This article was written to recount my first-hand experience with the heartbreak of American racism.

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Armed with a master’s degree from Juilliard, I assumed the next step for me was to establish myself in Europe. When the United States Ambass

After I graduated from Juilliard, I was on my own when it came to finding places to practice. I had a small upright piano in my little apart

Upon my graduation, it felt like studying at Juilliard and living in New York were inevitable. So I left my live-in babysitting job in Phill

In this article I am following April's advice and writing/documenting my conducting career, thus manifesting my future success. This ser