Er besuchte die Cartersville High School in Cartersville, Georgia, die Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse City, Michigan, und die Juilliard School in New York City, an der er 2004 abschloss. ###>He attended Cartersville High School in Cartersville, the Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse City, and the Juilliard School in New York City.