sician. It all started when his family purchased an upright piano and Gershwin quickly learned to play it. Uninterested in his regular academic studies, Gershwin focused primarily on studying the theory of music and harmony. Gershwin never completed high school. Continuing his musical studies with a composer named Henry Conwell and music theorist Joseph Schillinger, Gershwin's ability to play and compose music rose remarkably ("Gershwin, George," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2002).
             Gershwin was faithful to his practicing and musical studies until in May of 1914 he was offered a job at Remick's Music Publishing House in Tin Pan Alley. Gershwin jump
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