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Eileen Ivers uses her violin "Bluey" to help people overcome hardships through music, and to teach them to look for the positive and live life with gratitude.
Ivers—Grammy-winning violinist, composer, producer, educator, author of new children's book "Will Someone Play Bluey?" and nine-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion—has loved playing music since she was a child. But the fear of public speaking, of going outside her comfort zone, was a serious roadblock that she had to overcome. Her personal epiphany came when she realized that by speaking to an audience from the heart, as if chatting with a few close friends, she could make a huge and important connection with the story and theme of the music being performed, no matter how large the audience. Still, she had not yet dreamed of playing music as a career....