Nikolai Kapustin's Toccatina, Op. 36 blends the brilliance of classical music with the grooviness of jazz.

Scarbo is the night goblin in Aloysius Bertrand’s Gaspard de la nuit. He slips into a room, swells until he looms over the bed, rattles tiny bells, then shrinks and melts into moonlight.

Four Personalities: I. Yellow, IV. Red by Alyssa Morris is a work that explores the spectrum of human mood through juxtaposing movements.

While learning and performing "Già il sole dal Gange," I was deeply inspired by the poetic imagery within the text.

"The 3 G's" by Kenji Bunch is a solo viola piece with a unique tuning where the A string is tuned down to G, and the C string is tuned down a fourth to another low G.

Le Désir to me means more than just rolling cords and intricate fingering.

Julie-O, composed by Mark Summer, is the musical representation of the Turtle Island String Quartet, where Summer plays.

Chopin’s Op. 27 nocturnes are some of his grandest and most dramatic.

Nara was once Japan's ancient capital, where the dawns and dusks were greeted by the ringing of temple bells.

Prelude in C minor, Op. 23 No. 7 is a dramatic and intense piano piece.

In my performance of Chopin’s Étude Op. 25 No. 2, I wanted to highlight the balance between the fast, flowing triplets in the right hand and the steady, lyrical melody in the left.

"Summertime" is the song that reminds me who I am as a singer.

Billie Eilish is an artist whose emotions bleed out of her songs through her soft voice and lyrics. While her life was very different from mine, her lyrics still manage to touch me, which speaks to her ability to turn her experiences into means for art and connection.