After studying in Mexico’s National Conservatory, Mayumi went to study Composition on a merit scholarship to the renowned Interlochen Arts Academy, receiving the Fine Arts Award: Outstanding Merit in Music Composition and graduating with high honors. In 2017, Mayumi graduated with honors from the University of Michigan as a triple major in Music Composition, Music Theory, and International Studies. In 2020 she obtained her master's degree (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), earning an MSc. in International Relations with a focus on Gender and Human Rights.
In addition to music, Mayumi is passionate about human rights and international affairs. She has worked at the United Nations New York Headquarters Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNHCR, and served as the keynote speaker for University of Michigan’s Global Scholars Program 2019 Global Engagement Symposium. Her human rights passion gave her a new voice in composing as much as composing music gave her a unique voice and philosophy as a human rights advocate.
She is the recipient of the 2018 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, the composition fellow for the MusicaNova Orchestra 2019 season, a finalist for the 2017 Morton Gould Award, and a finalist for the EarShot New Music Orchestra Readings.
Mayumi has composed and arranged music for clients including the United Nations, the University of Michigan and the Parliament of Canada. Moreover, her works have been performed in venues around the world including Singapore, USA, Mexico, and Japan. Serving as an unofficial Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, Mayumi participated at the 2018 World Season for Peace UN Singers international tour in China. She also composed the music for University of Michigan's Bicentennial Celebration video which was played in front of 60,000 people at the Big House Stadium, and wrote the music for an educational videogame launched by the Parliament of Canada on its platform. Her work for theater includes composing the music for "Chinglish" by Tony award winner David Hwang, set in production by Director Hector Flores Komatsu.
She has been a student of composers Bright Sheng, Evan Chambers, Kristin Kuster, Paul Schoenfeld, Cheryl Van Maanen, John Boyle, and Arturo Sanchez Guzzi.
After studying in Mexico’s National Conservatory, Mayumi went to study Composition on a merit scholarship to the renowned Interlochen Arts Academy, receiving the Fine Arts Award: Outstanding Merit in Music Composition and graduating with high honors. In 2017, Mayumi graduated with honors from the University of Michigan as a triple major in Music Composition, Music Theory, and International Studies. In 2020 she obtained her master's degree (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), earning an MSc. in International Relations with a focus on Gender and Human Rights.
In addition to music, Mayumi is passionate about human rights and international affairs. She has worked at the United Nations New York Headquarters Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNHCR, and served as the keynote speaker for University of Michigan’s Global Scholars Program 2019 Global Engagement Symposium. Her human rights passion gave her a new voice in composing as much as composing music gave her a unique voice and philosophy as a human rights advocate.