: About Me

My passion is ...

I want to make the world a better place through learning and laughter.

I know too much about ...

...how to recognize the sound of a Hammond organ.

My parents always told me ...

I never had to finish the food on my plate if I didn't want to.

My childhood ambition ...

I always wanted to be an actress.

My favorite memory ...

I got accepted into college as a high school junior, so for the last two months of school I worked like crazy and was able to graduate a year early. The last day of school and the night of graduation are definitely some of the favorite moments in my life.

Why I write ...

I write to express, to relate, to learn.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and listening to Debussy

My first job ...

Gigging professionally as a violinist in a string quartet and a jazz pianist in a combo during high school.

My best moment ...

Receiving my acceptance letter to Wellesley College in my junior year of high school.

My inspiration ...

I am inspired most by nature. I have a special fondness for lightening bugs.

Entertainment > Music Education Biography: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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There is an old adage that says, "To be the child of a musician is to be a musician". This is most certainly true in the case of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the son of the renowned composer and musician, Johann Sebastian Bach. Although he is not as famous as his father, CPE Bach is nonetheless an extremely important figure in the history of Western music. CPE Bach was born in Weimar, Germany in 1714, to Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach. His mother, Maria, died when he was just six years old. However, his father remarried Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a singer, a year and a half later. At te...

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