“I have been playing piano for 7 years,” senior Megan Pullen said. “I like playing by myself because I feel like I can take a more artistic approach to what I’m doing. When playing with others, you have to be aware of a constant tempo. I enjoy playing a variety of classical music and singing songs. My favorite piece that I have played is “Intermezzo” by Brahms because it is a really pretty piece and it was challenging, so once I finished it I felt really accomplished. The most challenging part is definitely sight reading. Some of the chords can be really thick and it’s hard to decipher which note is which.  I try to split the music up into sections, then I’ll try to learn a section a day. What I’ll do is I first get all the notes separate for my right hand and my left hand, then I put them together. Finally I gradually speed it up and start pushing the tempo. My favorite part is the finished product. I feel like it’s important for me to challenge myself, because the more I challenge myself with a piece of music, then I can play a more difficult piece the next time. That’s how you grow in piano and anything: challenging yourself. Otherwise, you’ll kind of just stay the same.”