Piano: My Life and My Passion

I love piano. I've been playing since I was four years old. It's been a hobby of mine. I LOVE the way it sounds. It's like the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I have a piano that I've had since I was four years old. My great-grandma had the piano. She tried to teach my grandma but she didn't want to learn. Then she tried to teach her grandchildren, which included my dad, but they also had no desire to learn. My dad passed it on to me because he felt that maybe I could play the piano. He was right. My great-grandmother's piano became mine and I've played it until this Christmas. That piano has been around for more that 70 years. When I play piano my heart feels lifted and I am in another world. I am perfect at the piano (figurtively speaking). No matter what note you play on the piano it's never wrong. Why? Every key is meaningful so no matter what you play, you are always playing music. I've had so many piano teachers. Some of them had either moved out of the state or they were no longer able to teach me because of health issues. I've had my current piano teacher, Dianna Lemaire, for a total of 9 years. Ever since then, I've been in recitals and concerts and festival competition (you aren't competing against people you are competing against yourself). I have received 4 trophies, 14+ certificates, and held "1" ratings for 7 years (that's how long I've been doing the competitions). I am really pleased at my acheivements and I want to go further in what I do and hopefully pass on my musical abilities to my children.