{"id":19407,"date":"2014-06-19T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=19407"},"modified":"2014-06-19T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:05:41","slug":"joyce-didonato-words-of-wisdom-for-the-class-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/06\/19\/joyce-didonato-words-of-wisdom-for-the-class-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce DiDonato: Words of wisdom for the class of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19408\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/2014-05-31-10325335_634271939983976_269997246699063324_n-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19408\" alt=\"The Juilliard School\u2019s 109th Commencement Speech. Joyce DiDonato\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/2014-05-31-10325335_634271939983976_269997246699063324_n-1.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/2014-05-31-10325335_634271939983976_269997246699063324_n-1.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/2014-05-31-10325335_634271939983976_269997246699063324_n-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Juilliard School\u2019s 109th Commencement Speech. Joyce DiDonato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s that time of year again, when flocks of undergraduate music majors and graduate students bid adieu to their formal music education, and embark upon careers as performers, composers, conductors, musicologists, historians, educators, authors, researchers, critics, administrators, publicists, recording engineers, managers, dramaturgs, opera and musical theatre directors.<\/p>\n<p>And although the path will never be clear, and fraught with self-doubt, Joyce DiDonato offers some age-old advice: &#8220;We are all deserving of a life that overflows with immense possibility, improbable beauty and relentless truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Powerful words.<\/p>\n<p>Read the whole thing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joycedidonato.com\/2014\/05\/27\/the-juilliard-schools-109th-commencement-speech-joyce-didonato\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations and good luck!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YfDpJkT4kts?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Michael Vincent<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of year again, when flocks of undergraduate music majors and graduate students bid adieu to their formal music education, and embark upon careers as performers, composers, conductors, musicologists, historians, educators, authors, researchers, critics, administrators, publicists, recording engineers, managers, dramaturgs, opera and musical theatre directors. 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