User:CKBryan/Brian Rono

Brian Rono Cornelius K (born May 24, 1989) is a Kenyan country musician, and piano player, currently in his second year of undergraduate studies (Bachelor of Science in Instrumentation and Control Engineering) at Egerton University, Kenya.

Early Life
Brian was born to Elijah Birech, a District Livestock Production officer in Nandi South District in Kenya and also a part time lecturer at Baraton University, and Rhoda Birech, a researcher and lecturer at Egerton University and also a part time lecturer at Baraton University in Kenya. He had one four sisters, Abigail, Ruth, Zipporah and Shalom. He graduated from Segero Adventist Secondary School in the year 2006 with an A- grade

2007 - 2009
After finishing high school, Brian was employed at Integrity Primary School as a Mathematics and Music teacher where he worked until April, 2009, when he quit to join Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology to undertake a Bachelor's degree in Biomechanical and Processing Engineering. However, after one semester, he transferred to Egerton University where he is currently studying

Music History
Brian's first interest in music started when he was still 10 years old when one day he visited a friend and heard him play on his piano keyboard. He went ahead and asked his parents to buy him one which they did shortly although it was a very cheap on costing around only 10 US Dollars. After joining Moi High School Kabarak in February 2003, he enrolled for music classes and started playing the piano and the recorder but this stopped when he transferred to a new school in Uganda the following year. Later that year, he returned to Kenya and in his new school resumed his music studies. He joined the school choir where he sang tenor and played the piano. He later formed a singing group called "The Herald Brothers" which sang Accapella music in the school church, where he also played the church organ every Saturday. In 2006, he graduated with an A in music. After his high school years, he had high ambitions and immidiately bought music production softwares and started working on his first few songs. He had also bought a much bigger piano keyboard two years earlier and practiced daily. Late in 2007, he recorded his first song "Good Friend", followed by "I'm So Glad" and "Careless Love" in his home computer. He also wrote several other songs but he never got to record them due to his busy schedule as both a teacher and a student. In July 2009, he started learning playing the violin. He plans to concentrate more on finding a record label and work on his first real album within the next half year. He has also produced tracks for his friends in his small 'studio' at home

Student Politics
While in his freshman years in JKUAT, he vied for the post of Department Representatives which he lost to a senior due to bad planning although he was the favourite to win. Currently at Egerton University, he is vying for the post of Director of Sports, Gender and Entertainment. He has always been a storng advocate of non-tribalistic politics and corruption and hopes someday he may get the opportunity to serve people the right way.