He sounds like a pretty easy admit in my opinion. He should be able to give a pretty solid audition (soloist award at Essentially Ellington is a huge deal). Having said all that he should have a back up plan. He should look into another couple of universities he would be willing to attend to study music, and also he should think about whether there is another major at UW that he would be interested in studying and participating in music as an extracurricular (marching band, jazz combos etc.) Good luck!
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