JEANNE DAYTON SASAKI, Collaborative Pianist and Vocal Coach, returns to Le Chateau de la Voix for a second season this summer.  Ms. Sasaki currently maintains her own private studio in Austin, Texas, performing, coaching and teaching solo singers and instrumentalists.  She served as Music Lecturer and Staff Accompanist at the University of Texas at Austin 2006-2014.  Some of her other professional engagements include performing/ coaching/collaborative piano instruction at Taos Opera Institute (Taos, NM), One Ounce Opera (Austin, TX) Butler Opera Center (Austin, TX), and Four Corners Opera (Durango, CO).  She has recorded with her husband Ray Sasaki, trumpet, Adrian Griffin, trumpet, and Amy Gilreath, trumpet, and performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the National Trumpet Competition, and Music Teachers National Association Competition.  Ms. Sasaki earned music degrees from Eastman School of Music and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Her collaborative piano mentors have included John Wustman, Robert Spillman, and Anne Epperson.