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Toyama, was relocated to a [[Japanese internment camp]] in the United States during World War II. She was described there as a musician and semiskilled in the manufacture of knit goods.<ref name=":0" />
In 1952, Toyama studied with [[Darius Milhaud]], [[Olivier Messiaen]], and [[Noël Gallon|Noel Gallon]] at the [[Conservatoire de Paris|Paris Conservatory]]. In 1955, she received a scholarship to study at [[Tanglewood Music Center|Tanglewood]] with [[Roger Sessions]]. She studied conducting at the [[Pierre Monteux School]] and [[Columbia University]].<ref name=":1" /> From 1956 to 1959 she was one of the first women to study at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center with Dr. [[Otto Luening]] and Dr. [[Vladimir Ussachevsky]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Early Synthesizers and Experimenters|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50e79ec7e4b07dba60068e4d/t/515704dce4b05239ba84e64c/1364657372465/Holmes4.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=14 Jun 2021}}</ref> At the Center, Toyama and [[Edgard Varèse|
Toyama said, "composing music is my joy and I do it for myself. I hope my compositions will be performed, but I do not dare to organize performance opportunities for my compositions by myself ."<ref name=":2" />
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