Olivia - Piano
Olivia is a 2019 graduate from Bedford High School and is currently studying music education at the University of Toledo. She has been playing piano for over 16 years and aspires to be a high school choir teacher. After just a couple years of playing, Olivia discovered ragtime which is now her favorite thing to play. Although she enjoys practicing classical for school, ragtime is where she really became passionate about pursuing the instrument. She has been studying under Dr. Michael Boyd for over two years and plans to do so throughout all four of her college years.
Apart from piano, she is self-taught on the ukulele and has been playing for a couple of years. She occasionally writes music in her free time but prefers playing piano over everything. She has also been singing in different choirs for over 5 years and presently takes part in the Women’s Choir at UT. Leading up to high school she sang under the guidance of Mark Smith, but finished her last two years with Brandon Smith. Although she decided to take a break from choir her junior year, Olivia auditioned her senior year and got a chance to sing in her high school’s varsity choir.
She participated in three musicals throughout her high school years and was very blessed to be able to play Sharpay in Bedford’s High School Musical and took the role of Gloria her senior year during Thoroughly Modern Millie. Aside from giving lessons, she has been scooping ice cream at Handel’s for over two years and still loves eating the majority of their delicious flavors. She is also a student worker at the Academic Finances Office at the University and helps out school and churches with accompanying whenever she can.
Apart from piano, she is self-taught on the ukulele and has been playing for a couple of years. She occasionally writes music in her free time but prefers playing piano over everything. She has also been singing in different choirs for over 5 years and presently takes part in the Women’s Choir at UT. Leading up to high school she sang under the guidance of Mark Smith, but finished her last two years with Brandon Smith. Although she decided to take a break from choir her junior year, Olivia auditioned her senior year and got a chance to sing in her high school’s varsity choir.
She participated in three musicals throughout her high school years and was very blessed to be able to play Sharpay in Bedford’s High School Musical and took the role of Gloria her senior year during Thoroughly Modern Millie. Aside from giving lessons, she has been scooping ice cream at Handel’s for over two years and still loves eating the majority of their delicious flavors. She is also a student worker at the Academic Finances Office at the University and helps out school and churches with accompanying whenever she can.
