^ I know she's worked with an orchestrator in Hokuto no Ken, Rekishi Hiwa Historia, Tsubasa, and a few other OSTs (but I can never remember his name). Although he's credited with "string support", she's apparently used him only when she needs help arranging large string pieces. I always thought that she could easily arrange pieces for smaller string ensembles on her own, too, though there's really no proof of that...
It seems as though she doesn't feel the need to use many brass instruments, since she's even substituted synthesized versions in a few OSTs, like Elemental Gelade. But even so, that doesn't explain why she uses Akagi Rie only as a special guest in her concerts, since Rie's virtually her main flutist.
