Sakura Ladies Chorus

Introduction

The mission of the Sakura Ladies Chorus is to promote multiculturalism through Japanese music in Greater Cincinnati communities. The Sakura Ladies Chorus was founded in 1998 and has been performing at local cultural events such as the Art Sampler, Asian Culture Fest at the museum center at the Union Terminal, local colleges and schools, churches, and several functions organized by the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati. Our repertoire includes traditional to contemporary Japanese songs and some numbers from countries other than Japan in translation and original languages.

The Sakura Ladies Chorus is led by the director/conductor, Sayuri Jones, and the co-director, Emi Akiba. Both are local professional music instructors. The majority of the members are native Japanese and some are American. Most of the members are amateur volunteers who have passion of singing and keeping their ties to their Japanese roots. Some members live in the Greater Cincinnati temporarily and some permanently. The Sakura Ladies Chorus sometimes collaborates with the Sakura Men's Chorus for songs that require mixed voices.

The conductors/directors Jones and Akiba also direct two youth groups called J-Youth and an ad hoc choir group, the Greater Cincinnati Japanese Children's Chorus, both of which occasionally perform with the Sakura Ladies Chorus at cultural events.

Please forward your questions, comments, and performance requests to sakuraladies@gmail.com