Alex Hennessey, also known as Broadway star Patti LuPone’s “favorite rehearsal pianist,” sits at Starbucks one morning, thoughtfully sipping coffee.

One could definitely say the award-winning, classically trained pianist and composer has “the world on a string.”

A recent summa cum laude graduate of the College of Charleston, Hennessey, 22, has a degree in music composition and theory, and completed a pre-med course load.

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