PHOENIX — A north Phoenix piano teacher, Rory Dowse, is celebrating a student who's proving limitations don't always have the final say.
After losing the use of her right hand following an injury and surgery, 17-year-old Freya Terris, a pianist from Northern Ireland, spent two years relearning how to perform using only her left hand.
The effort culminated in a historic achievement: becoming the first known pianist to pass the highest level of the world's leading piano exam board entirely one-handed.
Her success was so groundbreaking that the organization told her she now holds "a little place in history."
In the video player above, ABC15's Cameron Polom explores the unique teacher-student relationship that crossed an ocean, a seven-hour time difference, and seemingly impossible odds.
