2024 July I had a wonderful time adjudicating at SYMF (Southwestern Youth Music Festival) for the last 2 days. Thank you for my colleagues, Carl Matthes, Mark Sullivan, Peggy Taylor, Dan Cao, adjudicating together with me, and Sue Scofield, president of SYMF for her hard work to organize an excellent festival. Of course there are many more people who help to make this festival successful. Thank you, thank you! And most importantly, congratulations to all of students and their parents to prepare to perform at the festival. The festival will continue to the next weekend, but I will be preparing to leave to Japan for the concert and the piano camp, and a lot of fun!

July 14, 2024