Natsumi

Natsumi Malloy was born in Osaka, Japan and started playing music on a toy piano that was a gift from her grandmother on her first birthday. Natsumi began taking electronic organ lessons when she was five, which was also when she started composing. While studying at Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, she became a performer under contract with Yamaha Electone City Shibuya, Tokyo. After graduating from Kunitachi College, Ms. Malloy worked as an arranger of Yamaha Music Media, a music teacher, and a performer. She was a member of 'Sendai Kinen Company' and performed during the Japan tour of 1994 -98. Coming to the U.S. in the fall of 2000, she entered Berklee College of Music, Boston. Graduating from Berklee College, she worked as an intern piano teacher and accompanist for a music theater at Bennington College, Vermont. She is currently enrolled in a master's degree program at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and plays organ and piano at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Middleboro. - southcoasttoday.com"I have listened to Natsumi's CD and think it is absolutely amazing. She is a very talented woman and deserves to be recognaizes for the beautiful music she has created." - Scott McAllester, Waltz Audio