@taggingalong, he was actually in the Columbia-Juilliard program and graduated a few years ago, and has been self-supporting as a musician since then. He loved his teacher at Juilliard, who was also a friend and a mentor even after graduation (sadly he passed away at the end of last year). He also loved playing with the ensembles at Juilliard and loved how great the student musicians were. As a performing and touring musician, he now plays (or did pre-Covid and expects he will post-Covid) with a number of Juilliard grads, as well as MSM grads and New School grads. And a handful from other schools including Berklee, Purchase, William Paterson, Hartt and UNT.
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