What is your hometown?

What are you passionate about outside of music?

Who were your major teachers?

What is a favorite quote that you repeatedly tell students?

What question do you wish students would ask sooner rather than later?

What was a turning point in your career?

If you weren't a musician or teacher, what do you think you would be doing now?

If you could play only three composers for the rest of your life, who would they be?

From a music history perspective, what year and city are most important to you?

What are your most important collaborations?

Who are three students you have had the privilege of teaching?