interview by Kelly Drake  .  photo by Rimas Zailskas

Name: Halli Anderson

Age: 23

So you sing and play the violin and piano with an Asheville band, Do it to Julia. Are there any other instruments you want to play? I really want to play saxophone or the trumpet. My favorite instrument besides the violin would be a trumpet that’s muted. It sounds all kind of jazzy and sexy.

If you could jam with any person living or dead who would it be? Van Morrison. Van is my man. I’ve never seen him live, but I’ve been in love with him since I was a kid. I have all his albums, and he sang Straight to Your Heart, so I would love to play the fiddle with him.

If you could have one super power what would it be? I want to harness the power of sound waves. The planet would be my symphony.

If you suddenly won ten million dollars what would you buy? If I were a selfish person, I would walk straight into a music store and buy as many instruments as I could find.And then spend the rest of my life sitting in a room learning them and playing them.