Jordan Rudess at Juilliard

[Fiery Winds]

I have always known that Jordan started attending Juilliard at the age of 9, but never knew how long he stayed before "rebelling" into the world of synthesizers.  At the SF show, I had the opportunity to talk to him about it and he said he was there from age 9 to 19!  Anyways, I figured that there were probably plenty other folks that would be interested in this little tidbit of info and possibly add it to the site's Biography section.

[Dcrupi]

Wow, had no idea!!  I assumed it was only a few years from the way his biography made it sound.  Fascinating, thanks for sharing!

[Jamesman42]

I already knew that, I don't remember from where though...but yeah,

[mrjazzguitar]

Juilliard is definitely misspelled more often than definitely. But cool -- I never knew he was there that late.

[Fiery Winds]

Haha, those i's and l's do blend together!

[lyfeternl]

I already knew that, I don't remember from where though...but yeah,

There's always that person that "knew" it and will proceed to tell you, thus (un)intentionally stealing some thunder.

I didn't know how long he was there. Cool band member facts for the win! 

[jsem]

I already knew that

This. I heard it in some interview.

[renegate]

Who cares if you knew it? You're telling it in a way that tend to discredit the OP intentions. Having said that, I remember him telling that his interest in synths started late in high school. That means that while he was discovering this brand new world of electronics, he was continuing his classical training. Impressive.

[ResultsMayVary]

If you've heard that, cool. If this thread is where you've heard it, cool.

Thanks for sharing the info, that's a really cool bit of info I was actually wondering! 

[Jamesman42]

There's always that person that "knew" it and will proceed to tell you, thus (un)intentionally stealing some thunder.

Who cares if you knew it? You're telling it in a way that tend to discredit the OP intentions.

These posts make me lol. Such ignorance and a shitty attempt to, for whatever reason, try to demean my own posts and look like some social internet champion. I was just saying that I knew that. Good for others if they haven't heard this info.