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.
Cuney returned to Texas. Cuney was studying privately with pianist Emil Ludwig in Austin. Cuney was teaching at the Texas Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youths in 1897 and 1898. Cuney was graduating from the conservatory.