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Kei Fukuda

Based in Philadelphia, Kei Fukuda is a violinist, music educator, and passionate advocate for music as a vehicle for social change. Kei performs regularly with Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Ballet, Opera Philadelphia, Philly POPS, and Britt Festival Orchestra and has played with Kansas City Symphony and Akron Symphony Orchestra. As a music educator, Kei has been dedicated to her work as a teaching artist at Project 440 and Play On, Philly! and currently teaches violin and chamber music at Swarthmore College. Additionally, she is working with AFM Local 77 and the musician-led DIBCOM (Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee) at the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia to effectively address issues surrounding equity and inclusion in local performing arts organizations. Kei is continuously exploring ways to use music education and performance as tools for inspiring, empowering, and uniting people of all backgrounds.

After graduating from Swarthmore College with a double major in biology and music, Kei switched her focus back to studying the violin under the guidance of Choong-Jin (C.J.) Chang in Philadelphia. She has also studied with Miami String Quartet violinists Ivan Chan and Cathy Meng Robinson at Kent State University and with Benny Kim at the University of Missouri Kansas City as a Graduate String Quartet Fellowship recipient.