Complex sentence: He later transfered to California State University, Los Angeles where he received a B.A. in Music education and clarinet in 1987 having studied with Vito Susca; he also studied jazz composition with and was heavily influenced by Stan Kenton's former staff arranger Bob Curnow.
Split into simpler sentences: He later transfered to California State University, Los Angeles where he received a B.A. in Music education and clarinet in 1987 having studied with Vito Susca. Cooper also studied jazz composition with and was heavily influenced by Stan Kenton's former staff arranger Bob Curnow.