In addition to his Cello Concerto that was performed by the soloist, Dai Miyata, at the inaugural concert of the International Chamber Orchestra of Washington, Mitsumoto has composed works for a variety of music groups in Washington, namely the Washington Musica Viva chamber group, the Washington chapter of the Composers Forum, and the Friday Morning Music Club, among others. These compositions include "Elegy" for clarinet (or viola) and piano, "Songs of Innocence", "Songs of Experience", "Washington Triptyque" for violin, marimba, and piano, "Divertimento" for flute, viola, and piano, and "Fantasy on Leo Arnaud's Olympic Fanfare."  Below are some of the compositions, where they have been performed, and how you can purchase the music. 
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Songs of Innocence was inspired by seven poems written by William Blake - Infant Joy, The School Boy, Laughing Song, The Little Boy Lost, The Little Boy Found, Spring, and The Lamb. It was premiered in Los Angeles in 2001 and has been performed many times in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia. In addition, a recording of the June 2004 performance by Susan Wheeler, soprano with Naoko Takao, piano was played on Hawaiian Public Radio's program "Great Songs." 


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Mitsumoto's Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra, Opus 6, reflects his youth in Paris (1959-1962). It recalls the "excitement and hope," "joy and sorrow," and "expectations and frustrations" that were all part of that totally new environment, physically and mentally.
The concerto consists of four movements;
  • Rencontre (Encounter);
  • Romance;
  • Mobylette (Moped);
  • Adieu.
The Mobylette is like a bicycle with a tiny motor; "I traveled on it all over Provence, even down to the Camargue, a wild horse habitat."


It's first performance took place in 2007 in San Gabriel, CA with cellist Amy Leung as soloist, and the Olympia Youth Orchestra conducted by Fung Ho.

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