good choice. my best friend ran into a similar problem. she did undergrad and then med school at Harvard (8 years total). when confronted with the opportunity to continue to specialize again, at Harvard, and continue her education, she made the big decision to leave. She felt she had simply spent too much time there and wanted change, plus east coast winters were getting worse, lol. she didn't care about the brand. it simply wasn't new or fresh -- it was all too familiar. you're gonna kill it no matter where you go!!!
I'm not American so don't know about this, but what is the most prestigious college, Princeton or Harvard? I know Oxford is in another country, but what about compared to Oxford as well compared to those ones? I'm going to guess Harvard, then Oxford, then Princeton. Is UCLA one or two levels down from these three? And what about Berkley, is that down on the level of UCLA?
'philosophically' speaking, I think that only fools never change their mind no matter what. The entire universe changes, why should not people. I think it's actually the smart people who change their mind after they deliberately start to think: 'You know what, in light of newly found knowledge, I now changed my mind for this or that reason, and I want to move on.' And also, I must say, someone who doesn't waste their time gossiping deserves respect. In this day and age, this is probably the exception, not the rule. You are a serious person.
First of all, congratulations on your upcoming graduation! Looking forward to some cap and gown photos! I’ve enjoyed all of your posts and vlogs. As I and many of your supporters have said before and on Patreon yesterday, we follow YOU and wherever life takes you. I’m excited about your future adventures and am looking forward to all the new things you will be doing! There are many pianists who play extremely well, but there has always been and will always be something extraordinarily unique about watching and listening to you perform music. All of your fans feel this and know exactly what I’m talking about. In life, you may sometimes run into people who have different (their own) opinions about what you should and shouldn’t do. At the end of the day as you unwind and sit quietly, you have to be at peace in your heart with whatever you choose and decide for your life. Actually, you’ve always said to surround yourself with those who support what you do. And, I did wish you luck in your application process to JM because you had applied but I am still going to wish you luck as you are embarking on a different journey. Wherever you go, whatever you decide will be the RIGHT decision FOR YOU. I support you! Your music is still your music no matter where you are. It’s a part of who you are! The right people will remain and become your greatest supporters. So, good luck and congratulations are in order! Looking forward to happy graduation pics and what you bring to the world!!!
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Best comment! ⁽¹⁾ I was about to write something in the same spirit but I wouldn't have anything to add in fact. I'm a recent follower of Tiffany's (for the past few months or so), but I share as much enthusiasm for her piano skills and human qualities as the oldest fans. This video just make me like her even more. __________ ⁽¹⁾ Yes, I actually read _all_ the comments published before writing this.
Luís, whoa, seriously ? you read ALL the COMMENTS? you must be immortal ! PS. I am pretty impressed about how you write the small '1', looks kind of textbookish. Neat!
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Luís, there were around 100 comments at the time, not an impossible amount. :)
Tiffany, as a fellow Juilliard alumnus, I'm happy you're speaking the truth! You're an amazing artist, yes, I agree one needs to step outside their "box" and grow as a mature musician. I am actually relieved to hear this news! I am so excited for you, to create your own path of music making!
hi. i hate to intrude but ive always wondered what most alumni do for a career .. specifically, non performing jobs do you mind sharing what you do for a living?
For years I have enjoyed watching you grow as a pianist and a young woman. I had no idea what sort of person you really were until I recently discovered your silly and delightful vlogs. I have had the good fortune and pleasure of knowing other people who are like you. Just by being yourself you spread joy, elicit smiles, and inspire people to be the best that they can be. I care more about whether you are wearing comfortable shoes than about the particular decision you make about where you go and what you do. I hope you continue to share your life's journey with your 50k subscribers. Looks like we are in for an adventure.
You've inspired me on playing piano and explore the world of classical music since i began to watch your videos. Sorry to hear about this news. I know you have your own decision and I will definitely follow you as your fan. May you all the best!
u have a track record for making smart decisions and creating opportunity for yourself. you've earned the privilege to be picky, no doubt you're moving towards significant growth and development, your next adventure awaits!
Congratulations!!! I am very honored and excited to see you grow as a pianist. I can’t wait to see what happens next, because we all know that you are one of the greatest pianists of our time. Also where I live there are not many people who appreciate classical music the way I do and it gets very lonely, but when I come to your videos I realize that there are so many people out there who feel the same way and all I have to do is wait for my future as a pianist where I will be able to meet so many other musicians like you. I really hope we get to meet someday. Thank you Tiffany!😊
A real world reminder that sometimes we must say “no” to some decisions in life before we can say “yes” to others. It’s an admiral trait to find in someone who has a sense of “where they are” and “where they are going”. Congratulations for having the fortitude and determined will to pursue your own path -one of your finest accomplishments that I’ve witnessed in your vlogs. Bravo, Miss Poon!
It's actually really inspiring to watch you do what's right for you and not what others think you should be doing. That takes a lot of courage. Wherever you go I'm sure you'll do amazing and I'll be sticking around to watch it!
This raises some very important points about the issue of the deification of certain institutions. I can't wait to see where you go next! Thank you for taking us with you 💕 and any hate because of this is misplaced.
I can totally relate. I attended a large Ivy league school for 2 years of my undergrad, and after careful rumination, I left for a variety of reasons to a smaller lesser known institution. People are always flabbergasted when I tell them this.I wish most people realize that most people go to these schools for the reputation. Honestly I've had some classes where we use the EXACT same textbooks as the Ivy league, essentially your paying for the reputation. Also, most professors who teach at the elitist institutions don't even have degrees from elite schools themselves. I wish you luck Ms.Poon, although I never did attend a music school at the collegiate level, I'm sure that studying at Juilliard for 12 years has greatly benefited you. The closest to Juilliard I've had is a couple of masterclasses and lessons with alum, not even close to your experience.
Many years ago I catched up a line from a german poet: to get ahead in life you have occasionally to saw off the branch you are sitting on. I'm very confident you made the right decision for you, keep flying and enchant us with your music.
I follow you because I admire your talent and adore your personality - it has nothing to do with your enrollment in Juilliard! Best of luck to you in your new adventure, can’t wait for your next video!
Change is such an important factor in artistic expression and I'm glad you got the courage to do so! I'm super excited to see all the vlogs and content coming up in whatever wonderful school you'll go to :) (By the way I don't know if you know this but the video is set on unlisted so it won't show up on your channel just incase you didn't want it to be!)
Tiffany, why you leave has no importance for myself, I follow you without judgement, only with my ears because I admire you and above all respect the person you are.
That's growth and evolving for you. Everything in life is absolutely temporary. The duration by which you engage with everything in life is but a moment in the grand scheme of things. Enjoy it to it's fullest while you can, with the knowledge that this too will pass. The heartbreak of loosing those things near and dear to your heart is where the real growth and teaching happens. The struggle of life is why we are here. To engage it and grow or be disheartened by it. In a thousand years, humanity will have evolved to be more civilized by your small positive input. And then a giant asteroid hits the earth, total mass extinction happens, and we have to start all over again.
An eagle can pick at the carcass of a dead rabbit with its counterparts, or find its own food elsewhere if it has the guts to try. In this case though the carcass is more the size of an elephant but you can find your lions share elsewhere! Excited to see where you head and remember this channel isn't called 'Julliard' it's called Tiffany Poon!
+Harris Turner Pretty morbid, pretty macabre. But pointing towards our earthly physical destiny. The question is, what is our individual spiritual destiny to be? (Romans 6:23) 'For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'
Tiffany you have to make the decisions that are right for your life, no need to apologise for doing so. Wherever your road leads next, may God bless you abundantly. :)
Thanks for sharing your stories... I just found you 1 week ago, but love your honesty and the way you share your process! Yes, I respect your decision and look forward to hear where you go! :)
I know it's not my place to say it, but for some reason I feel SO happy for you (and kind of proud too) I've been follow you since the Chopin Competition and no matter what reason is behind this I just hope this decision brings you happiness and the possibility of learn and grown more as a musician :)
Tiffany, I admire you infinitely, I follow each one of your videos. I admire your control when playing and your transformation to begin to interpret some piece. Someday I hope to be like you, I hope to love what I do as much as you do. I hope you read the message 🙈💕
I'm glad you made this decision ....I'm happy for you, it takes courage to step out of your comfort zone and it looks like that's what you're doing and that's how we grow throughout life.... keep it up and I'm excited to see what's next
Tiffany Poon is a young lady who seems a very nice and talented young pianist who has been studying piano for a long time. She is still a teenager and that is a stressful time for any young person. She comes across as a talented and also sensitive young lady, so perhaps she needs time out, a break and a change of scene. Lastly as others have said, we are here to support you Tiffany Poon and to listen to your divine piano playing. The fact that you were studying at Juilliard is irrelevant and will not stop any of us following you on TH-cam !!
Amazing! Girl just do whatever makes you happy and what you feel is right! I really hope the next step in your life makes you happier than u have ever been❤️
Congrats on your graduation!!!!! Didn't know you lived in NYC for this long, wow! I wanna guess that you're going to Europe for some different experience... but wherever you're going for your next step, I believe that's the best choice for you and wish you all the best there! To share with you, me myself lived in the states for 7 years and decided to come to London for my master's degree last year. I was super excited when I made the decision, and now, one year after, I'm so glad that I made that decision. And for you, I believe you made the best decision for yourself, too!! Best of luck!!!
There are many options for such a talented student. Who wouldn't like to teach Tiffany? Tiffany needs to find the right teacher, which is a very personal thing - the School itself is probably not that important. If I had to guess I would say that Tiffany goes to Dang Thai Son who joins the Oberlin Conservatory Piano Faculty for the coming academic year. But there are lots of other possibilities. Anyways, we wish Tiffany that she finds the right teacher and that she will feel comfortable at the new place.
My goodness, 12 years! Of course you are ready to move on. As a 61 year old, I can tell you you will make the best decision for you, at this time. And even if it is not the best, you will learn very much by dealing with the challenges and imperfections of the situation. I am so wishing you luck and joy and can't wait to hear of your next step.
I like you for who you are. Try your best!! I believe in you Just do what you think is right. Actually you just inspire me to step out my comfort zone, I am moving towards now although I don't know what I am going to do yet. I will always be on your side!!!
You have a bright future ahead of you! Anywhere you feel you cannot do the best that you can do is not the right place for you. I hope that you do find the perfect place. You will do great wherever you go! Good luck and congratulations on graduation. Much love!
Good luck Tiffany Poon and we will be following you wherever you go next !! Hope its RCM in London, UK. Its obviously a private and personal decision as to why you decided not to continue your studies at Juilliard and one that you do not wish to disclose on social media. Life will continue and hopefully you will find other ways to achieve your goals in life. Please keep playing the piano, you have so many fans all over the world who adore your wonderful piano playing. Take care and God Bless you Tiffany Poon.
Don’t worry about this decision, we all are going to feel lost at some point of our lives, and if for you it was that moment, well, be sure that you did what your heart told you to do. I’m so happy to discover your channel some weeks ago, and I’m gonna keep supporting you. Love you from Mexico❤️
This is definitely a big and difficult decision for you! No matter where you go next, wish you the best and always remember to listen to your own heart!
Hey Tiffany, nothing wrong with your decision at all. You're young and have world class talent - why not step out and see what the rest of the world has to offer? I tell my former students (I teach P1-P3 in Hong Kong btw) who come to visit me that if you're not sure what you really want, then go - get out into the world and experience different things. Who knows, the world is BIG, beautiful and full of experiences just waiting to be discovered, right?. Of course you must protect yourself cause there are plenty of nutty people in the world who will try to take advantage of you, but that should never stop you from stepping out of your comfort zone and learning from these experiences, both good and bad. In fact, that's how I found you! A year ago I was feeling kind of bored with my life (mid-life crises I guess) and eventually got the idea that I wanted to start playing the piano again...I had not touched the piano since I was 18 when I studied music in my home state of Louisiana, but eventually gave it up. But anyways, I was just randomly watching piano videos on here, letting TH-cam select my next video when suddenly a little girl from Hong Kong was playing Lizst, if I recall correctly. Wow, she's good! I was very impressed so I became your subscriber. So in a way, you and a few others that I've found here on TH-cam have inspired me to start playing again and I cannot even express how satisfying it is. My colleagues and even my wife think I'm a little crazy for 'wasting my time' relearning from scratch how to play the piano. But what joy and real pleasure it brings into my life. I'm in the music room at my school every spare moment I have. Thank you for such a good example to others and I commend you for your decision not to gossip about all of your reasons for leaving Julliard. You are exactly right that gossiping never helps anything. Good luck with whatever you choose to do and I hope you find joy in your endeavors! Oh, and congratulations on your graduation!
Congratulations on your (upcoming) graduation! Your work ethic, pursuit of perfection in your music, and expressiveness in your playing have always been such an inspiration to me. Now I can add “courage to step outside comfort zone” to that list. You are an amazing person, and I’m sure you will continue to inspire and do amazing things wherever you go!
I forgot to add: how about New England Conservatory of Music? That way, I might even be lucky enough to get to meet you. And Boston is a very historic and beautiful city.
Dear Tiffany, I really admire your honesty and bravery. I have been following your channel for I don't exactly remember how many years. As a music major student and a music lover, you have been such a wonderful inspiration in many ways. I wish you all the best for starting the next chapter in you life! Please keep being who you truly are, because that's why I like you! ❤️
Wondering why you see this as a matter of "gossip". One can have a perfectly reasonable reason for leaving a school. Why not discuss it? I don't see why you would think that would be "gossiping" or denigrating the institution. I wouldn't worry about hurting Juilliards feelings. I think they can handle it...Go on - let's here what you have to say - I'm sure it would be a valuable discussion. I just noticed this was posted 2 years ago, so I guess it's water under the bridge. I see that you are well into your concertizing career, so I guess you'll survive. I just hope you have continued your theoretical studies, which makes all the difference in the world for your general musicianship. I can almost always tell when a pianist has had in depth theoretical and/or compositional training. It shows up in their grasp of background and global structures in the works they perform.
Well, there are morons everywhere in this world. But, for the most part, you can be pretty confident that most of your subscribers give a damn about Juliard. We are not football fans, you know? I believe your talent and dedication will prevail. And you've gone a long way. Also, you seem rather sensible for your age. There is nothing to fear. Good luck in your new journey.
@@TipoQueTocaelPiano Did you mean to say "DON'T give a damn about Juliard", or was that deliberate? You seemed to have said the opposite of what you seemed to be saying lol, you basically said that most the subscribers DO give a damn about Juliard.
Tiffany!!!!!!!!! I’m your fans from Taiwan and I’ve watching your videos for a couple weeks. I’m studying music talented class in senior high but I don’t think I’m really good at piano and I always watching your videos when I’m really upset about my piano skills. You’re my idol!!!!!!!!!!!!Hopes that you can come to Taiwan and I’ll always support you,no matter where you are going to studying in the future. My grammars isn’t good so.....if there are something wrong in my comment you can just ignore them (I’ll keep improve my English xD)Oh,and I hope you can see my comment!!!!!Love u!!!!!!!!!❤️
I completely agree with your words “stepping out of your comfort zone”. I didn’t know that you were in Juilliard for 12 years before watching this video and not saying that it is a bad thing for centain, it is awesome anyway, but it is way tooo long. I promise myself before starting to highschool to become open to any change in my life. And it absolutely worked. I have many friends than I’m used to, travelled abroad by my own many times, went to many concerts etc. I know you have actually done many things which I mentioned up here but at least even changing any little thing in your life will make you feel something new. Make you a new, better one every time.
I was attending my first year of higher education in Brooklyn when The Wall debuted in Manhattan. Your grandparents were probably in the row in front of me. 😅
Tiffany, You got this, you can do whatever you want in the world. I think that you are an amazing Pianist, and you are a role model to me in a way. I am glad that you have made the decision to move on in life. As someone else had said (possible someone more so towards the top of the comment thread) all that matters is that you are happy at the end of the day. I am still going to follow (and watch) your channel, but I will be most interested in what you like, and enjoy to put out. I fully support your decision and look forward to seeing a less stressed you, while still bringing the light into my day (every Tuesday🤗). Have a fantastic week. 🤔👍🏻
I think it’s really cool that you leave Juilliard! Hope you will find what you look for. Content idea : nyc vlogs with friends, food wine etc, philosophy talks, evening vlogs in nyc, buying plants or cooking video... hope you’ll enjoy these suggestions! Have a nice day
First, congratulations on graduating from Columbia and Julliard at the same time. I feel you about leaving my own comfort zone, as I’m also facing a dilemma. I’m choosing between two universities for my bachelor. This video really helps me to decide that where I should go and where I really want to go.
Keep up the good work Tiffany !! I am and will always be one of your biggest fans and I know you will survive wherever you go 👍btw, good luck with your finalsssss !!
God gift was for us to create. And we can create a bad image of a person, place or thing with our words. Its good to step aside from gossip. God bless.
Tiffany, you are great and I wish you the best for ever. I can imagine how exciting and, at the same time, hard for you all of these changes! I need to let you know that you inspire me a lot, as an Artist and as a Person, and I´ll keep watching everything you post, no matter what or where. You deserve the best and I hope you be happy whatever choices you take, giving time to yourself and keep developing through the same conscious way you do. Congratulations for all achievements so far, not "only" the graduation, but every new piece you get, every recital, every artistic and personal challenge! I´m a pianist, from Brazil. I really admire the way you do everything and the way you share with us. See you and have a nice work with the pages to be written!
thanks for sharing. of course I don't know you and only just recently ran across your vlogs, but I wondered why you were auditioning for Julliard since it appeared you had already been going there a while and are clearly talented. good luck in all of your adventures!!!!!!. keep vlogging please. just imagine how lucky we, your viewers, are to get to watch you. I've never met Beethoven, Mozart, or Chopin, but watching you feels like I've gotten to see those great masters through a great master of the 21st century. you are great and I appreciate you letting us take a peek into the life of a virtuoso.
Tiffany, you really impressed me with your maturity and independence. Declining Julliard might be a "what? are you dumb?" reaction to the mainstream, but I appreciate your independence of thought and courage to do what you think would be better instead of what the majority expect you to do or what they think it's the best. You indeed get a lot from philosophy major :)
Love you for yourself Tiffany. Go an do what is best for you. Treat yourself and others as ends in themselves, as Kant would. Good luck at Columbia, and wherever. But keep the music comin'.
Wishing you a wonderful musical journey ahead! You've been a true inspiration to me (I know it might sound cliche but I am being honest). Looking forward to more videos:)
Hi Tiffany, just came across you recently and am a fan for sure. Did you know that was Pink Floyd or was that some cool music you found to open the video. Which btw: was perfect intro and outro music! Anyway, truly, I wish the best of everything to you. You are so, SO wonderful. You are an amazing and inspiring music making/pianist; beautiful, passionate, intentional and appropriate. Your amazing bright intelligence and beauty is something special for all of us. I can only wonder where it already has gone in this year since this post as I am just watching it now...... Whatever it is, keep going, growing, playing, creating and being you. Thank You!! 😑😃💗💫✨🐱🔖🎶🌟🌈💎
Hi Tiffany. This is my first comment on your channel. Thank you so much for sharing so much of your life with us all. Decisions like this are never easy, and I have huge respect for you for having the courage to make a decision like you have. We will never know all your reasons, and that's absolutely fine - it's your life to live and we must never sit in 'judgement'. Well done for having the courage of your convictions. And I will also still be following you wherever life takes you. A request for a future topic from me would be : could you go through with us your process of actually memorising your pieces? This is something I'm stuck on. I think I am a half-decent pianist, but I have always struggled with memorising pieces fully and I would be so grateful for your advice.
Congrats on leaving! I’m honestly going through a similar situation of transferring colleges. It’s unbelievably terrifying to leave a system that’s nurtured you for years, but intense changes are sometimes necessary for significant reinvention. In the same way, “burn the bridges” at Julliard and devote yourself wholeheartedly to whatever you decide to do. I’m rooting for you! :)
Tiffany Hi, good luck for the future no matter what you do or where you chose go. You come across as beautiful person, and I for one will be looking to here what you do next. xox
It’s a great, courageous decision, dear Tiffany.You will be great wherever you go :) the studies of philosophy teach you well to be a great thinker that you are...aside from a fantastic pianist and a lovely human being. Cheers!
We have seen each other in some competitions in the NYC, but never met. I am a big admirer of your piano playing. I didn't know you had a vlog page. Just subscribed! +1 :) Best of wishes for the upcoming years in your musical journey! PS: I love the final song at the end of the end of the video!
Ms. Poon in my mind has the best version of Rachmaninoff Sonata #2 up on YT and there is stiff competition from major artists up on YT, but her version makes beautiful music out of it more than any of the others ... that's something to hang your hat on and encourage more from you as long as you feel that... keep up the great work , you are amazing
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Tiffany, Tiffany... it’s not Juilliard, it’s YOU we love and admire, wherever you are!
Yes, It is!
It takes a lot courage to step out comfort zone. Wish you the best no matter where your next step will be!
Thank you so much!
Best of luck Tiffany.
good choice. my best friend ran into a similar problem. she did undergrad and then med school at Harvard (8 years total). when confronted with the opportunity to continue to specialize again, at Harvard, and continue her education, she made the big decision to leave. She felt she had simply spent too much time there and wanted change, plus east coast winters were getting worse, lol. she didn't care about the brand. it simply wasn't new or fresh -- it was all too familiar. you're gonna kill it no matter where you go!!!
I'm not American so don't know about this, but what is the most prestigious college, Princeton or Harvard? I know Oxford is in another country, but what about compared to Oxford as well compared to those ones? I'm going to guess Harvard, then Oxford, then Princeton. Is UCLA one or two levels down from these three? And what about Berkley, is that down on the level of UCLA?
@@alantaylor6691 Harvard Ucla is nowhere near princeton or harvard and berkley is on a higher level than ucla
"12 years"
Wow that's practically a second home.
why 12?? o_O
@@FudgebunyChannel She started there at about 8yrs old.
@@jeanettemullins wtf omg
'philosophically' speaking, I think that only fools never change their mind no matter what. The entire universe changes, why should not people. I think it's actually the smart people who change their mind after they deliberately start to think: 'You know what, in light of newly found knowledge, I now changed my mind for this or that reason, and I want to move on.' And also, I must say, someone who doesn't waste their time gossiping deserves respect. In this day and age, this is probably the exception, not the rule. You are a serious person.
First of all, congratulations on your upcoming graduation! Looking forward to some cap and gown photos! I’ve enjoyed all of your posts and vlogs. As I and many of your supporters have said before and on Patreon yesterday, we follow YOU and wherever life takes you. I’m excited about your future adventures and am looking forward to all the new things you will be doing! There are many pianists who play extremely well, but there has always been and will always be something extraordinarily unique about watching and listening to you perform music. All of your fans feel this and know exactly what I’m talking about. In life, you may sometimes run into people who have different (their own) opinions about what you should and shouldn’t do. At the end of the day as you unwind and sit quietly, you have to be at peace in your heart with whatever you choose and decide for your life. Actually, you’ve always said to surround yourself with those who support what you do. And, I did wish you luck in your application process to JM because you had applied but I am still going to wish you luck as you are embarking on a different journey. Wherever you go, whatever you decide will be the RIGHT decision FOR YOU. I support you! Your music is still your music no matter where you are. It’s a part of who you are! The right people will remain and become your greatest supporters. So, good luck and congratulations are in order! Looking forward to happy graduation pics and what you bring to the world!!!
Best comment! ⁽¹⁾ I was about to write something in the same spirit but I wouldn't have anything to add in fact. I'm a recent follower of Tiffany's (for the past few months or so), but I share as much enthusiasm for her piano skills and human qualities as the oldest fans. This video just make me like her even more.
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⁽¹⁾ Yes, I actually read _all_ the comments published before writing this.
love this comment and love you tiffany. wishing you nothing but the best
Edit: OH and congrats on 50k!
Luís, whoa, seriously ? you read ALL the COMMENTS? you must be immortal ! PS. I am pretty impressed about how you write the small '1', looks kind of textbookish. Neat!
Luís, there were around 100 comments at the time, not an impossible amount. :)
@@luigipati3815 My first time to see a superscript and footnote in YT comments! Didn't even know it was possible.
Tiffany, as a fellow Juilliard alumnus, I'm happy you're speaking the truth! You're an amazing artist, yes, I agree one needs to step outside their "box" and grow as a mature musician. I am actually relieved to hear this news! I am so excited for you, to create your own path of music making!
Elizabeth Monacelli I'm glad you as an alumni understand my decision!
hi. i hate to intrude but ive always wondered what most alumni do for a career .. specifically, non performing jobs
do you mind sharing what you do for a living?
@@thlee3 I'm also interested if you don't mind sharing!
For years I have enjoyed watching you grow as a pianist and a young woman. I had no idea what sort of person you really were until I recently discovered your silly and delightful vlogs. I have had the good fortune and pleasure of knowing other people who are like you. Just by being yourself you spread joy, elicit smiles, and inspire people to be the best that they can be. I care more about whether you are wearing comfortable shoes than about the particular decision you make about where you go and what you do. I hope you continue to share your life's journey with your 50k subscribers. Looks like we are in for an adventure.
Tiffany, I would like to correct you on something. I look up to you, not Julliard ;)
Hai Yaku Thank you, that means a lot!
You've inspired me on playing piano and explore the world of classical music since i began to watch your videos. Sorry to hear about this news. I know you have your own decision and I will definitely follow you as your fan. May you all the best!
Your honesty and ethics are admirable. Thanks for sharing your life and of course your extreme talent with us.
u have a track record for making smart decisions and creating opportunity for yourself. you've earned the privilege to be picky, no doubt you're moving towards significant growth and development, your next adventure awaits!
Congratulations!!! I am very honored and excited to see you grow as a pianist. I can’t wait to see what happens next, because we all know that you are one of the greatest pianists of our time. Also where I live there are not many people who appreciate classical music the way I do and it gets very lonely, but when I come to your videos I realize that there are so many people out there who feel the same way and all I have to do is wait for my future as a pianist where I will be able to meet so many other musicians like you. I really hope we get to meet someday. Thank you Tiffany!😊
A real world reminder that sometimes we must say “no” to some decisions in life before we can say “yes” to others.
It’s an admiral trait to find in someone who has a sense of “where they are” and “where they are going”.
Congratulations for having the fortitude and determined will to pursue your own path -one of your finest accomplishments that I’ve witnessed in your vlogs.
Bravo, Miss Poon!
You'll do great wherever you go
It's actually really inspiring to watch you do what's right for you and not what others think you should be doing. That takes a lot of courage. Wherever you go I'm sure you'll do amazing and I'll be sticking around to watch it!
This raises some very important points about the issue of the deification of certain institutions. I can't wait to see where you go next! Thank you for taking us with you 💕 and any hate because of this is misplaced.
I can totally relate. I attended a large Ivy league school for 2 years of my undergrad, and after careful rumination, I left for a variety of reasons to a smaller lesser known institution. People are always flabbergasted when I tell them this.I wish most people realize that most people go to these schools for the reputation. Honestly I've had some classes where we use the EXACT same textbooks as the Ivy league, essentially your paying for the reputation. Also, most professors who teach at the elitist institutions don't even have degrees from elite schools themselves.
I wish you luck Ms.Poon, although I never did attend a music school at the collegiate level, I'm sure that studying at Juilliard for 12 years has greatly benefited you. The closest to Juilliard I've had is a couple of masterclasses and lessons with alum, not even close to your experience.
Many years ago I catched up a line from a german poet: to get ahead in life you have occasionally to saw off the branch you are sitting on. I'm very confident you made the right decision for you, keep flying and enchant us with your music.
I follow you because I admire your talent and adore your personality - it has nothing to do with your enrollment in Juilliard! Best of luck to you in your new adventure, can’t wait for your next video!
Change is such an important factor in artistic expression and I'm glad you got the courage to do so! I'm super excited to see all the vlogs and content coming up in whatever wonderful school you'll go to :) (By the way I don't know if you know this but the video is set on unlisted so it won't show up on your channel just incase you didn't want it to be!)
Tiffany, why you leave has no importance for myself, I follow you without judgement, only with my ears because I admire you and above all respect the person you are.
That's growth and evolving for you. Everything in life is absolutely temporary. The duration by which you engage with everything in life is but a moment in the grand scheme of things. Enjoy it to it's fullest while you can, with the knowledge that this too will pass. The heartbreak of loosing those things near and dear to your heart is where the real growth and teaching happens. The struggle of life is why we are here. To engage it and grow or be disheartened by it. In a thousand years, humanity will have evolved to be more civilized by your small positive input. And then a giant asteroid hits the earth, total mass extinction happens, and we have to start all over again.
An eagle can pick at the carcass of a dead rabbit with its counterparts, or find its own food elsewhere if it has the guts to try.
In this case though the carcass is more the size of an elephant but you can find your lions share elsewhere! Excited to see where you head and remember this channel isn't called 'Julliard' it's called Tiffany Poon!
+Harris Turner
Pretty morbid, pretty macabre. But pointing towards our earthly physical destiny. The question is, what is our individual spiritual destiny to be? (Romans 6:23) 'For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.'
Tiffany you have to make the decisions that are right for your life, no need to apologise for doing so. Wherever your road leads next, may God bless you abundantly. :)
Exciting news! Curious to see what's the next step for you.
Thanks for sharing your stories... I just found you 1 week ago, but love your honesty and the way you share your process! Yes, I respect your decision and look forward to hear where you go! :)
I know it's not my place to say it, but for some reason I feel SO happy for you (and kind of proud too) I've been follow you since the Chopin Competition and no matter what reason is behind this I just hope this decision brings you happiness and the possibility of learn and grown more as a musician :)
Tiffany, I admire you infinitely, I follow each one of your videos.
I admire your control when playing and your transformation to begin to interpret some piece. Someday I hope to be like you, I hope to love what I do as much as you do. I hope you read the message 🙈💕
I'm glad you made this decision ....I'm happy for you, it takes courage to step out of your comfort zone and it looks like that's what you're doing and that's how we grow throughout life.... keep it up and I'm excited to see what's next
Yay... best wishes wherever the future takes you.
Tiffany Poon is a young lady who seems a very nice and talented young pianist who has been studying piano for a long time. She is still a teenager and that is a stressful time for any young person. She comes across as a talented and also sensitive young lady, so perhaps she needs time out, a break and a change of scene. Lastly as others have said, we are here to support you Tiffany Poon and to listen to your divine piano playing. The fact that you were studying at Juilliard is irrelevant and will not stop any of us following you on TH-cam !!
Amazing! Girl just do whatever makes you happy and what you feel is right! I really hope the next step in your life makes you happier than u have ever been❤️
Congrats on your graduation!!!!! Didn't know you lived in NYC for this long, wow! I wanna guess that you're going to Europe for some different experience... but wherever you're going for your next step, I believe that's the best choice for you and wish you all the best there! To share with you, me myself lived in the states for 7 years and decided to come to London for my master's degree last year. I was super excited when I made the decision, and now, one year after, I'm so glad that I made that decision. And for you, I believe you made the best decision for yourself, too!! Best of luck!!!
Thank you Tiffany for all your videos and i think your decsions is right!
Royal College of Music??? It would so great to see you in England. Best of luck with everything.
It would be wonderful if Tiffany Poon came to RCM but I think most likely she will stay in USA to further her musical education.
There are many options for such a talented student. Who wouldn't like to teach Tiffany? Tiffany needs to find the right teacher, which is a very personal thing - the School itself is probably not that important. If I had to guess I would say that Tiffany goes to Dang Thai Son who joins the Oberlin Conservatory Piano Faculty for the coming academic year. But there are lots of other possibilities. Anyways, we wish Tiffany that she finds the right teacher and that she will feel comfortable at the new place.
Of course we will stick around ❤️ we support you wherever you go ...
My goodness, 12 years! Of course you are ready to move on. As a 61 year old, I can tell you you will make the best decision for you, at this time. And even if it is not the best, you will learn very much by dealing with the challenges and imperfections of the situation. I am so wishing you luck and joy and can't wait to hear of your next step.
I like you for who you are.
Try your best!! I believe in you
Just do what you think is right.
Actually you just inspire me to step out my comfort zone, I am moving towards now although I don't know what I am going to do yet.
I will always be on your side!!!
You have a bright future ahead of you! Anywhere you feel you cannot do the best that you can do is not the right place for you. I hope that you do find the perfect place. You will do great wherever you go! Good luck and congratulations on graduation. Much love!
Good luck Tiffany Poon and we will be following you wherever you go next !! Hope its RCM in London, UK.
Its obviously a private and personal decision as to why you decided not to continue your studies at Juilliard and one that you do not wish to disclose on social media. Life will continue and hopefully you will find other ways to achieve your goals in life. Please keep playing the piano, you have so many fans all over the world who adore your wonderful piano playing. Take care and God Bless you Tiffany Poon.
Don’t worry about this decision, we all are going to feel lost at some point of our lives, and if for you it was that moment, well, be sure that you did what your heart told you to do. I’m so happy to discover your channel some weeks ago, and I’m gonna keep supporting you. Love you from Mexico❤️
Yay you're bringing us along XD Looking forward to more of your adventures and vlogs. All the BEST!
This is definitely a big and difficult decision for you! No matter where you go next, wish you the best and always remember to listen to your own heart!
Hey Tiffany, nothing wrong with your decision at all. You're young and have world class talent - why not step out and see what the rest of the world has to offer? I tell my former students (I teach P1-P3 in Hong Kong btw) who come to visit me that if you're not sure what you really want, then go - get out into the world and experience different things. Who knows, the world is BIG, beautiful and full of experiences just waiting to be discovered, right?. Of course you must protect yourself cause there are plenty of nutty people in the world who will try to take advantage of you, but that should never stop you from stepping out of your comfort zone and learning from these experiences, both good and bad. In fact, that's how I found you! A year ago I was feeling kind of bored with my life (mid-life crises I guess) and eventually got the idea that I wanted to start playing the piano again...I had not touched the piano since I was 18 when I studied music in my home state of Louisiana, but eventually gave it up. But anyways, I was just randomly watching piano videos on here, letting TH-cam select my next video when suddenly a little girl from Hong Kong was playing Lizst, if I recall correctly. Wow, she's good! I was very impressed so I became your subscriber. So in a way, you and a few others that I've found here on TH-cam have inspired me to start playing again and I cannot even express how satisfying it is. My colleagues and even my wife think I'm a little crazy for 'wasting my time' relearning from scratch how to play the piano. But what joy and real pleasure it brings into my life. I'm in the music room at my school every spare moment I have. Thank you for such a good example to others and I commend you for your decision not to gossip about all of your reasons for leaving Julliard. You are exactly right that gossiping never helps anything. Good luck with whatever you choose to do and I hope you find joy in your endeavors! Oh, and congratulations on your graduation!
Congratulations on your (upcoming) graduation! Your work ethic, pursuit of perfection in your music, and expressiveness in your playing have always been such an inspiration to me. Now I can add “courage to step outside comfort zone” to that list. You are an amazing person, and I’m sure you will continue to inspire and do amazing things wherever you go!
I forgot to add: how about New England Conservatory of Music? That way, I might even be lucky enough to get to meet you. And Boston is a very historic and beautiful city.
We love you all the same Tiffany! look forward to hearing about your next journey.
Congratulations! No matter what you do you'll always be an inspiration to me and many others. I aspire to be like you one day. Best wishes!
Keep flying! When you have time, and if you want to do it, could you please do Chopin's Berceuse for us? Thank you so much.
I've just found a video where you play Chopin's Berceuse. Now I feel silly that I asked...sorry
Follow your heart and give your best.
And yes, don't regret your decisions
All the best for your future!
I wish you all the best Tiffany for the future! I’m excited to see what’s next!!!
Can't wait to see what you do! Good luck!☘☘
Hahah Tiffany.... TH-cam just recommended this to me after 5 years...goes to show how supportive the algorithm is....
Dear Tiffany, I really admire your honesty and bravery. I have been following your channel for I don't exactly remember how many years. As a music major student and a music lover, you have been such a wonderful inspiration in many ways. I wish you all the best for starting the next chapter in you life! Please keep being who you truly are, because that's why I like you! ❤️
Wondering why you see this as a matter of "gossip". One can have a perfectly reasonable reason for leaving a school. Why not discuss it? I don't see why you would think that would be "gossiping" or denigrating the institution. I wouldn't worry about hurting Juilliards feelings. I think they can handle it...Go on - let's here what you have to say - I'm sure it would be a valuable discussion. I just noticed this was posted 2 years ago, so I guess it's water under the bridge. I see that you are well into your concertizing career, so I guess you'll survive. I just hope you have continued your theoretical studies, which makes all the difference in the world for your general musicianship. I can almost always tell when a pianist has had in depth theoretical and/or compositional training. It shows up in their grasp of background and global structures in the works they perform.
Who cares about Juliard. Most of us care about you, I suppose.
Citriano Torres I hope that supposition is true
Well, there are morons everywhere in this world. But, for the most part, you can be pretty confident that most of your subscribers give a damn about Juliard. We are not football fans, you know?
I believe your talent and dedication will prevail. And you've gone a long way. Also, you seem rather sensible for your age. There is nothing to fear. Good luck in your new journey.
@@TipoQueTocaelPiano
Did you mean to say "DON'T give a damn about Juliard", or was that deliberate? You seemed to have said the opposite of what you seemed to be saying lol, you basically said that most the subscribers DO give a damn about Juliard.
We love you Tiffany!
Your own route is what we will follow.
You are out of your cocoon and are now a Butterfly ready to fly!
Tiffany, you are wonderfully talented, so please go wherever you need to go to realize your amazing gifts.
Tiffany!!!!!!!!!
I’m your fans from Taiwan and I’ve watching your videos for a couple weeks. I’m studying music talented class in senior high but I don’t think I’m really good at piano and I always watching your videos when I’m really upset about my piano skills. You’re my idol!!!!!!!!!!!!Hopes that you can come to Taiwan and I’ll always support you,no matter where you are going to studying in the future. My grammars isn’t good so.....if there are something wrong in my comment you can just ignore them (I’ll keep improve my English xD)Oh,and I hope you can see my comment!!!!!Love u!!!!!!!!!❤️
李佳霓 Your English is quite good! I get frustrated about playing sometimes, so I'm glad I can make you feel better. Never give up! 🙋♀️🤗
Tiffany Poon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I completely agree with your words “stepping out of your comfort zone”. I didn’t know that you were in Juilliard for 12 years before watching this video and not saying that it is a bad thing for centain, it is awesome anyway, but it is way tooo long. I promise myself before starting to highschool to become open to any change in my life. And it absolutely worked. I have many friends than I’m used to, travelled abroad by my own many times, went to many concerts etc. I know you have actually done many things which I mentioned up here but at least even changing any little thing in your life will make you feel something new. Make you a new, better one every time.
Moving on and making changes gives a person the opportunity to grow. There's a big world out there. Good luck to you!
Been watching your videos since 8 years ago, all the best, im sure you will do well wherever you go!
I was attending my first year of higher education in Brooklyn when The Wall debuted in Manhattan.
Your grandparents were probably in the row in front of me. 😅
Tiffany! I'm always cheering YOU wherever you are😊. Good luck Tiffany 🌼🎶
I will follow you Tiffany ! The eternal life is change while you still young . May God bless you !
Have a great journey, and have fun; that's all
;-)
Tiffany,
You got this, you can do whatever you want in the world. I think that you are an amazing Pianist, and you are a role model to me in a way. I am glad that you have made the decision to move on in life. As someone else had said (possible someone more so towards the top of the comment thread) all that matters is that you are happy at the end of the day. I am still going to follow (and watch) your channel, but I will be most interested in what you like, and enjoy to put out. I fully support your decision and look forward to seeing a less stressed you, while still bringing the light into my day (every Tuesday🤗).
Have a fantastic week. 🤔👍🏻
Good Luck TIffany! I wish you the best!
I think it’s really cool that you leave Juilliard! Hope you will find what you look for. Content idea : nyc vlogs with friends, food wine etc, philosophy talks, evening vlogs in nyc, buying plants or cooking video... hope you’ll enjoy these suggestions! Have a nice day
Vincent Kinsbergen Buying plants? 😅
Haha maybe buying plants is more an Instagram thing... but yeah like Ikea Haul for your place!
First, congratulations on graduating from Columbia and Julliard at the same time. I feel you about leaving my own comfort zone, as I’m also facing a dilemma. I’m choosing between two universities for my bachelor. This video really helps me to decide that where I should go and where I really want to go.
Keep up the good work Tiffany !! I am and will always be one of your biggest fans and I know you will survive wherever you go 👍btw, good luck with your finalsssss !!
This video here is what youtube is all about . Here for the journey !
God gift was for us to create. And we can create a bad image of a person, place or thing with our words. Its good to step aside from gossip. God bless.
Tiffany, you are great and I wish you the best for ever. I can imagine how exciting and, at the same time, hard for you all of these changes! I need to let you know that you inspire me a lot, as an Artist and as a Person, and I´ll keep watching everything you post, no matter what or where. You deserve the best and I hope you be happy whatever choices you take, giving time to yourself and keep developing through the same conscious way you do. Congratulations for all achievements so far, not "only" the graduation, but every new piece you get, every recital, every artistic and personal challenge! I´m a pianist, from Brazil. I really admire the way you do everything and the way you share with us. See you and have a nice work with the pages to be written!
thanks for sharing. of course I don't know you and only just recently ran across your vlogs, but I wondered why you were auditioning for Julliard since it appeared you had already been going there a while and are clearly talented. good luck in all of your adventures!!!!!!. keep vlogging please. just imagine how lucky we, your viewers, are to get to watch you. I've never met Beethoven, Mozart, or Chopin, but watching you feels like I've gotten to see those great masters through a great master of the 21st century. you are great and I appreciate you letting us take a peek into the life of a virtuoso.
All the very best, Tiffany!!
Looking forward to continuing to follow your career wherever you go! Life is long, change is healthy. Best wishes to you! ❤️
Good Luck, Tiffany!! We love your videos. Best wishes sent to you from Vancouver, BC!!
Wow! Such a decision takes real courage! I wish you all the best in he future!
Tiffany, you really impressed me with your maturity and independence. Declining Julliard might be a "what? are you dumb?" reaction to the mainstream, but I appreciate your independence of thought and courage to do what you think would be better instead of what the majority expect you to do or what they think it's the best. You indeed get a lot from philosophy major :)
Congratulations! You have grown so much! Good luck and keep going with your videos.
Love you for yourself Tiffany. Go an do what is best for you. Treat yourself and others as ends in themselves, as Kant would. Good luck at Columbia, and wherever. But keep the music comin'.
Wishing you a wonderful musical journey ahead!
You've been a true inspiration to me (I know it might sound cliche but I am being honest).
Looking forward to more videos:)
Hi Tiffany, just came across you recently and am a fan for sure.
Did you know that was Pink Floyd or was that some cool music you found to open the video. Which btw: was perfect intro and outro music!
Anyway, truly, I wish the best of everything to you. You are so, SO wonderful. You are an amazing and inspiring music making/pianist; beautiful, passionate, intentional and appropriate. Your amazing bright intelligence and beauty is something special for all of us. I can only wonder where it already has gone in this year since this post as I am just watching it now...... Whatever it is, keep going, growing, playing, creating and being you.
Thank You!!
😑😃💗💫✨🐱🔖🎶🌟🌈💎
Tiffany - massive respect for getting in to one of the most prestigious schools in the world for MASTERS. Amen.
Hi Tiffany,whereever you are or will be ...please keep making nice video of you playing beautiful music....good luck to you always.
Hi Tiffany. This is my first comment on your channel. Thank you so much for sharing so much of your life with us all. Decisions like this are never easy, and I have huge respect for you for having the courage to make a decision like you have. We will never know all your reasons, and that's absolutely fine - it's your life to live and we must never sit in 'judgement'. Well done for having the courage of your convictions. And I will also still be following you wherever life takes you.
A request for a future topic from me would be : could you go through with us your process of actually memorising your pieces? This is something I'm stuck on. I think I am a half-decent pianist, but I have always struggled with memorising pieces fully and I would be so grateful for your advice.
I enjoy all the Chopin performances you do on video... good luck on your decision making !!
Congrats on leaving! I’m honestly going through a similar situation of transferring colleges. It’s unbelievably terrifying to leave a system that’s nurtured you for years, but intense changes are sometimes necessary for significant reinvention. In the same way, “burn the bridges” at Julliard and devote yourself wholeheartedly to whatever you decide to do. I’m rooting for you! :)
Will definitely stick around..
Tiffany Hi, good luck for the future no matter what you do or where you chose go. You come across as beautiful person, and I for one will be looking to here what you do next. xox
All the best to you, Tiffany! Wherever you go. Hope you achieve your dream :)
It’s a great, courageous decision, dear Tiffany.You will be great wherever you go :) the studies of philosophy teach you well to be a great thinker that you are...aside from a fantastic pianist and a lovely human being. Cheers!
Good luck wherever you go!
We have seen each other in some competitions in the NYC, but never met. I am a big admirer of your piano playing. I didn't know you had a vlog page. Just subscribed! +1 :)
Best of wishes for the upcoming years in your musical journey!
PS: I love the final song at the end of the end of the video!
What a truly beautiful young lady!
Ms. Poon in my mind has the best version of Rachmaninoff Sonata #2 up on YT and there is stiff competition from major artists up on YT, but her version makes beautiful music out of it more than any of the others ... that's something to hang your hat on and encourage more from you as long as you feel that... keep up the great work , you are amazing
Girl, you know exactly what you’re doing, just keep moving and be the best of yourself!
You've been an inspiration for a long time and I'm sure you'll be fine anywhere you go, wish you the best of luck!❤️