Twelve-year-old pianist Graham Messer, from Berkeley, has been studying piano for four years with Frederick Hodges. Graham attends Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley where he plays piano in the jazz band. Recently, the band performed at Yoshi’s, a renowned jazz club. Along with a passion for piano, Graham enjoys mountain biking and trying new foods. His interest in Ragtime probably started soon after birth as he has spent his entire life listening to his uncle, Frederick Hodges, play the piano.