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.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.