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Commencement speaker at Berklee tells class of 2025: 'Art is medicine; keep telling the truth'
Summary
At Berklee School of Music's commencement for the class of 2025, a guest commencement speaker urged graduates to use art as a form of medicine, urged honesty in their work, and reflected on personal struggles with anxiety and bullying that led them to music.
Commencement speaker, identified in the transcript only as "Commencement speaker," told the Berklee School of Music graduating class of 2025 that art can be "medicine" and urged graduates to keep "telling your truth" as they begin careers in the arts.
The message was framed around the speaker's personal story: "This is a true story. I did a concert at my hometown of Eureka, California," the speaker said, noting they were presented a key to the city with their name spelled incorrectly. They described a childhood marked by bullying and long-standing anxiety, saying, "I was always…
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