L to R: Keiko Ogiwara Sensei, Keiko Kawamura Sensei, and Keiko Nozawa Sensei conferring during a rehearsal. Sacramento Community Center Theatre, August, 2007. Photo by Kyle Kumasaki.
Keiko Ogiwara Sensei concentrating during a rehearsal of the Bach Gigue. Sacramento Community Center Theater, August 2007. Ogiwara Sensei gave speeches at the conclusion of the concert and the post-concert reception. She told us that American teachers, with our desire to continue producing our 10-Piano Concert in Sacramento, inspired the teachers in Japan to continue the concert there after Dr. Kataoka's passing. Photo by Kyle Kumasaki.
Teachers cleaning the pianos just before the performance of the Sacramento International Suzuki Piano Basics 10-Piano Concert, August 18, 2007 at the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Twenty or more teachers constituted the crew onstage and backstage both during the rehearsals and the performance. There was a job for everybody every day. Photo by Kyle Kumasaki.