For how long have you attended CVSM and which teachers have you studied with?
I have studied for about 4 years with Brian Helman and Kevin Gorman. However, I have also eavesdropped during my children’s lessons for many years, on Richard Overcash, Valerie. Merriman, Geoff Weeks, and Deb Stotelmyer!
Where do you attend school and what grade are you in?
I am not in school at the moment, but I have taken music classes recently at Gettysburg College and Messiah University.
What are your favorite music activities?
I love to sit at the piano and play for myself in the evenings, but also enjoy concerts and listening to music.
What is your best/favorite memory of your time at CVSM?
Playing with Brian Helman in the recital hall downstairs
What do you do for fun? I love to read to my grandchildren and watch them figure things out!
If you could instantly have any talent, what would it be? To play any piano piece on sight!
What is your favorite memory?
As a young child, my mom worked evenings and my dad worked during the day. After my sister and I went to bed at night, my dad would stand in the doorway of our bedroom, silhouetted against the hall light behind him, and talk to us about the music he played on the record player: Scheherazade, Pictures at an Exhibition, the Grand Canyon Suite, La Mer, the 1812 Overture, the Firebird Suite, and Swan Lake.
In what places have you lived?
I grew up in New Jersey but moved to Mercersburg after finishing my pediatric residency. Now I live in Greencastle.
Where is the best place you have traveled to and why?
I hiked part of the Annapurna circuit in Nepal several years ago with the Sierra Club and it was so beautiful there are no words to describe it.
What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
Toenails! I still bite my fingernails but haven’t been able to reach my toes since I turned 36 years old.
Where is your favorite place to eat?
You can’t beat the Falafel Shack. But I like Sheetz and McDonald’s too!
