An artist with international credentials, Takako Seimiya Senn won first prize in the prestigious Tokyo Bunkakaikan Hall Competition in 1993 and continues to be in demand as a soloist and freelance performer on trumpet. She was selected for a 2001 tour of Japan and a 2008 tour of New York City with the Minnesota Orchestra and has performed in numerous subscription concerts including several recordings. She also has performed with the Minnesota Opera and many freelance orchestral and chamber ensembles, as well as a 2008 production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre.

She earned her Bachelor of Music Degree in performance and education at Musashino Academia Musicae, Tokyo, Japan and received her Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Performance at the University of Minnesota.

Takako is a dedicated teacher who has been teaching over 100 students in various high schools and music studios around the Twin Cities. She has taught as an adjunct professor of trumpet at St. Cloud State University and currently as an adjunct professor at Concordia University -St. Paul and is on the faculty at MacPhail Center for Music. Her teachers and coaches are Manny Laureano, David Baldwin, Gary Bordner, Ron Hasselmann, Frank Bencriscutto and Isao Fukui.