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This Clarinetist’s Career Was Derailed by a Deleted Scholarship Letter

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  1. Melody Bot Jun 15, 2018
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    Brianna Sacks, writing at BuzzFeed:


    Eric Abramovitz had been training for this moment for nearly his entire life: the opportunity to study under one of the best clarinet teachers on the planet, on a full-ride scholarship to a prestigious music conservatory in Los Angeles. […] What happened next, outlined in interviews and court documents filed in Abramovitz’s successful lawsuit against Lee, paint the picture of a promising “what if” life trajectory knocked off its rails by what a Canadian judge called “despicable interference” by a selfish girlfriend.
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    This story is bonkers. I sent it to my violinist girlfriend and she read the entire thing slack-jawed.

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  2. teebs41 Jun 15, 2018
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    absolutely insane. I remember going for my doctorate and I was up for a full tuition plus living expenses assistantship. It was between me and one other guitarist and the other guy got it.. I was crushed for a long time from that.. I know how it feels.. if someone came to me now and said actually you got that and it was so and so that blocked you.. I couldn't imagine how upset I would be,
     
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  3. sawhney[rusted]2 Jun 15, 2018
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    absolutely abhorrent behavior
     
  4. Chase Tremaine Jun 15, 2018
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    that's insane
     
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  6. supernovagirl Jun 15, 2018
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    Poetic and noble land mermaid

    Wowww
     
  7. marsupial jones Jun 15, 2018
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    make a bagel without the hole

    5 years until Hollywood turns this into a Best Picture candidate with Andrew Garfield
     
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  8. FTank Jun 16, 2018
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    That’s fucking insane. I got rejected from Colburn last year so this story really made me think haha
     
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  9. coleslawed Jun 16, 2018
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    not nearly on the same level, but I missed out on studying abroad in Australia because the professor I needed to get approval from apparently “didn’t use email,” which I was not made aware of until a week after the deadline.
     
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  10. Malatesta Jun 18, 2018
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    i may get better but we won't ever get well Prestigious

    and folks act like im crazy for logging out and protecting my passwords obsessively
     
  11. Jared Luttrell Jun 19, 2018
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    What an insane story, I'm glad he was still able to make something of his musical career. I can't imagine he will actually see that money though, at least any time soon.
     
  12. SuNDaYSTaR Jun 21, 2018
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    It's about a Jewish guy in Montreal, so of course, it'll be played by Jay Baruchel.