This Symposium is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affaires Government of Japan, and is subsidized by the Japan Keirin Association through its promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE.
Organizers:	International Federation for Choral Music, Japan Choral Association
Co-organizers:	Kyoto Prefecture, City of Kyoto, The Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto City Cultural Promotion Foundation
With support of:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Keirin Association (KEIRIN)
Sponsor:	ROHM CO., LTD.
Additional Sponsors:	Q.P.Corporation, Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd., JTB Corp., Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Ltd.
Assistance of:	The Mitsubishi Trust Foundation for the Arts, The Nomura Cultural Foundation

Organizing Committee Members Advisors Honorary advisors: Keiji Yamada (Governor, Kyoto Prefecture) Yorikane Masumoto (Mayor, City of Kyoto) Shin-ichi Hakoshima (President and CEO, The Asahi Shimbun) Ken Sato (Chairman, Rohm Music Foundation) Advisors: Yozo Sato (Honorary President, Japan Coral Associatiom) Tatsuo Minagawa (Advisor, Japan Choral Association) Toshiyuki Takagi (Board Director, Cultural Project and Business Development, The Asahi Shimbun) Councilors: Yasuo Kase (General Director, Department of Citizens' Affairs and Labor, Kyoto Prefectural Government) Shigenori Shibata (Director General, Culture & Citizens Affairs Bureau, City of Kyoto) Executive Committee Chairman: Nobuyoshi Yoshimura (President, Japan Choral Association) Vice-Chairman: Keiichi Asai (Vice-President, Japan Choral Association) Board members: Tsuguo Nomura (Executive Director, Japan Choral Association) Saeko Hasegawa (Executive Director, Japan Choral Association) Tatsuji Sek i(Secretary General, Kansai Division, Japan Choral Association) Michihiro Adachi (Vice-Presidentand Secretary General, Kyoto Choral Association) Toru Hosotsuji (Vice-President, Kyoto Choral Association) Yoshihiro Egawa (Director of Secretariat, Japan Choral Association) Jean-Claude Wilkens (Secretary General, International Federation for Choral Music) Motoyoshi Shimoda (Director, Culture and Art Office, Kyoto Prefectural Government) Shigetada Mizuguchi (Director, Culture & Citizens Affairs Bureau, City of Kyoto) Yasushi Kawamura (Senior Project Officer, Social Projects and Events Department, The Asahi Shimbun) Artistic Committee Chairperson: Saeko Hasegawa (Japan) Members: Eskil Hemberg (Sweden) Chifuru Matsubara (Japan) Dolf Rabus (Germany) Mitsukazu Suwaki (Japan) Jennifer Tham (Singapore) Kyoto Committee Chairman: Keiichi Asai (President Kansai Division, Japan Choral Association) Members: Takahide Sugiyama (Vice-President, Kansai Division, Japan Choral Association) Tatsuji Seki Toru Hosotsuji Nagako Suzuki (Vice-President, Kyoto Choral Association) Michihiro Adachi Shizuka Saeki (Secretary, Kyoto Choral Association)