HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The sound of piano music drifting from Janice Kelsh’s Hagerstown home is enough to make anyone pause. But it’s not just the melody that keeps people listening—it’s the story behind it.

Sitting at the keys, Kelsh plays freely—no sheet music, no formal arrangement.

“It was my made-up something,” she says with a smile.

Kelsh has been composing her life on her terms since she first began playing piano at age 8. Music was a constant in her childhood, a faithful companion through life’s most painful chapters—the untimely deaths of both her mother and father.

But through sorrow, Kelsh found solace.

“Music makes me smile,” she says. “Music brings joy and uplifting in my life.”

After her parents’ passing, Kelsh looked for ways to continue that joy. First, it was houseplants—

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