Emily Bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKIZNm2FKwQ (the part starting at 0:30 sounds dead catchy...even if the whole thing circles around a not so complex motif)
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4x1_YYfsLE&feature=related
("Rosario Sings")

   Bizarre.  I self-admittedly don't find a whole lot of classical music emotionally striking despite its cut-throat perfect technique...  However, this 6 (now 7?) year old prodigy (Emily Bear) seems to really play from the heart and her music sounds far less mechanical than most to my ears... 
   Especially her second original song (video above) "Rosario Sings" has an impressive tonal and emotional range despite not being fast/frantic or showy at all and reminds me a bit of Chris V's Untwelve competition entry.  Its parts, those tiny motifs, sound impressive enough as catchy stand alone pieces and well and seem quite fun/playful than "rigorous"...so I can imagine other not-so-sophisticated people like myself (lol) could easily catch on without having to know the technical details.

   What would happen if someone like Emily stumbled across Microtonality? I'm pretty sure I'd be dying to hear it...even if most of you probably agree the whole "Emily Bear = the next Mozart" publicity gig is a gross overestimation.  Not to mention to more complex (and hopefully just as heartfelt/foundational) compositions we're likely to hear from her in the next 10 years...  I also wonder what would happen if we tried to microtune MIDI files from her compositions....