Fortunately, my wise parents knew that this was serious and shortly thereafter I began piano lessons; I have been playing ever since. (In fact, years later I obtained my degree in piano pedagogy -but let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.) Our family moved to Austria in 1987. My parents were (and still are) missionaries who are involved in church work in Austria and the surrounding countries. My sister and I went to a small Christian school and I quickly became involved in anything and everything that had to do with music; choir, piano, competitions etc. It was also around this time that I began trying my hand at songwriting. I would work on my songs and then wait until I had the house (or at least the living room) to myself to try them out. And like many aspiring artists I also gave regular “performances “in front of my bedroom mirror. ...MORE