Pilley Bianchi

Okay so who is Pilley Bianchi, other than this fabulous pianist and the one who unwittingly precipitated this whole adventure? She is the owner of Bianchi Musica, which specializes in providing just the right music for high-end weddings and other posh events. She often works with Jung Lee of Fete, from the TLC show "Wedded to Perfection." A quick view of the Fete website and OMG, this is some high class, gorgeous stuff. The designs Fete creates couldn't be any more beautiful or glamorous if Claude Monet and Sophia Loren had crafted them, with Martha Stewart and Ethan Allen assisting! So you know Pilley's artistry is off the hook for her to be getting gigs like these.

According to her website, which is equally impressive, Pilley has appeared as a keyboardist/featured talent on MTV, vh 1, BET, Oxygen, and HBO and is a 2010 judge for the Independent Music Awards and much more. But before all this, she took piano lessons right here in Spartanburg with Converse College's Carol Starnes, who is something of a legend in local music/piano circles and highly respected among her colleagues. A fitting follow-up, Pilley went on to study at the prestigious Eastman School Of Music, which only admits a small percentage of applicants each year, and then to the University of Miami for her masters.

You could say I'm bowled over by all this glamorous success and you'd be right. Wow, oh, wow! Don't you just love meeting people whose light is fully on and watching them shine in all their glory?! More will be revealed...