Caplan, Linda: Master-level performer and teacher based in Toronto, Canada. Includes her credentials, performances and classes, recordings, construction of the koto, biography of Chikushi Katsuko, and links.
Ishigure, Masayo: New York-based traditional and contemporary koto musician and instructor at the Sawai Koto Academy. Includes biography, schedule, discography, and links.
Marimo-kai: Japanese koto group perfoming in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contains news, pictures, and biography.
Obata, Reiko: Southern California-based traditional and contemporary koto musician. Includes profile, concert and storytelling performance schedules, recording samples and ordering, instrument descriptions and sound clips, recommended books and videos, and links.