Complex sentence: After graduating from the conservatory, Cuney returned to Texas, studying privately with pianist Emil Ludwig in Austin, and teaching at the Texas Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youths in 1897 and 1898.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating from the conservatory, Cuney returned to Texas, studying privately with pianist Emil Ludwig in Austin. She taught at the Texas Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youths in 1897 and 1898.