<p dir="ltr">Thanks, Judy, it sounds really good.  I will be out of town, though, so will have to miss. <br>

Jann </p>

<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 3, 2016 12:21 PM, "Judy Palac" <<a href="mailto:palac@msu.edu">palac@msu.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Dear Friends and Colleagues, </div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>

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Kageyama serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the New World Symphony, and specializes in teaching performing artists how to utilize sport psychology principles to perform up to their abilities under pressure.

  </span>Also a conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Juilliard and Oberlin, Dr. Kageyama’s understanding of performance pressure and excellence come from his own experiences on the concert stage from the age of two. Dr. Kageyama <span>has

 led seminars on peak performance at New England Conservatory, Peabody, Indiana University, Northwestern University, NATS, and MTNA, and we are excited to welcome him to MSU!</span></font></div>

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<div><b><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:14px">Thursday, February 18, 6-7:30 PM</font></b></div>

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