My guest is Ekin Ustunel, an accomplished pianist, accompanist, and co-worker of my son, Daniel Paparozzi, who left her native home of Turkey to purse her dream of studying piano in the United States. Though she was an accomplished pianist and studied piano at a conservatory for 12 years, Ekin had never heard or played an organ. While a graduate student at UNC Greensboro, she fell in love with the church organ and Christian liturgical music. She is currently the pianist/organist at a church in Mt. Hope UCC in Whitsett, and she is getting a second Master's degree studying Injury Preventive Keyboard Techniques. During the show, we will hear snippets of her piano and organ performances including pieces from Rachmaninoff, Schubert, and others.

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