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Naoko Tsujita, M. Mus is a Japanese percussionist and carillonneur whose diverse career has led her to give performances in cities in Canada, the US, Europe, and Japan. She won the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition with Emmanuel Séjourné’s marimba concerto and was a finalist at the South Japan Music Competition. Her marimba-guitar duo with Daniel Ramjattan debuted in Vienna, Austria, and has recorded 10 world premiere recordings as an ensemble-in-residence with the East Chamber Music Company. As a percussionist, she has worked with a variety of musicians in various genres. Her playing has been featured in albums by JUNO award-winning artists, including Madagassi singer-songwriter Donné Roberts and Canadian composer Derek Charke.

Aside from her performance career, Naoko’s compositions for carillon have received several international awards, including first place at the Sally Slade Warner Arrangements & Transcriptions Competition 2020, hosted by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and a Special Jury Mention at the Perpignan Carillon Composition Competition in 2019, performed at the Perpignan Sacred Festival 2020 in France, and published by American Carillon Music Editions. Meanwhile, she has received commissions from Trinity College, Hartford, USA for the 2021 Virtual Congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and the World Carillon Federation, from Indiana University Carillon Studio to celebrate their anniversary, as well as from Metropolitan United Church in Toronto for the centennial celebration of their carillon.

She completed her Master’s degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor’s degree from Acadia University. She also graduated from the North American Carillon School in Springfield, Illinois, in 2022.

Naoko is also a founding member of the Japan Certified Carillonists’ Society and Secretary of the Ontario Percussive Arts Society.