ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Yamaha Music Education System will host its popular Junior Original Concert (JOC) Series on Friday, January 15 and Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Winter NAMM 2010. Held at 12:00 p.m. each day in the Yamaha Keyboard Division exhibit area in the Anaheim Marriott Hotel's Marquis Ballroom, all NAMM attendees are invited to enjoy these free events, which will feature three exceptional Yamaha Music School students performing their own original compositions.

For the first time ever, the perennial crowd-pleasing concert event will feature "family ensembles," in which the young composers will perform accompanied by a family member.

Valerie Narumi, age 10, a student at Harmony Music World Yamaha Music Academy in Fullerton, California, will perform "Adventures in Ice Cream Land," along with her mother, Motoko Narumi, who will play the harp.

Pianist Phillip Matsuura, age 14, of Irvine California, will play his original composition "Sonatine for Flute and Piano." His mother, Mary Paschal, will accompany him on the Flute. Phillip attends Irvine Yamaha Music Center.

Eight year old piano student Tissiana Vallecillo of Chandler, Arizona, will perform her original piece, "Adversity" with her sister, Renata Vallecillo, 10, who will also play the piano. Tissiana attends East Valley Yamaha Music School in Chandler, Arizona.

For more information, visit Yamaha Corporation of America at Winter NAMM 2010 in the Marquis Ballroom at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel; write Yamaha Corporation of America, Yamaha Music Education System; P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail ymes@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com.