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Kae Hashimoto Reed is a diverse musician, active as a performer and educator. Dr. Reed is a percussionist, a native of Japan, and has decades of experience teaching and performing throughout Asia and the United States. Her performance and teaching philosophy is based on her multi-cultural experiences, emphasizing diversity and inclusion from an artistic perspective.

Dr. Reed has performed internationally in Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, China, and the United States. Her performances and clinics in America have taken place in Arkansas, New York City, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Iowa, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Tennessee, with notable performance venues like the Merkin Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center and Cincinnati Music Hall.

Dr. Reed performs as a percussion soloist, bridging gaps between classical western percussion, world percussion, contemporary styles, and cross-cultural genres. She has worked in collaboration with theatrical groups (Samurai sword fighting, Off Broadway shows), dance troupes (tap, belly dance, and contemporary dance) and many others.

Reed has been a member of Middle Eastern music bands, a pop music groups, steel drum ensembles, and has worked on many contemporary music projects in New York City. Reed was also invited to perform traditional Japanese Taiko drums at numerous international events, including Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., and an event hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in Nashville. Reed's discography includes the CD, Birds Light, and Dimensions (No Frills Music) and No Beginning, No End by Kenny Werner (Half Note).

As an orchestral timpanist/percussionist, Dr. Reed has performed with the Fort Smith Symphony, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra, the New York City Summer Mahler Project, the Thailand Philharmonic Or