 "Happy, Sad, and Satisfied" garnered positive reviews and was named one of the top 25 CDs of 2006 by "Indie Music" magazine.Kaestli returned to the classroom in 2007 when the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation scholarship from the Society of Singers provided him the opportunity to earn a master's degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music.On 2009's multilingual "Far from Home", Kaestli paid tribute to European songwriters such as Michel Legrand and Kurt Weill and included original collaborations with contemporary European composers, like Misha Piatigorsky and Tino Derado.