In New York, his father brought him to the attention of Walter Damrosch, who obtained a scholarship for him at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) as a pupil of Zygmunt Stojowski, with whom he studied from 1907 to 1911.
I New York fick hans fader honom att uppmärksammas av Walter Damrosch, som erhöll ett stipendium åt honom vid Institute of Musical Art (idag Juilliard School) som elev till Zygmunt Stojowski, som han hade studerat tillsammans med från 1907 till 1911.