Peabody - still waiting

lorelei2702
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:52:45 +0000

I did not read the whole of Peabody’s letter, but actually, I think the phraseology is an accurate description of the process we describe here. The total letter seems to have added up to a feeling of being put down, but the things quoted here are things I would say directly to a student auditioning for me. The other side of the equation is that a musician does not want to be somewhere their talent and accomplishment is deemed inferior…nerve and confidence are much of the battle, or at least the motivation to keep striving. None of this is totally predictive of success or failure. I hope it is possible to accept their vantage point for what it is, a reaction to what they heard and saw on a particular day compared to everyone else they had heard when they selected the class.