Complex sentence: Distler began his formal studies of composition at the Julliard Pre-College with Lawrence Widdoes and Andrew Thomas, and later as a Sarah Lawrence College undergraduate with Joel Spigelman and David Maslanka.
Split into simpler sentences: Distler began his formal studies of composition at the Julliard Pre-College with Lawrence Widdoes and Andrew Thomas. At Sarah Lawrence College he continued his studies as an undergraduate with Joel Spigelman and David Maslanka.