Toshio Mashima is a Japanese composer born in 1949 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Education
First, he studied engineering. He graduated from the Kanagawa University and took the Yamaha Band Director course, going on to do his major in technology. He also studied music composition under Bin Kanade and jazz theory under Makoto Uchibori.
He graduated in 1971 and went on to play trombone in jazz and popular bands.
Career
He interrupted this to study music He then worked as an assistant to Naohiro Iwai and began to focus on making compositions for bands. His own works, especially for bands, are published in Europe and sold in America.
Lately, he has also composed for television series and movies.
He currently serves as an instructor of the Institute of Education, Sobi, as well as working as a special instructor at the Yamaha Music School. Chamber Music maestoso Work for Big Band/Jazz-Ensemble.