So S24 is a classical musician, has played since he was 5 and been in a preparatory program in NYC since he was 12. He loves music but is not planning a career in it. My advice at this point is to have him explore all of his musical options, especially those outside of school, send him to a music camp (NYO Jazz would obviously be the pinnacle but a bunch of places including NEMC offer good Jazz programs) and have him make sure not to forget about academics. S24 is planning on applying to Ivy’s, LACs and some medium sized universities with excellent music departments to keep music in his life but not as his primary goal and by having excellent stats he will hopefully be able to do all of this.