Yvonne Stroud

Funny, artist, calligrapher, jazz pianist & other styles, always on a diet, three children,neat freak, feminist, intellectual, Gemini, somewhat spiritual, logical, fair, listen to music constantly! Draw constantly! Love to write & practice piano! Past member of the Governors Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,the Chicago Sinfionetta Board, and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Board. I am a 2014 all-around Renaissance woman. I am a pianist into all genres, especially jazz, Latin, easy listening ,blues, movie themes, Broadway musicals, and anything else that has a great melody and great rhythm. I like to take classical and jazz it up, take rock and make it into a classical arrangement, and mix up all kinds of genres to see how it will sound. I am very much like Erroll Garner because I play by ear. My Mom said I blew her mind when I was 2 and a half when I listened to "Nature Boy" and repeated the melody in tune. She bought me a small electric organ at age 3 and I would pick out tunes by ear very easily,