From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)"
Subject: Re: No talent .. no hope... argh! re: Peggy
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Jennifer wrote:

>I was told, when I auditioned to get into a university transfer program at
college, that no matter how hard I practiced, I would never be good enough
to get into university and had no hope of getting a music degree.

When I sang in the national semi-finals of the NFMC Young Artist Awards
Auditions in 1975, I was given very discouraging judges' comments by two very
famous singers (whom I much admired and respected). Obviously, I did not
let their remarks slow me down in the slightest! I did keep them handy and
read them from time to time, but I definitely adopted an "I'll show them!"
attitude. And I did. :)

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