The first song I learned to play
When I was eight, my piano teacher Tommy Emil would come over to our house in Pittsburgh, and would suffer because I hadn’t practised Beethoven’s Für Elise. Instead, it thrilled me to practise jazz arrangements of Alley Cat, Stairway to the Stars and Deep Purple.The first song I fell in love with
My dad brought home Misty by Errol Garner, also from Pittsburgh and his favourite piano player. With his block chords and particular rhythm, he makes the piano sound like a whole orchestra, so I fell in love with it, too.The first single I boughtFor Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder.The song that is my karaoke go-to
I haven’t done much karaoke, although I do like to sing at the drop of a hat. We’re doing a version of (They Long to Be) Close to You by the Carpenters with our big 57-piece orchestra, which I’m very excited about.The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
We do Lover by Taylor Swift – “We could leave the Christmas lights up till January” – in our show. And of course I know all the lyrics to Ya Got Trouble from The Music Man.The best song to play at a party
