“I think the sky is the limit for her,” Shannon said. Tech giants Google, Microsoft and Facebook are all applying the lessons of machine learning to translation, but a small company called DeepL has outdone them all and raised the bar for the field. It’s her determination that has Shannon and David convinced nothing will stop her. PIANO DUO: No age limit, 4 hands repertoire only. “She wants to help everybody and anybody.”Įmma also wants to be a firefighter when she grows up, just like her dad. Full Scholarship to take part in Sardoal International Piano Meeting 2022, by A2DV, worth 296,40 Euros. Her father, David Gray, said she loves music just as much as she loves helping others. She also gets physical, occupational and speech therapy on a regular basis.īut when it comes to the piano, Emma is a star. “She knows it’s one of the reasons we see as many doctors as we do and it’s the reason why daddy and I tell her not to run as much because her balance is terrible and she gets hurt.”Įmma has already undergone 10 surgeries in her life, including on her back, eyes and ears. Paying attention is nearly impossible,” Shannon explained. “She finds reading to be difficult, she finds math to be difficult. Shannon said learning is difficult for Emma, and she’s starting to realize she’s different from her peers. But that is just one of many ways Shannon said her daughter is proving doctors wrong. Widemann-Steiner Syndrome can cause developmental delays, unusual facial features, short stature, decreased muscle tone and feeding and digestion issues.ĭoctors originally told Emma’s parents she’d likely need a feeding tube for the rest of her life. Shannon said she only knows of one other child in Rhode Island with the same diagnosis as Emma. Like any other parent I just wondered, ‘what does this mean for her?'” “I mean, when she was diagnosed, there were less than 20 people in the world. A lot of things don’t come easy.”Įmma was diagnosed with Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome just shy of her second birthday.

“It’s easy for her, it just comes to her.

“Music just makes her come alive,” Emma’s mother Shannon Gray said. (WPRI) ─ For 9-year-old Emma Gray, music is medicine.

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