Joyce DiDonato pulled no punches when delivering the commencement address yesterday.
Here are her headlines:
1 You will never make it.
2 The work will never end.
3 It’s not about you…. and
4 The world needs you.
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Excellent address, particularly the points about never making it and it not being about the performer.
Quite superb!
I also recommend the video of the address (YouTube link below, turn up the volume). There are some charming deviations from the “score.” Juilliard may also post an official version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qctdpdk-LhI
http://live.juilliard.edu/
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