Two teachers from Matsumoto, Japan, are coming to Utah – Hooray!

Keiko Ogiwara (bio)

Keiko Kawamura (bio)

Ogiwara-Sensei and Kawamura-Sensei were both piano students of Dr.Kataoka as children and continued their studies under her at the piano department of the Suzuki Music School for Teacher Training. They teach at the Talent Education Institute and have shared their expertise in Piano Basics workshops in the U.S.

Their time abroad is limited, so the Institute is grateful that they have consented to come to Utah to instruct teachers and students in Master Classes during a 25-hour workshop June 9-13 from 10:30-4:30. They will also conduct a daily question session.

For an additional fee, Institute students of teachers registered in the Piano Basics Workshop may sign up for one Master Class Lesson with the teachers from Japan.This will be in addition to the regular Institute schedule which includes four Master Classes with the Institute faculty.

Our guest faculty from Japan has requested that they alternate their teaching of Master Classes. Registered teachers who desire a Master Class during the workshop should indicate this on the registration form. Because lesson slots will be filled on a first-come first serve basis in the order registrations are received, there is no guarantee that every teacher wishing a Master Class will receive one.

Teachers may combine an SAA Book Unit or Practicum with the Piano Basics workshop, using the workshop observation to supplement the eight hours required for the SAA Unit.