Benita Pepper
Special to The Bartlett Express
Emma Calhoun, 14, daughter of Andy and Cindy Calhoun of Lakeland, has earned the Five-Year National Award from the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
Calhoun performed 10 memorized pieces each year for five years in Germantown’s Piano Guild Auditions, where she earned a Superior Plus rating, A+, this year. She received the Guild’s five-year pin and a porcelain bust of Beethoven from her teacher, Benita Pepper, of Lakeland.
Calhoun has studied piano for five years and performed in five piano recitals. She also plays violin in the school orchestra at Lakeland Preparatory School, where she will enter ninth grade this fall.
Calhoun is a member of the Lakeland school All-Conference softball team, and was selected as Most Valuable Player on her competitive team, the Germantown Red Devils. Her hobbies include crafting and watching movies.
Calhoun made the Principal’s Honor Roll three times in middle-school, and plans to attend college after graduation to prepare for a career in the medical field.
