The time has come for my student life to end. This month, like many others (congratulations to all of you!), I graduated. Six years of music education and two degrees in cello performance are now complete. As I officially move from a student to a working professional, I have been doing some evaluating of my college years. Looking back, there are some things I did well and some things I wish I would have done a lot better throughout the course of my studies. I share these thoughts with the hope that perhaps they will be of some use to students in progress and to others just beginning their journey. If you could go back and give your student self advice, what would it be? Here is what I would say:
1. Practice