1998 - Bria Long-level 5 Graduation at Spivey Hall

Bria is on the far left.
It feels very very special to watch the old videos of my daughter...I still get nervous even now watching the wonderful video and it brings back such poignant memories. Please parents enjoy your children now!


Bria performs Sonata #48, 3rd movement by Haydn

Zak Beard performs Gigue for level 4 graduation

In 1998, Dr. Kataoka came and taught a workshop for teachers and students the week before the graduation concerts at Spivey Hall. She stayed after the workshop to attend the concerts. Zak had a lesson with Dr. Kataoka 3 days before the graduation concert. She told him if he played the whole piece 50X VERY slowly with metronome beat for each eighth note and no pedal each day before the concert he would "play perfectly" in the concert. He did. Zak is in the far right of the picture, Dr. Kataoka is in the back.

1996 - 10 Piano Concert-Matsumoto - The Wild Rider - Bria Long

Stephanie Loo performing the Coronation concerto by Mozart

This is such an awesome performance! I remember being back stage with Stephanie-i was on the cell phone with the conductor of the Emory Youth Orchestra discussing the fact that the audience was already on intermission so when did they think they were going to arrive? There was a major major traffic jam that day and they arrived exactly in time to walk on the stage with Stephanie. It was in a real way a miracle...

Andrew Loo performs Italian Concerto

As I watch this video I remember Andrew's first lesson with Dr. Kataoka when she asked him if he could do the down-up on the first note of Allegro by Dr. Suzuki in Book 1 (#5 on So) 100 times, and he said "I can do it 200 times."



First Movement




Second and Third Movement