Nikki,
your
experience
a violinist
a vocalist
is extensive
starting
in your
teenage
years.
Nikki,
your
experience
as a as violinist
and and
a vocalist
is extensive
starting
in your
teenage
years.
Where
notion
of playing
violin
stem
from
when
discover
your
talent
Where
did did
the the
notion
of playing
the the
violin
stem
from
and and
when
did did
you you
discover
your
talent
singing?
for for
singing?
pretty
certain
I chose
violin
because
of Sesame
Street!
I remember
seeing
great
I'm I'm
pretty
certain
that that
I chose
violin
because
of Sesame
Street!
I remember
seeing
the the
great
concert
violinist
Itzhak
Perlman
on that
show
thinking,
maybe
I could
learn
concert
violinist
Itzhak
Perlman
on that
show
and and
thinking,
maybe
one one
day day
I could
learn
to to
do that.
When
opportunity
to choose
instruments
in school,
there
no doubt
do that.
When
we we
had had
the the
opportunity
to choose
our our
instruments
in school,
there
was was
no doubt
choose
violin.
Even
though
I didn't
have
lot formal
of formal
support
that that
I'd I'd
choose
the the
violin.
Even
though
I didn't
have
a lot a of
support
in in
early
years
of learning
violin,
it was
something
compelled
my my
early
years
of learning
the the
violin,
it was
something
that that
I felt I felt
compelled
to keep
doing.
to keep
doing.
Now,
singing
a totally
different
story.
I sang
choir
Now,
singing
is a is totally
different
story.
I sang
in in
choir
all all
through elementary
elementary
school,
I liked
to sing,
through
and and
high high
school,
I liked
to sing,
but but
it it
never occurred
occurred
I could
a professional
never
to to
me me
that that
I could
be a be professional
at it. at it.
It wasn't
future
husband
in my
It wasn't
until until
I I
met met
my my
future
husband
in my
20s, 20s,
trained
to sing
entertain,
and and
he he
trained
me me
how how
to sing
and and
entertain,
I even
thought
it was
possible.
that that
I even
thought
it was
possible.