The following address was given at Aspen Convocation, June 25, 2015 From time to time, I'm asked, "How can you sleep at night, knowing you're helping prepare so many young musicians for... and now you get a multiple choice test: (a) an elitist, cutthroat profession; (b) a field where you know everyone burns out (c) a field where there are no jobs; (d) classical music, which is dying; (e) classical music, which is already dead." Sorry to begin this way. It gets better, I promise. For one thing, I sleep great. I'd say that I sleep like a baby, except I'm reliably informed that babies don't always sleep so well. So, speaking from firsthand experience, I'll say that I sleep like a dog. Dogs love...
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