• Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc.  I’m mid-twenties and from central Texas.  I move around enough that where I am at any time can only be determined by using models  developed for calculating the probability of an electron’s location around an atom.  It’s a good thing I have a solid little truck to travel in!  Most of the year, though, I’m away at school where I’m working on a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

• What made you decide to play the violin?  Well, I was looking for a hobby that was relaxing, solitary, and portable.  I thought that, since I have always loved music, learning a musical instrument would be good.  The baby grand piano was too big to fit in my suitcase so I naturally turned to the other instrument we had in the house: my great-great-grandfather’s fiddle.
Also, the fiddle was talking to me.  She was, she was.  Every time I walked by I would hear a plainative “Play me” coming from the case.  No doubt she was just as terrified as I was that if she sat unplayed long enough my grandmother would sell or donate her.

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