Founding Statement

I. Purpose

In contemporary Japan, musical culture has grown dependent on a narrow idea of talent and commercial success. The role of music in nurturing inner richness—and the systems that pass it sustainably to the next generation—have become fragile.

Meanwhile, the generations who long supported music education and performance are aging. Younger generations have fewer places to learn communication through sound, self-understanding through music, and the knowledge and skills that carry both forward. Opportunities to connect with society through music are diminishing.

Public music events and cultural programs exist across the country, yet on the ground, scheduling and staffing are often insufficient. Events tend to end as one-off occasions rather than fostering genuine communication through sound—including the lived experience of improvisation.

In an age of generative AI and overflowing information, we need new models that return to what music alone can express—what words cannot—and root in society the experiences and inner richness that music cultivates.

In response to these challenges, we have advanced activities from Kyoto under the belief that programs nurturing creativity, sensitivity, and expression through music should reach more people.

Through research into music that works on mind and body, and through educational events such as the Adlib Tasting Session, we create new spaces where anyone can encounter exchange and creation through music—where artists, performers, teachers, dedicated learners, and beginners can meet directly.

These are not mere ensembles or jam sessions. They are structures for learning fundamentals and skills through experience, and for nurturing creativity, sensitivity, and expression. Through them, we aim to grow a new system in which listening, playing, and sharing music circulate together.

We will also return know-how to society through educational programs, workshops, support for artists and performers, and digital distribution—and collaborate with government, business, and schools on highly public activities including commissioned work and cultural programming.

To carry out this work broadly and steadily, we have obtained NPO status to strengthen public trust and deepen collaboration with citizens, companies, and educational institutions. We will also make active use of programs offered to NPOs by companies such as Google, sharing Kyoto-born musical culture across Japan and the world.

Our ideal is a society where musical value is shared across generations—not depending on individual talent or status alone. From Kyoto, we aim to create a platform for musical co-creation that connects people, communities, and the world, and to fulfill our mission after incorporation by working with government and citizens across education, performance, planning, operations, and outreach—creating a future in which music connects people and society.

II. Background Leading to This Application

Prior to incorporation, the founders and related members carried out sustained activities in music creation, education, and artist exchange.

We have held more than twenty instrumental improvisation workshops and sessions, with roughly twenty participants per session and over four hundred participants in total—offering opportunities for musical expression across a wide range of people.

Through the Adlib Tasting Session, we have also held more than one hundred fifty courses using the Okamoto Method, with over twelve hundred participants in total—a beginner-accessible music education program offered continuously.

In addition, we have presented work related to functional music research and sound expression on more than four occasions, with over four hundred participants, and created opportunities for artist exchange and collaborative creation—building an ongoing network of relationships.

These activities have been carried out continuously, and we have established a record of achievement in music creation, education, and cultural development.