Interview – Page 117 – MEET THE ARTIST

Anne Chmelewsky, composer

May 21, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

The minute I realised what a piano could do, I wanted to make music on it.

Sing/play to your audience with head, heart and soul and never with anger or contempt. Make it a goal to exude love through music and try to learn as much as you can about the art form, including its history, and make it your mission to find a uniquely individual way to express your own identity through the idiom.

Nishla Smith, jazz singer

May 18, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

I’m a storyteller, I’m always looking for the invisible threads that tie things together.

Hayley Jenkins, composer

May 13, 2021 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Music is a language and each performer views music through the possibilities of their instrument and technique; I enjoy having conversations about how best something should be played as there are often possibilities I wasn’t even aware of, and that is exciting.