Lennox Morrison Vanterpool was born in August of 1969 on the tiny British Overseas territory of Anguilla in the Caribbean Sea. The last of five children born to a schoolmaster and stay-at- home mother, he and his siblings all exhibited a keen interest in music from quite a young age. The piano, however, was the instrument that captivated Lennox’s attention as it was very visible, standing upright in one corner of their living room. Music was everywhere in the home since his father was a choir director and a keen player of the fife. His mother also loved music and still sings the hymns of the Christian faith with unabashed zeal. Playing by ‘ear’ was an activity in which Lennox engaged from very early and with relative ease. His parents and siblings were often amused at his ability to reproduce the melody line of songs that he listened to on the radio with his own arrangement as accompaniment in the left hand. From the onset, he knew he wanted to be involved in music as a career. He was thrilled to be able to play songs and make music. Armed with a working knowledge of and an informal exposure to the piano, formal lessons began for him at around the age of seven. At that time, music education in Anguilla was limited to piano and music theory and there were only three or four teachers available. Joycelynne Ashby, an outstanding pedagogue and pianist who, along with her husband, migrated to the island from Barbados to start Christian missions in Anguilla, was his coach during these formative years. He learnt a lot from her about music, and life in general. The virtues of patience and commitment, coupled with humble confidence and a positive outlook on life were hallmarks of the extra-musical impression Joycelynne had on Lennox. For the next several years, along with some of her other students, Lennox became a regular candidate for piano and music theory exams offered by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).