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so I, yeah, I just enjoyed music and my parents, uh, on a budget were able to swing violin lessons.

That's what I started in, and then I really wanted to study piano, and I knew - I was with the class of high-powered gifted kids all doing Suzuki.

So I knew, like, I was already 10 years behind, but I wanted to study piano, and so, uh, practiced at the church and they finally bought one and, you know, I've been playing ever since.

Um, in high school I was in orchestra, and I, I went to Cornish College, which, uh, I had the amazing gift of a full scholarship, which was wonderful, and studied composition.

But I wasn't quite ready for it.

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