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I play 3 hours a day, study furiously with several private instructors, play taps at soldiers funerals, and have a knack for solo improvisation. Genre? I love big band, yet I am entranced by baroque music, and can pop out backing tracks for funk and hip-hop that have astonishing demand. Equipment: Schilke Eb/D (E3L), C (C3), and Bb (B3) and a Selmer Paris DeVille '68.

On the rare occasion my horn is in the case, I'm waist deep in C.S. Lewis, checking out an art museum, and studying equine showjumping and dressage. I have a penchant for cardistry, illusionism, and all things rich with history and a patina. I'm clumsily developing wit and hope wisdom follows. I am a health nut, family focused, and enjoy learning about investments, blockchain technology, and wealth accumulation.

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I am smart. I am also academically sound (3.3 GPA). Two distinctly 

separate matters. I transferred from Shorter University to Berry College at 16 years old majoring in music. A quick semester with Matt Leder at Gadsden State then I am off to Quebec City for a semester of music and French immersion.  I was blessed with a mother and grandparents that value common sense, work ethic, manners, and resourcefulness.  I attribute my academic advances to a culmination of hard work and autistic advantage. I love my law and music theory classes most. 

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Considerations: Not a dream...a plan, a feasible one. I am certain of three things: Assuming the economy will be predictable or stable is foolish, relying solely on a singular professional skill will limit my options during times of economic volatility, and our culture needs its youth to make civility, gentility, and compassion cool again. 

My traction: 

• I am working hard to not let the Illinois' court's failure to allow college tuition payments from my trust to immobilize me. I was on track to complete college by 2022 with a concentrated focus in trumpet and advanced knowledge in government, but until the court will allow me to return to school my degree is out of reach.

• I am using this time to pre-learn statistics and French, the two subjects most intimidating to me so that when I can return for my senior year my GPA is solid and I can really dig into the music performance and theory courses.

• I am organizing an effort to improve the dysfunctional probate system I discovered navigating the aftermath of my father's homicide. This will require strategic relationships and my current efforts are focused on establishing key connections.

The position: I want to acquire a professorship teaching music and trumpet or be a lawyer focused on intellectual property or the intersection of probate law, due process, and disadvantaged populations. My law degree will provide me with the necessary flexibility to enter the corporate workforce if needed. I will spend a bit more time in each environment to determine which lifestyle suits me best.

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Professional growth: I am a natural born educator, it is a family legacy. I will be a lifetime student and always be a student of life. As I grow within my professions, I will become an educator and pay my blessings forward. As a first step, I have begun offering beginning band students trumpet lessons on Wyzant. Click to Book!

Synopsis: I don't know for certain where my life will take me, but I know that I will have a trumpet in my hand the whole time and never lose sight of the work God has set before me. I know I would be a person I don't care for very much if I had not discovered the magic mojo trumpeting gives me. I am on a mission to open the same door for any teen that may want to take a peak inside. Onlookers say I have big aspirations, doesn't everyone?  The difference is I have an unusual history that permanently ties me to them. My causes are a cherished part of my identity and that ensures I will stay the course, I will impact tons of lives along the way, and will never disengage from my plan.

"At fifteen years old he's asking the questions my college students should be, at present he is my best student."

                                                             - Hunter Moss 2017