My Dance Story: I started dance at the age of three. I started training at Visions Dance Studio, when I was 5 I auditioned for a role in Rochester City Ballet's The Nutcracker that year I was selected to be a Cast A page. Following this audition I received a full scholarship for one year at Draper Center, Rochester City Ballet's training school. I performed one more time in The Nutcracker the following year but this time as a Holly Sprite. I stayed at Draper until 5th grade when I switched studios. I moved to Inna Ballet thi studio is where I would spend my last two years of dancing. At Inna Ballet I performed two Spring Recitals and one Nutcracker production. During the summer of 2018 I went back to Draper Center for the 2 and 4 Week Intensives. I went back because I had recently made the decision to quit the following school year. At the age of 12 I decided to quit my passion for 9 years and to focus on music.

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My Music Story: As of December 2018 I play three instruments-the violin, the piano and the harp. At the age of three (around the same times I started dance) I started studying the violin with Mrs. Janet Milnes. I never really liked violin since I believed that I was destined to be a dancer. LOL. When I was six I begged my mom to let me play the piano and she said yes! In September 2012 I started studying the piano with Ms. Annie Wang. However I did not remain her student for very long in January of 2013 I started studying the piano with Mrs. Harriet Zimmerman. In January of 2016 I went to Solo Fest for the first time as a level three violin three soloist. To my astonishment I was selected to be a Seat Three Second Violinist in All-Country Orchestra. In August of 2016 I switched to the Mrs. Nancy Hunt of the RPO. The following year I returned to Solo Fest as a level four violin soloist. In 2017 I was selected to play as a Eighteenth Seat First Violinist. In the Spring of 2017 I returned to Solo Fest and received a 100 in return. YAY!!! A few weeks later I auditioned for the Hochstein Philharmonia and to my surprise I got in! On January 4, 2018 I played piano in the Russian Friendship Concert in Kilbourn Hall (my first time). In the spring I returned once again to Solo Fest in January 2018 as a level five violin soloist and got selected to play as a Tenth Seat First Violinist. That spring I returned once again resulting in a not so good score (95). This May I played Beethoven's 5th Symphony 4th Movement as a Seat Three First Violinist with the Hochstein Philharmonia. Following this school year I changed teachers once again. In August of 2018, I started studying under the studio of Mr. Boris Zapesochny also with the RPO. This was also around the same time I started to learn the Harp under the direction of Ms. Rosanna Moore. On November 12, 2018 I played in my very first harp concert!

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Art Story: Although most of my childhood as focused on dance and violin, I always found time to draw. As a little girl I loved drawing crazy things. The alien drawing on the home page was one of my very first drawings that I was super proud of. As I got older I found it more and more difficult to incorporate art into my life. However, whenever my family and I went to the CMOG (Corning Museum of Glass), this was always my time to create something new. 2 years ago I made the pendant and bead shown on the home page. In 4th grade I became interested in paintings on Canvas. As of December 2018 I am most proud of my painting titled Hogwarts is my Home shown on the home page as well. At school I have been known to give people hand painted gifts representing them for their birthday or for Christmas as I feel it is the most personalized gift I could give. I love sketching clothing and trying out new hand lettering techniques. 

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People I Would Like to Thank:

My Mom and Dad for their continued support and driving to and from lessons and classes

Mrs. Beikirch my elementary school art teacher for always listening to my ideas and giving me feedback.

Mrs. Janet Milnes for supporting me in the very beginning of my music life

Mrs. Harriet Zimmerman for trying to make me appreciate Johann Sebastian Bach and for her continued support for me

Mrs. Molly McDonald for introducing me to my love of chamber music

Mrs. Wynn my elementary school music teacher for always supporting me

Mrs. Lindsey Ribicki for introducing me to Solo Fest and All-County

Ms. Sophia Cellura for always believing in me

Ms. Isabel Ament for always pushing me to do my best and for challenging me

Ms. Lila Hwang for making me laugh even when I am stressed

Ms. Jenna Hahn for believing in me since the very beginning

And finally for all the rest of my friends, family, and people who have helped through the three parts of my life