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In high school I studied jazz at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), the most enthralling and enjoyable instituion I could imagine, where I developed a strong appreciated for loosely guided experiential learning. Rather than listening to a professor speak, students mostly played for the professors or for volunteers giving masterclasses. We messed up a lot - failed a lot. But we mostly failed forwards, learning from our mistakes and jazz faux-pas (such as stressing the 1 and 3 rather than the 2 and 4 of a measure), which proved to be a very effective teaching style.

I spend my time in Charlottesville, Virginia doing work (both for school and independent projects), working out, playing soccer, and practicing bass. I also spend a good bit of time missing my mom because I am a ''total'' mama's boy.