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My main instrument is the violin. I've played for the last 16 years, and all my lessons since then have focused on classical music. My motivation when I started was not really mine at all, since my parents had me start when I was 5. They decided to start me on an instrument in part because of the interest in music I showed since I was a toddler.

There are a few examples of my musical interest from a very young age. First, when I was 2, I threw a temper tantrum in church because I wanted to go see the organ and my parents wouldn't let me. Second, I would toddle around the house at 2 humming tunes from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

Most of my training has been in classical music, and I've reached a point where, with practice, I could play anything in the orchestral literature. This is important to me because I want to be able to play in avery fine orchestra. Pieces in the solo literature, I still can't say that I can play all of them,and that's my motivation now. There are a number of pieces that are on my bucket list to perform: the d minor Chaccone from Bach's partita no. 2, the Beethoven violin concerto, and a few more.