Piano

Music runs in my blood from both sides of the family: my father is an accomplished guitarist, and my maternal grandmother played piano all her life. Her father was also a pianist in a traveling band, and she began to teach me simple songs like “Chopsticks” when I was very young. I began formal lessons when I was six years old, then moved on to more advanced teachers when I was playing Moonlight Sonata and Für Elise by the time I was 9. In high school, I also played in the jazz and pep bands, accompanied the school chorus, and won a scholarship for lessons out of 600 people. My favorites to play are classical (especially Beethoven and Mozart), Tori Amos, and I love turning pop/rock music into ballads.