The Prof Is a Prodigy

By DAVID MCNEILL

How's this for a youthful résumé: university student at 10, bachelor's degree at 14, masters at 17? Along the way, Alia Sabur found time to earn a tae-kwon-do black belt (at 9) and play concert-level clarinet, making her debut with the Rockland Symphony Orchestra (at 11).

Still a year shy of her 20th birthday, the New York...