Cellist Junko Fujiwara Simons is both a "creative musician"/improviser and an active classical musician. She has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Jim Hobbs, Charlie Kohlhase, Tom Plsek, Jane Wang, Laurence Cook, and Luther Gray. Junko Simons has also participated in composer/conductor Lawrence 'Butch' Morris's "Conduction" series, Lance Bryant's Lyricalia Qunitet, and is also a member of the classical chamber group the Kalliope Piano Trio and Metal & Glass (a Boston-based acoustic microtonal ensemble). Ms. Simons is a lecturer at Boston College, and holds adjunct faculty positions in the Ipswich Public School system and at Phillips Academy Andover, as well as teaching private students. She has a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. Currently, she produces and performs in her monthly Green Umbrella series at Outpost 186 in Cambridge, MA (www.zeitgeist-outpost.org).