[2] Performing pieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Bach, Musto won several piano competitions, talent shows and was featured on local television and news programs including NBC's "Spotlight On the Student Artist".
She then attended the Providence Country Day School, where she was a member of the jazz ensemble and captain of both state-championship winning tennis and mock trial teams.
[9] Alissa has performed on stages across the northeast and beyond including the House of Blues, the Hard Rock Cafe, Foxwoods Resort & Casino, the Rhode Island Convention Center, the Wang Theatre, Boston's prestige hotels, restaurants, universities and events for Fortune 500 companies, charities and political candidates.
[10] From May–October 2017, Alissa was a guest pianist in the Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed, and Style exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum and performed on 1935 baby grand piano that once graced Normandie's Deauville suite.
[11] As a performer for Billboard On board, the pop piano show aboard Holland America’s luxury cruise ships, and a resident guest entertainer for Princess Cruiselines.
Alissa has dazzled audiences while sailing throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, Central America, the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand.
Several times throughout her reign, Musto received heightened attention due to controversial statements on Twitter, including her sarcastic responses to mean tweets following the live Miss America telecast.
[13] Musto was Massachusetts' representative at the Miss America 2017 pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 11, 2016 with a platform of "Changing Keys - Connecting Kids with Keyboards".
Alissa has also volunteered with numerous arts and education organizations including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Girls Rock!, Harvard Reading Buddies, CityArts!