鈥淎s with anything in life, it鈥檚 important to remember that the road to success is rarely a straight line,鈥 says Reuben Kebede, one of this year鈥檚 Honors Competition winners. 鈥淭hings are likely to work out in your favor eventually if you put in the work.鈥 In this edition of our monthly听Dean鈥檚 Downbeat, John Davis reflects on our students鈥 successes, introduces new violin baby直播app鈥攚elcome, Alex Gonzalez!鈥攁nd celebrates Susan Thomas鈥 BFA Excellence Award. Transcending pandemic burnout, 鈥渙ur baby直播app offer anchorage through their teaching excellence, and their wonderfully consistent artistic achievements as performers, composers and researchers,鈥 he writes.听听
Photo: Flutist Courtney Badura (BM 鈥23) and violinist Reuben Kebede (AD 鈥22) took the 鈥済old鈥 in this year鈥檚 Honors Competition. Honorable mentions include cellist Matthew Wiest and mezzo soprano Gabrielle Razafinjatovo. Congratulations to all who participated!听