"I became a piano student of “Doc” Mark Terenzi at age sixteen, a high school junior with a lot of enthusiasm and energy (and, some might say, raw talent) but very little focus and discipline. Doc T gave me Bach, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff and taught me real attention to detail to refine my playing. As a result of my work with him, over the next two years I won two piano competitions and was offered large scholarships at major schools of music including Indiana University, and the University of Iowa where I enrolled. (I can still hear him insisting, "When Beethoven marks sforzando, he means it!!" Thank you so much for the jump start to my piano career, Doc!!"