Miki Orii has performed extensively as both soloist and chamber musician in North America and Asia. She has earned advanced degrees from the Kunitachi College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Irma Vallecillo, Margot Garrett and Kayo Iwama. Additional studies and master classes with Elly Ameling, Pierre Vallet and Martin Isepp. She has been a participant in numerous Music Festivals, including the Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria and the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, where she was invited to perform with principal members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been a faculty member of the Georgia Academy of Music.