Growing up in a family of musicians, Alissa Musto started playing piano at four years old and debuted on the national television series, America’s Most Talented Kid at age nine. Since then, she has wowed audiences around the world, performing throughout the United States and over 30 countries. Her music has been described as “hauntingly beautiful”, “captivating”, poignant, authentic” and “the millennial ballad of the century”, while she has been critically praised as a “jazzy-folk songwriting genius”, a “female Elton John” and “your generation’s Billy Joel”. She has been interviewed for Cosmopolitan, Reader’s Digest, Refinery29, Conde Nast Traveler, Bustle, XMRadio, The Washington Post and ABC’s national lifestyle network, Localish. An advocate for music education, Alissa has served as a Boston Symphony Orchestra collegiate ambassador and long-term volunteer with numerous organizations including Girls Rock!, Harvard Reading Buddies, CityArts and Headstart. She has founded music programs in at-risk schools throughout Massachusetts and spoken with students, community leaders and the media about the benefits of music education. As Miss Massachusetts 2016, she dedicated her year of service to promoting music education in schools.