About the *cough* Artist

As requested, I'm putting a little information about me here. It isn't much, I admit -- email me if you would like to learn more.

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Feldblyum

• Full name: Marc Toan McCarthy
• Birthday: January 23, 1986 (Don't forget it! It's as easy as 1-2-3.)
• Ethnicity: Vietnamese-Irish
  
• Location: College Park, MD - unless it's summer time
• Occupation: Student of Business, French, and Spanish at the University of Maryland
• Interests: Martial arts, piano (you guessed it), chess, tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, photography, languages, helping people, DDR/ITG?!
• Started playing the piano: Late December, 2002
• I have studied with: Jean Kim, Matt Harre, Adyta Valdés, Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko, Naoko Takao
  
• Competition experience:
  -1st place: Heights Concerto Competition 2003 ($500)
  -1st place: Heights Concerto Competition 2004 ($500)