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As a really young child, I was listening to the echoes of the age before, music hall and stuff like that, as well as classical bits on the radio.

That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.

My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.

I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section where all the weird fairies, who are played by kids in the production, sing. It's a crazy opening melody and chord sequence - really amazing.

One of my first memories is running up and down the theatre at Wakefield Opera House.

The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.

I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.

Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.