Hi All! My name is Natalie Murphy and I’m a Senior in ILR. This is my first music class at Cornell, but I’ve been playing instruments for much of my life. I took piano lessons for 10 years and played for my high school’s jazz choir, but more recently I’ve picked up the guitar as well. I have a little performance experience through jazz choir and a few solo performances I have done over the years. I’m taking this class because I want to push myself out of my comfort zone and learn the technical side of making music. I’ve never tried my hand at songwriting and this class seems like a good place to start. I do still play my instruments and have a few guitars and a mandolin here at school and am very interested in collaborating with others in the class.