This year, Asheville Music School ran it's first school-wide essay contest. The prompt was "How has music changed my life" Out of dozens of entrants, my piano student, Harmony Redford was announced the winner! She was awarded $100, delivered her essay as a speech during a fundraising event, and her essay went out in a school-wide annual campaign letter. Read her story about how music and our lessons have shaped her life: Gabrielle and Harmony at the winter recital, where H