You’re in for a rare treat.

Someone asked me about family members and apparently, I’ve given the impression that I’m an only child, having rarely spoken about my older sis’.

Truth be told, we were never close, but that hasn’t diminished my respect for her any.

When we were both five years old, our parents forced encouraged us to begin learning classical instruments — her on the piano, and me on the violin.

I suppose it’s every parent’s dream to have lifetime tickets their very own living room piano/violin concerts.

super sister

Obviously, she was the artistic and musical one in the family, and she went on to enjoy a great deal of success with piano…

You should know by now that I gave it all up after a bit more than a decade of playing.

I’m such a wuss.

On the other hand, my sister graduated from Lisgar in 2001 and continued her musical studies full time at the Conservatory.

Obviously, she was the artistic and musical one in the family, and she went on to enjoy a great deal of success with piano, having played on the radio stations and won such and such awards at such and such competitions.

She’s now at the University of Concordia (Montreal, Quebec) studying French Translation.

In an effort to better aquaint you with my sister, I’m offering readers the marvelous once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see her play the most famous Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor by Tchaikovsky, Op. 23.

Oh, and she’s in a real purty red dress. Like that matters.

It’s a 25 minute extravaganza and I promise by the end you’ll be jumping off your seats, playing your air violins and air cellos, and resisting the urge to applaud and cheer maniacally.

What can I say. My sister is cool.