Yoko Furihata Waynen began studying violin at the age of 3 at the original Suzuki school called “The Talent Education Institute” in Nagano, Japan and on occasion, she was fortunate to receive advice from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki himself. She holds her bachelor degree from Soai University in Osaka where she was a student of Machie Oguri. Later, she studied at the University of Wyoming and Longy School of Music in Cambridge.
She is a faculty member at Cape Symphony and has also played in the Cape Symphony Orchestra. She has also taught Japanese to pre-school students at the Sandwich Montessori School.
