 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Pianist Rachel is going all the way to the top! echo IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE 2 Being blind has not stopped schoolgirl Rachel Starritt becoming one of Wales' finest young musicians. ABBIE WIGHTWICK finds out how the teenager has become so good she rivals the talents of degree students at the Royal Welsh Music of College & Drama in Cardiff.(News)
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South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
| Date:
May 13, 2008
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Byline: ABBIE WIGHTWICK
GETTING to the top examgrade on the piano is an achievement for any teenager, but for Rachel Starritt being blind makes it even moremomentous.
The talented teenager was just nine when she passed her Grade 5 examand, now13, she is preparing for the top grade, Grade 8.
Rachel's first brush with music was when she was three and would tap out nursery rhymes on her toy keyboard at her home in Brackla, Bridgend.
And no...
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