Background
Kawashima, Hope Nozomi was born on April 2, 1937 in Auburn, California, United States. Daughter of Peter Shinichi and Mary Etsuko Omachi.
Kawashima, Hope Nozomi was born on April 2, 1937 in Auburn, California, United States. Daughter of Peter Shinichi and Mary Etsuko Omachi.
Bachelor in Recording and Music Therapy, California State University, Sacramento, 1959. Master of Arts in Sacred Music, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1964. Postgraduate, Juilliard School Music, New York City, 1980—1981.
Music therapist State of California, Stockton, Napa, 1959—1964. Director, organist 1st Presbyterian Church, Altadena, 1964—1971, Ontario (Oregon) Community Church, 1972—1980, J A United Church, New York City, 1980—1988, LaTijera United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1988—1993, Lake Park United Methodist Church, Oakland, 1993—2002. Minister music St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Fresno, 2002—2010, United Japanese Christian Church, Clovis, since 2005.
Director Music Mart Academy, Santa Monica, California, 1988—1991.
General conference delegate United Methodist Church, St. Louis, 1988, member hymnal committee Nashville, 1985—1988. Chairperson Theological Forum, Berkeley, California, 1994—2002. Member of National Guild Piano Teachers (local chair 1979-1989), Clergywoman California, California Scholarship Federation (life), Native Daughters California.
Married Mas Kawashima, June 14, 1964. Children: Mariya Yoshiko Yamamoto, Rebekah Kawashima Wong.