I learned to play the guitar in preparation for this performance. I had tried before but could never keep going with it.

My performance video is on Saint Saens's Morceau de Concert for Horn. The piece initially begins in F minor with a theme, then 2 variations after it.

I was a pianist even before I could walk. I owe much of my initial interest to my father — a jazz saxophonist and avid music lover — for it was he who first emphasized how music “expresses the human condition in its most elemental form.”

This piece played on the traditional Chinese flute (dizi) is titled, “The Herdsman’s New Melody” in English and is composed by Chinese flautist and composer, Guangyi Jian in 1966.

Piano performance: Etude in A Flat Major by Frederic Chopin, BI 130 -- The second etude of Chopin's 3 Nouvelles Etudes.

John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” has been one of my favorite songs for the past 5 years.

This is a cover of Spring Thief by Yorushika.

This is a piano piece called "Rondo on Argentine Children Folk Tunes" by contemporary composer Ginastera.

YYZ by Rush is one of my favorite songs to play and is known as a challenging drum song.

I am playing the Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach's Partita #3. I put a lot of hard work and time into practicing this piece.

Katherine Hoover shared her inspiration for her piece, Kokopeli : It came from Kokopeli, a great mahu, who was also a flute player.

If my house was on fire, I would reach for my guitar.

I am singing World Caves in by Matt Maltese, however, I decided to add a twist.

This is one of my favorite song of my favorite singer Whitney Houston name of the song is " I am nothing " it is a beautiful but hard song .

Expressing creativity is my way of taking a break.

Jazz Blues scales improvisation with a chord progression focused in the key of C minor.

This is my recording of Blue Monk, by Thelonious Monk. It is a jazz standard over a 12-bar blues chord progression.