Despite just entering college, Lynn O'Brien is already making an impact in the CU music scene. Her nominations follow a life, albeit a still developing one, filled with music. Her early years found her surrounded by family members playing various instruments. These surroundings influenced her to begin teaching herself how to play both piano and flute.

She continued with her love of music by writing, recording, developing jazz vocals, and playing piano in her high school's Jazz Ensemble. Lynn discovered an interest in music therapy, resulting in her many performances for the Care Center of Champaign. Over the past couple of years she has performed both solo and doing jazz vocals with other performers. Her sound is best explained by her influences: Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, and Ben Folds. This is not an exclusive list, however, with her immense talent allowing her to go beyond this scope.

Currently, Lynn is enrolled at Illniois State University as a voice student majoring in Music Therapy. She will hopefully have an album and website completed this summer.