Leo has been studying piano with Tom Luther for almost five years. Tom has this to say about his student:

"Leo is a tremendously enthusiastic and hard working young musician who models tenacity and commitment. It has been a pleasure to watch Leo develop his skills and most importantly take on challenges and accept the struggles that come with them. I’ve seen him work through self-doubt and develop his own growth mindset as he builds his physical skills and positive habits of mind.

Throughout our time together, we’ve worked on mechanics, reading, aural skills, and adaptive practice strategies. We even developed our own inside joke about how to decompress when things feel too frustrating….we can go outside and fly a kite!

Leo has been exceptional in taking responsibility and control of his own learning through the use of improvisation. He’s been improvising from the beginning and has consistently built his facility and language through the kind of self-learning that improvisation offers.

Throughout all of his practice and the struggles that naturally come with any honest and dedicated effort, he has never given up. This is what makes an artist."