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Billionaire Asked His Black Maid's Daughter To Play Piano 'For FUN' But She Was A Gifted Musician

Billionaire Asked His Black Maid's Daughter To Play Piano 'For FUN' But She Was A Gifted Musician

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"What kind of music do you play?""Everything Mrs. Chun teaches me: classical music mostly—Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven—but also some modern pieces, and sometimes I play hymns for church services.""You perform in church?""Sometimes, sir, when they need someone to play for special services. But I get nervous when people are watching."Mr. Wellington thought about what he had just heard. This girl had been performing in public, and he lived just a few miles away, but had no idea talent like this existed in his own community. He had been completely unaware of it."Have you ever competed in piano competitions?"Sophia looked at her mother again; this was another sensitive topic. "A few times," Sophia said quietly."And she's won every competition she's entered," Maria said with pride. "But we can't afford to travel to the bigger competitions. The local ones are free, but anything outside the city costs money we don't have."Mr. Wellington was beginning to understand the situation: here was a girl with extraordinary talent, but she was limited by circumstances beyond her control. She could only go as far as her family's budget would allow."What competitions has she won?" he asked Maria."The citywide youth music competition three years in a row. The regional church music festival. The community college scholarship audition last spring.""Scholarship audition?""Yes, sir. The community college offers one music scholarship each year. Sophia won it. She'd be able to take college-level music classes for free while she finishes high school."This was getting more and more interesting. Mr. Wellington had served on scholarship committees for various organizations; he knew how competitive these programs were, especially for music."Who judged the scholarship audition?""Three music professors from the college and one guest judge from the university," Maria said. "They said they had never heard a high school student play at that level."
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