A little Mental Floss: Is this 7-year old the next Mozart? (Emily Bear)

[Lorien]

On "Ellen" at age five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZx1oIgAHk&feature=related

News profile at age six: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUx4t4W4eVY&feature=fvw

Performing one of her original compositions at age seven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHU-csJDfIc&feature=related

A little Classical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsoRYz7gvno&feature=related

And a little Jazz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqYf_UfIu0&feature=related

[Lars39]

1. Simply amazing.

[Mira]

2. My chin is somewhere on the floor. I may never find it again.

Thank you for this.
A Genius, recognized and properly furthered.
I love that.

[ananda]

3. My jaw is on the floor. just wow.

nt

[shraby]

4. Wow!

[Ohio Joe]

5. Wow...

Amazing.

[Lorien]

6. A small correction; she had just turned six in the first video, and was back

almost a year later when Ellen also mentioned her as "an amazing six year old composer..." thus my confusion.

I'm astonished that those tiny fingers can even reach all the keys! She's definitely one to watch. :-)

[obxhead]

15. I was thinking along those lines,

what will she be capable of when her hands are full grown?

Simply amazing.

[Lorien]

19. And how will her compositions change as she matures?

Right now they are sweet, sentimental and feel "innocent", as one would expect from a six and seven year old. It will be very interesting to see how her style changes once she hits her teens.

[rhett o rick]

7. Wow. k & r

[Odin2005]

8. WOW!

[kestrel91316]

9. Yowza!

[nemo137]

10. I actually took piano lessons from her mother when I was younger.

I'm not surprised at all, knowing the family.

[Lorien]

12. That's pretty cool! It sounds like the whole family is musically inclined

I know a couple of families like that, and one did include a young composer who is now-at age 23- a composition teacher at Julliard. But even he wasn't composing at quite that level at age six.

[elleng]

11. She's truly wonderful!

There are others around, one young man (little boy) I've seen too. They are SUCH a pleasure!

Here's Ethan Bortnick: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/145612/812639

[RedCappedBandit]

13. I feel pleasantly inadequate

[Mind_your_head]

14. Emily is truly charming (and quite talented)

Thanks for bringing her to my/our attention.

[proteus_lives]

16. Wow!

Big things are ahead for this little lady!

[tango-tee]

17. Chin hitting floor here, as well!

Wow. Just wow.

And she seems to be a really sweet little girl!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. In awe here. Thank you so much for introducing me to Emily. :)

[Lorien]

20. Another video: eight year old Emily performs one of her compositions at the

Noble Awards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W7ImrowCk&feature=related

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Lovely. Thanks for posting.

[KittyWampus]

22. how is her brain and bodily coordination capable of doing that? It takes certain levels of

development to be able to do that.

[Lorien]

23. You got me. I just saw another piece about her playing for a full half hour at the Ravinnia Festival

The youngest performer in it's 100 year history: http://mystateline.com/media_player.php?media_id=4836

[Lorien]

24. And someone actually unreccs this

what a miserable sod they must be!

[malaise]

25. Unbelievable

What talent! Thanks for these.

[mitchum]

26. Now, THAT'S a prodigy...it drives me crazy when people hail some 16 year old guitar player...

mindlessly shredding as a prodigy.
And I think that has to be the first time I have ever used the word "shredding"

[applegrove]

27. Amazing.

[Lorien]

28. One more kick for the weekday crowd. nt