sentences:  Growing up, there were two grand pianos nestled in the family living room, and at age 4, Parks began studying the clarinet.He attended the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, studying voice and piano, and would sing "Gershwin, Schoenberg, atonal music, everything".Parks also was a street urchin in "La bohème" at the Metropolitan Opera and sang the title role in "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at New York City Opera.