Venna Hastings: Story of an Eastern Mormon Convert

Venna Hastings bursts onto the scene as a fourteen‑year‑old violin prodigy, her curls shaking with the fire of ambition. In the quiet rooms of her professor’s studio she fumbles between brilliance and rebellion, eager to shape music by her own instincts while the mentor insists on discipline. Her confident swagger, captured in spirited journal entries, hints at a mind that refuses to settle for the ordinary.

Beyond the concert hall, Venna’s world expands into the bustling streets of early twentieth‑century Brooklyn and the far‑flung missions of the American West. As she encounters the challenges faced by Latter‑day Saints in hostile lands, her search for truth becomes entwined with the strains of her violin. Listeners will follow her youthful determination, the clash of culture and faith, and the promise that a single, earnest effort can echo far beyond the notes she plays.