found: Wikipedia, June 21, 2012:(Casey Abrams; born Feb. 12, 1991, in Austin, Texas, to Pam Pierce and Ira Abrams; an American musician and multi-instrumentalist from Idyllwild, CA; singer, songwriter; finished in 6th place on the 10th season of American Idol; spent his early years in the Chicago area, first in Evanston, IL, then in Wilmette, where he attended McKenzie Elementary School; moved to California and attended middle school and high school; as a student at Idyllwild Arts Academy, where he studied classical bass instruction and improvisation, and participted in the jazz ensembles, gaining a foundation in music history, piano, and jazz piano, and learning to write musical scores for films, graduated 2009; attended University of Colorado at Boulder as a music major; worked as a film camp counselor at Idyllwild Arts Summer Camp; suffers from ulcerative colitis; became a spokesman in a national campaign called IBD Icons to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel disease in Aug. 2011)
