TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – “My whole objective today is to paint pictures using music,” Pianist Dr. Kristi Baker-Lampe said.

Dr. Kristi Baker-Lampe has spent years traveling to share her piano delights with the world.

On April 27, she made a pit stop in her hometown to play music for a Sunday afternoon at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

“Its really neat to come back home and share,” Dr. Baker-Lampe said. “I’ve got a lot a friends that are here and a lot of people that I don’t know as well that I’m glad came.”

Without any sheet music, Dr. Baker-Lampe preformed some of Beethoven’s classics along with some never heard before music from across the world.

“They’re from South America and one from Argentina that was written by a dear friend of mine and another that was written in Columbia,” Dr. Baker-Lampe said. “One of my colleagues who teaches at a university down there found a whole box of like 300 pieces that were all handwritten back in the 20s.”

Through those soothing tunes, she completed the picture for those who listened in the way she knew and did best.

“Music is something that no matter what are others believe, no matter what we feel about different things, music is something that can bring us all together that we can all relate to and that’s really the main objective in sharing music on a Sunday afternoon and I’m so grateful that I got to be a part of that.”

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library will host the next music for a Sunday afternoon event on May 18 at 3:00 p.m..

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