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Accepting Rejection: A Look at Successful Failure

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David Pennise Posted on April 20, 2020April 18, 2020

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We all know that rejection stings. It tests us. It hits us. It makes us feel rotten. But it is necessary to become a success.

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Rejection – the “Downside” of Competitions

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DanLisMusic Posted on February 15, 2018

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The funny thing about rejection is that it can be profoundly crippling, but also incredibly uplifting.

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Rudyard Kipling’s “If” as a word of advice to composers

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DanLisMusic Posted on February 21, 2012

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I recently had the pleasure of performing a work by composer Josh Hummel, a movement called “Yours Is the Earth” from his set of choral pieces “The Games”. The chamber choir in which I sing performed it at our winter concert just over a week ago. Its text is taken from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”, […]

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