Andre Clark
Musician & Pianist
Andre is a self-taught musician and pianist with a talent of emulating sound by ear. Andre’s gift was discovered at age 5 when after watching a movie with his family, he wandered into the adjacent library and began to recreate the song playing in the movie credits on the keyboard. His parents immediately put him in piano lessons, but traditional lessons bored Andre and he was impatient with learning to read music when he could just reproduce sound by listening. Eventually he “clicked” with a Suzuki style (by ear) piano coach who works with Andre’s natural ear to improve his technique, letting him lead the way.
Andre has perfect pitch and enjoys playing many genres of music from Beethoven to The Beatles. He is able to compose music “on the spot” when given a random notes and a genre of music- a talent he showcased to win 2nd place at his local “Canton’s Got Talent” in 2021.
While his primary instrument is piano, Andre has also taught himself to play acoustic, electric and bass guitar. He plays whatever they need in his middle school worship team and performance group. Andre has been referred to as “Middle School Mozart and “Boythoven”. He knows his calling in life is to be a musician and share his gift and love of music with the world.