Ellen loves sunsets! She also likes to ski and rock climb! She is in 7th grade. She was inspired by the song “Spectre” for this composition. The horse picture for the cover art is a picture of her with her mom’s horse, Lorelei. She loves having such a great piano teacher. “Tsakakahi” is a Hidatsa word for “Bird Feather.”

Listen to Tsakakahi

Anand is a 4th grader at St. Anne’s Belfield. He has been playing piano for 3 years. He also likes legos, oculus games, squash, and playing with his dog Snowy.

Listen to Earth from Above

Sofia Gingerich loves rainy days when she can just sit inside and imagine! She also loves listening to music and drawing. Black and White reminds her of a rainy day, a day when she can have free time to herself. Some of her favorite artists are: BLACKPINK, TWICE, and BTS! She grew up in Charlottesville, VA. When she lived in Washington, DC, she went to the zoo often to see all the animals including pandas (which inspired this song!) Then she moved back to Charlottesville and started school at St. Anne’s Belfield. She has been there since 5th grade! She is happy to have such a wonderful piano teacher!

Listen to Black and White

Sheina likes to play piano and is 7 years old. Sheina is fine with learning any song as long as it is something Sheina likes. She is fascinated with Minecraft and also likes to play Planet Zoo.

Listen to Dolphins Playing Tag

Zoe Jennings is a Sophomore at Tandem Friends school. She has always been interested in music and song writing. From an early age she has been making up songs to sing to her family. She started play piano a little over a year ago and is loving having Katherine as her teacher. She also takes voice lessons with Christina Fleming and plays soccer and volleyball. When she isn’t swamped with school work, she enjoys reading, cooking, and listening to music. Some of her favorite artists are Taylor Swift, BTS, Tomorrow x Together, and Halsey.

Listen to The Interlude of Soul Searching

Casey Leone is a sophomore at Western Albemarle high school and has been playing piano for almost a year. Casey has especially enjoyed exploring jazz piano. “Two Guys Lost in a Cave is my very first composition and I can’t wait to make more in the future!”

Listen to Two Guys Lost In A Cave

Luke is 12 years old and is a seventh grader at The Covenant School. He likes playing basketball, acting, and has been playing piano for 3 years. He loves creating music, singing, all things UVA, the LA Lakers, and spending time with friends and family!

Listen to Breakthrough

Elodie is a panda lover who is in 5th grade at Tandem Friends School. She loves composing her own songs. She has been playing piano for two and a half years. She likes k-pop music and her favorite bands are TWICE, BLACKPINK, and ITZY. She is the founder of The PPS (The Panda Protection Society), which is a charity that helps pandas. She also loves playing Roblox and Just Dance.

Listen to The Sound of Water

James Drescher is 10 years old. He’s been playing piano since he was 5. His favorite subject in school is math. James likes mountain biking and skiing. He also enjoys building things.

Listen to Sailing In a Hurricane

Arya DeRose is 7 years old. She attends forest school and loves being outside in nature, hiking, camping, identifying plants, making beautiful artwork and music. She wants to be some combination of a singer/engineer and naturalist when she grows up. She lives in Charlottesville with her little brother and her parents.

Listen to Shining Crystals

Emmett is 10 years old and has been playing piano for 6 months. He likes making and playing songs. Emmett enjoys music that expresses emotion. He also likes creating board games, code and art. You can find his piano coding project on Scratch:

Piano Coding

and his latest piano composition:

Listen to Mystic Music/Resource Wagon Tune

Muriel is a Fifth Grader at Tandem Friends School. Some of her hobbies are reading, doodling, playing Roblox, and writing. She likes pop music, and some of her favorite artists are Ariana Grande and TWICE. Her song, The Bug and The Bûche, is inspired by her puppy Crystal and her adventures. She is on the Ultimate Frisbee team at her school.

Listen to The Bug and the Bûche

Arden is 9 years old. He likes music, jewelry, pets, and video games. He’s known for being a really fast runner!

Listen to Pirate's Voyage

Annia is nine years old. She loves to play piano. She has been playing piano since she was 5. She loves all subjects in school. She is doing Girls on the Run. She also has 3 pets: 2 dogs and a cat!

Listen to Spirits Rising

Born and raised in Virginia, Pope Dalton is 8 years old. She is in the 3rd grade and her favorite activities are piano and horse back riding. When she is not on the go, you can find Pope reading, writing or training her dog Slick to jump. Pope has 3 older sisters and loves them very much.

Listen to Afternoon with my Puppy

Elia Wasser has been playing piano for 7 years. She loves composition and learning classical music. She likes science, listening to audiobooks, spending time with her dog Dream, and playing Planet Zoo and Minecraft.

Listen to Thrive

Luella Smith is in 6th grade at Walker Elementary. Some of her hobbies are drawing, playing video games, and doing origami. She hopes you enjoy listening to “The Haunted Wood” because she enjoyed making it very much!

The Haunted Wood