This piece is a solo over Erykah Badu profound song entitled "Afro Blue".

The most interesting part of playing the piece was phrasing, especially of the middle section. When beginning to learn the phrasing, I tried copying Lugansky's interpretation, but it became obvious that that would not work; I'm not him.

I was having a normal day in my bed when I saw that there was a song released for the hunger games franchise.

I chose to showcase the opening and the ending of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, the finale being my favorite section.

Applemania is a contemporary solo-violin piece composed by Aleksey Igudesman.

I sing As in my acapella group Til Dawn, and Stevie Wonder’s “As” has become one of those songs that hits deeper the more I work on it.

To prepare for my performance, I work with my voice instructor (of 3 years) for weeks beforehand (often in preparation for SF-BAC NATS Classical singing competition, held annually).

Like many art songs, this piece is about love and heartbreak; however, the poem (originally by Shakespeare) lacks explicit explanation, leaving the piece open to the listener's interpretation.

Studying Rachmaninoff's Prelude was a more intricate and detailed process than it may seem to the audience.

I feel like this song is relevant to today's times in its commentary, and it's by an artist that I absolutely love. Hope you enjoy!

I chose "My New Philosophy" to show my raucous but serious personality, and I interpreted the songs with funny timing and drastic tone changes.

Choros No.5 "Alma Brasileria" (Brazilian Soul) is part of Heitor Villa Lobos's Choros, which means "weeping" in Portuguese.

Bach never wrote a single note for the marimba—hardly surprising, since the instrument is one of the newest voices in the musical world.

This is our modern interpretation of Bob Dylan's song criticizing how the United States justifies their actions.

I've learned pretty much everything that I've memorized by ear.

I wrote "Love Habits" when my sister left for college.

Incredibly, humans can use the instrument bestowed upon us—our voice—to create gloriously full and lush harmonies capturing the soul’s deepest feelings.

The song I chose is named "Bulletproof", originally by La Roux, however the arrangement I chose to perform is based on Melanie Martinez's (I do not support the actions of this artist).

"Inner Urge" is a jazz tune by the great tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson that he wrote to express his anger from living in New York City. T

“Martes 13” or Tuesday the 13th is a song by Luis R Conriquez.