UPCOMING SHOWS
Wednesdays at
Havana, New Hope, PA
Paciga started playing piano
at the age of four, singing at the
age of eleven, and writing his
own songs at the age of thirteen.
Surprisingly, he hated piano les-
sons when he first began play-
ing, but with encouragement
from his grandma and his par-
ents, he kept at it. He is now
comfortable playing anything
from pop, rock, jazz, blues, and
classical music. He’s also writ-
ten more than 60 songs and has
released an EP (Gotta Play) and
a full length album (Other Side
of Town) while in high school.
And for the last seven years, he’s
been living with Type 1 Diabe-
tes. Instead of having that bring
him down, he sees it an opportu-
nity to be an inspiration to other
children who are Type 1.
It’s rare to find a teenager who is
as adept at writing original songs
as he is covering artists as diverse
as Billy Joel, Bruno Mars, and Bo-
celli; and one who wants to be
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