Student Spotlight 2023
Each month a student will be featured for exemplary work and dedication to music. Enjoy!
May 2023
Owen McCool
Owen is ten years old and is in third grade. He first started taking lessons during quarantine on Zoom! Owen plays guitar and was inspired by his dad to want to play. Owen says that his favorite experience as a musician so far has been lessons with his teacher, Patrick. His favorite food is Pizza and his favorite place in Bexley is Jersey Mikes! He enjoys playing football with his friends and P.E. is his favorite subject in school. If he could meet one famous person, he would choose Justin Jefferson. Thanks for being our student of the month, Owen!
April 2023
Olivia Patron
Olivia is eight years old and in second grade. Olivia started taking lessons when she started making her own music! She loves to sing and write music, and she writes her own words while she plays the piano. Olivia’s favorite music memory is when she was able to play her first song on the piano. She loves strawberries and pasta, math, and her school! Her favorite game to play with friends and family is Uno, and if she could meet one famous person, she would choose Aphmau on Minecraft. Olivia, thanks for being our student of the month!
March 2023
Logan Shaw
Logan is 7 years old and is in second grade! He has been playing the piano since last year. Logan says that he was inspired by hearing his mom play. He started wondering what the different keys meant and how to make music. His favorite place in Bexley is the library and he loves to play the game ‘Monopoly’. His favorite subject in school is math and he loves both pizza and carrots. If he could meet one famous person, he would choose Taylor Swift. He masters his pieces by trying to play them three times in a row with no mistakes. Logan, thanks for being our student of the month!
February 2023
Henry Ferrel
Henry is 8 years old and has been taking lessons since he was six! He is currently in second grade and plays the piano. Henry says that hearing music that he loves is what inspired him to learn to play. If Henry could meet one famous person, he would choose Kylian Mbappè, the soccer player. His favorite place in Bexley is the Tropical Smoothie Cafe and he loves to play the game ‘Cover your Assets’ with his family. His favorite subject in school right now is geography and he loves bosco sticks and pepperoni pizza rippers from school. His goal in piano right now is to get to the book his sister is on. Henry, thank you so much for being our student of the month!
January 2023
Ellery King
Ellery is 12 years old and is currently in 6th grade! She has been taking piano lessons since 2019. She was inspired by her dad who also plays piano! Her favorite subject in school is math, and she loves the Bexley library. If she could meet one famous person, she would choose the author Stuart Gibbs. Her favorite food is pizza (although she’s a fan of Johnson’s Real Ice Cream too). Ellery’s favorite game to play with her cousins is basketball. She loves how much fun it is to play music, and she really enjoys learning it. Ellery, thanks for being our student of the month!
