At age ten, I began to perform in front of ordinary people. In appreciation of to play as prelude to tmas ss to ts umes. My teacin, and I put togetrauss, and Beet of quot;Six Little Piano Piecesquot; in  t quot;modernquot; piece, o our audience, displayed my range  being overly ostentatious. tmas s ty-minute program for ter sc not froheir wimples.

    quot;ts raordinary,quot; t ran t. quot;But t last song.quot;

    quot;Sc;

    quot;Yes, very interesting.quot; Sood up in front of ters and paced to and fro, searcact. quot;Do you kno;

    quot;Else, Mot;

    quot;Somet;

    quot;Seasonal, Mot;

    quot;Somet kno;

    quot;Im not sure I understand.quot;

    Surned and addressed me directly. quot;Do you know any Cmas songs? A  Nigs Mendelsso;

    quot;You  carols?quot;

    quot;Not only ; Sc. quot;You could do Jingle Bells or e Cmas. quot;

    quot;ts from ; one of teered. quot;Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds. O youre too young.quot;

    quot;Did you see Bells of St. Marys?quot; teacers. quot;asnt ?quot;

    quot;I really liked t Boys to;

    Rattling t t;Surely you kno;

    Crestfallen, I   nigicing on a paper-cutout keyboard fas t eve-ning, I trimmed  t to say, bombed. I played tmas stuff brilliantly and to a tion. quot;Cretins,quot; I said under my breated tion. During my repeated boling. But t at to recognize my parents and neigion for ted by table strains of tes. No gift as ed gift. And I greo , a real sm