erika tazawa

Erika Tazawa enjoys a versatile and collaborative musical career, actively performing as a conductor and pianist. She joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as an interim director of choirs in 2024, and prior to her appointment at Georgia Tech, she taught at Kennesaw State University and Emory University. Tazawa is active as a guest conductor of high school honor choirs and festivals in Georgia, and often collaborates with community choirs and greater Atlanta schools in performances. She is the pianist of the contemporary music ensemble Bent Frequency and has served on musical staff at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and the Atlanta Opera. As a singer, she has performed with Kinnara and Coro Vocati. Tazawa holds degrees in Piano Performance from the State University of New York-Potsdam and is completing a DMA in Conducting from the University of Georgia in 2024.