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later, she would study jazz in college and eventually form her own musical sound by blending all of her interests from Led Zeppelin to Ella Fitzgerald. Looking back, she says School of Rock performances at McGuinn’s in Lawrenceville were great experiences for her. “It was probably the first time I ever sang live to an audience,” recalled Marsh. “I did a Pink Floyd song, ‘Goodbye, Cruel World’ but if you ask anyone who was there I wasn’t really singing, it was more like whispering. They told us to get up on stage and give it your all and that was the best way to learn — just get up on stage and do it and not care about the nerves or be worried, just do it.” She continued her musical path in college where she initially went to study jazz at Moravian University. The path changed for her when she realized that instead of practicing her jazz standards she was constantly writing original songs. So she decided to transfer back home and found herself a regular at Grover’s Mill Coffeehouse in Plainsboro. There, she met a group of like-minded singer-songwriters who formed the Grover’s Mill 7 on YouTube. Watch the video for “Oh, Oh (Hold My Heart)” New Jersey Stage November 2014 pg 66