She is known for originative, improvisational system, & the sensibility that combines experimental Western approaches by owning a tradition of the koto.

Her compositions own involved works for big ensembles another time sustaining unusual healthy sources like hives of bees, or even a amplified sounds of man bodies (cortical potential, heart beat, etc). Of these notable piece was performed outside around a plaza in San Francisco's sometimes unsavoury Market Street, using an ensemble of 12 of musicians, the pair of male & female exotic dancers, & taped interviews by having sex workers: "What's the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin?" An telling blend of musical composition, & places-specific conceptual art.

She has as well done performance art using insects (madagascar beetles, bees) crawling through her body (information to the Yoko Ono film "Fly").

Miya Masaoka is referred to as one of a additional unique members of a Bay Area Improv Scene (sometimes as well known as the Creative/New Music scene) in the San Francisco region.