``Music speaks to us in a way that words cannot. Music is a profound extension of our emotions, an expression of humanity. In sound, we cannot only hear, but feel and experience the paradox of the beauty and torment of life. <PERSON> once said ``if a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.'' The artist's path is to communicate the most intimate expressions of human nature, in all of its ebb and flow of happiness and sadness. To this endeavor I am completely dedicated.'' - <PERSON>