"We didn’t have a lot of money, but my parents asked me if I wanted to play the violin. My older brother plays country music and I was supposed to go into that... A path to classical music usually starts with privilege. There needs to be a certain level of income so you can afford an instrument and private lessons. [Where he grew up] classical music education was exclusively in the cities. Sometimes, you’d have to drive three hours to find a high school orchestra."
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From an interview in “He followed his passion for classical music from Harlem to Colorado” CPR Classical (2022 Feb 2)
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