"A drive to do big things" landed Sheila Dilley in Berklee, where she ended up juggling the full load of a Music Business degree, newly married life, and assisting the President of Berklee himself - with the same radiant joy and enthusiasm for people she exudes as I sit in front of her today.
Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark
Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark
For Sheila and her husband Jef, both currently based in Seattle, music continues to be their "number one dream". And if there is anything that can be said about Sheila and Jef, it is that they are dreamers. And they are just as ambitious and zealous as they are in loving and serving people as they are with their music. "Our ultimate goal is to financially support people," Sheila …show more content…
Her whole face lights up at the mention of his name, and as we chat, I feel like the curtain is pulled back from a figure often seen in passing and assumed much about, but rarely understood beyond that.
"The hardest thing in the world for me is to be on 'Overheard at Berklee'!" Sheila and I invariably burst out laughing as she says this, but she, as usual, is being frank. "Some people are some serious haters!"
"He is such a good person. He loves every kid and so badly wants them to succeed. I swear to you, if it was up to him, his schedule would be wide open and he'd just meet with students. He could have a meeting with the prime minister of a country and a student would walk in and he'd put that meeting on hold! People don't value what he does."
She continues, "I'm not good with change so this is a pretty big thing for me to say: he thinks about what he wants our school to be and what he wants to leave and not just the comfort of right now but what it's going to take to sow into kids and build a bright future for them. That's what he cares about. And he remembers every single thing. After I had a test he'd ask me how was my test. He'd ask me, 'What's a way I can make people happy? What's something the students want?' He cares more than anybody gives him credit …show more content…
They get upset with finals and with teachers and changes happening at the school or maybe they think their ensemble is stupid... People complain a lot about a really wonderful experience. And I think one of the most important things is to value what you have when you're there. I look back so fondly on the classes I would hate on. Like conducting. Not my favorite class but I loved my teachers! I just wasn't much of a conductor. I think of who my teachers were, think of what they’ve done, think of what I've learnt. No matter what you do, whether it’s sitting down or doing a songwriting session every single day, there’s a monotony that starts to happen in a daily job. Value the fact that you're going from an ensemble to voice lesson to literature... It's just a really special
Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark
Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark
For Sheila and her husband Jef, both currently based in Seattle, music continues to be their "number one dream". And if there is anything that can be said about Sheila and Jef, it is that they are dreamers. And they are just as ambitious and zealous as they are in loving and serving people as they are with their music. "Our ultimate goal is to financially support people," Sheila …show more content…
Her whole face lights up at the mention of his name, and as we chat, I feel like the curtain is pulled back from a figure often seen in passing and assumed much about, but rarely understood beyond that.
"The hardest thing in the world for me is to be on 'Overheard at Berklee'!" Sheila and I invariably burst out laughing as she says this, but she, as usual, is being frank. "Some people are some serious haters!"
"He is such a good person. He loves every kid and so badly wants them to succeed. I swear to you, if it was up to him, his schedule would be wide open and he'd just meet with students. He could have a meeting with the prime minister of a country and a student would walk in and he'd put that meeting on hold! People don't value what he does."
She continues, "I'm not good with change so this is a pretty big thing for me to say: he thinks about what he wants our school to be and what he wants to leave and not just the comfort of right now but what it's going to take to sow into kids and build a bright future for them. That's what he cares about. And he remembers every single thing. After I had a test he'd ask me how was my test. He'd ask me, 'What's a way I can make people happy? What's something the students want?' He cares more than anybody gives him credit …show more content…
They get upset with finals and with teachers and changes happening at the school or maybe they think their ensemble is stupid... People complain a lot about a really wonderful experience. And I think one of the most important things is to value what you have when you're there. I look back so fondly on the classes I would hate on. Like conducting. Not my favorite class but I loved my teachers! I just wasn't much of a conductor. I think of who my teachers were, think of what they’ve done, think of what I've learnt. No matter what you do, whether it’s sitting down or doing a songwriting session every single day, there’s a monotony that starts to happen in a daily job. Value the fact that you're going from an ensemble to voice lesson to literature... It's just a really special