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| 1967 | Began playing piano at age 3 |
| 1973-1981 | Private piano teacher in Vermont, age 9 - 17 |
| 1973-1985 | Faculty member, Summer Sonatina |
| 1975-1979 | Scholarship student, The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division |
| 1979-1986 | Solo engagements with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Nashua Symphony Orchestra, Sage City Orchestra, University of Vermont Orchestra |
| 1981 | Scholarship student, State University of New York, Purchase |
| 1982 | Featured in “Seventeen Magazine” |
| 1982 | Selected as “Promising Young Artist” by the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts |
| 1983 | Featured on “Crossroads,” Educational TV, Burlington, VT |
| 1984-1993 |
Private piano teacher, New York City |
| 1984 | Full scholarship student, New College Music Festival, Sarasota, FL |
| 1985 | Crowned “Miss Vermont” |
| 1986 | Talent award winner, “Miss America Scholarship Pageant” |
| 1986 |
Earned Bachelor Fine Arts in Piano Performance, SUNY |
| 1987 | Performed Bach Triple Concerto with eldest sister, Polly vander Linde and father, Rein van der Linde, with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra |
| 1989 | Co-founded “Pianissimo! Piano Day Camp,” New York City |
| 1990-1992 |
Director, Sales & Marketing, Bosendorfer Center, New York City |
| 1992 | Earned MBA in Marketing Management, CUNY Baruch |
| 1992-2005 |
Sales Representative, Steinway & Sons, New York City |
| 1996 | Featured in Piano Lessons: Music, Love & True Adventures by Noah Adams |
| 1997 |
Featured in Forbes Magazine, “Ode to a Steinway,” by Josh Levine |
| 2001 | Subject of feature story, “Matchmaker,” The New Yorker Magazine, by James B. Stewart |
| 2001-2003 | Featured in: “The Journal News,” “The New York Post,” “Smart Money” |
| 2002 | Featured on: “Breakfast with the Arts” with Elliott Forrest, A&E; “The Genuine Article” with Gordon Elliott, Fine Living Channel; “Nightly News” with Aaron Brown, CNN |
| 2003 |
Subject of documentary on “New York Streets,” NHK |
| 2003 | Presented “The Value Added Sale” to Partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC |
| 2004 |
Graced the cover of “Inc. Magazine” accompanied with feature story, “Brand Yourself as an Expert,” by Nadine Heintz |
| 2005 | Founded “Piano Matchmaker, LLC” |
| 2005-2007 | Agent for Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik |
| 2006 | Granted US Patent, “Method for Imparting Music Score Reading and Keyboard Performance Skills” |
| 2007 | Featured in Achieve Sales Excellence by H. Stevens and T. Kinni |
| 2007 | Featured in “The Accidental Pianist” in The New Yorker Magazine, by Dr. Oliver Sacks |
| 2007 | Featured in Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Dr. Oliver Sacks |
| 2008 | Featured in The Robb Report Collection Magazine |
| 2008 | Featured on PBS documentary, “The Art of Selling” |