Colin Thomson: Do More

Dr. Noa Kageyama began his musical journey at the age of 2 when he was given his first violin - a Cracker-Jack box with a ruler taped to it. Midway through kindergarten, he gave his first performance with orchestra as a student of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki (founder of the Suzuki Method) in Matsumoto, Japan, and shortly thereafter, made his TV debut on WBNS-TV’s Front Page Saturday Night. His second year at Juilliard, he signed up for a course titled “Performance Enhancement for Musicians” taught by Dr. Don Greene. It sounded interesting, although he was pretty skeptical that an Olympic sport psychologist and former green beret could tell him anything about being a concert artist. To Noa's surprise, what he learned that semester changed not only how he performed, but how he felt about performing. His whole approach shifted. Even his practice habits changed dramatically. Dr. Noa Kageyama is now on the faculty of The Juilliard School in NYC and the New World Symphony in Miami, FL where he helps talented musicians prep