Complex sentence: Jarboe (born Jarboe La Salle Devereaux) was raised in New Orleans, and as a child learned to play a Hammond organ and studied opera at the insistence of her father, who hoped for her to have a career as a singer.
Split into simpler sentences: Jarboe (born Jarboe La Salle Devereaux) was raised in New Orleans. As a child she learned to play a Hammond organ, and studied opera at the insistence of her father, who hoped for her to have a career as a singer.