“The Tom Brady of Other Jobs” – The New York Times, December 24, 2022 Business 

Meet the people as old in their jobs as the athlete is in his: the oldest 1 percent of the work force, across a range of professions. And they’re as busy as ever. 

The Tom Brady of Composers, Deon Nielsen Price, 88, Arroyo Grande, California 

As a teenager, Deon Nielsen Price admits she had two loves. “One was music,” she said, “The other was boys.” She was singing at age 2, and through adolescence she dreamed of becoming a professional pianist. But she also wanted to marry and raise a family. Her mother assured her she could do both—and she did.

She brought up five children in a house full of music, while earning a doctoral degree. When one son became a clarinetist, the two formed a duo that performed around the world.

Today she writes music for ensembles across the country. “I’m just busy, busy, busy,” she said one day this fall while waiting for a plane. She had just wrapped up a recording session and was trying to fix a minor error in a composition for a concert a few days later, while juggling an influx of orders for a book on piano accompaniment that she self-publishes. And if that weren’t enough, there were dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren to visit. “When I started out, when I was young, I always wanted to have a rich life” she said, “And brother, have I..”