Percussionist Aya Kaminaguchi earned her master’s degree from the Boston Conservatory with a full scholarship. She is the winner of the Percussive Arts Society Audition, Aspen Music Festival Soloist Competition, and a finalist of the International Marimba Competition in Belgium. She has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Palm Beach Opera, New World Symphony, and toured worldwide with "Star Wars: In Concert”. She is currently the Principal Percussionist of the New Haven Symphony and a member of the Sarasota Opera, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Excelsis Percussion. She is a sponsored artist by SABIAN Cymbals.