Are you teaching music lessons? How is it feeling for you? Musicians often teach as a supplement to their income, and love both the intellectual challenge and the gratifying personalContinue readingPresence and Pricing
Exquisite Self Care
I want to share with you a brand new thing I invented. I’m four weeks into the experiment and eager to share it. And it’s hilarious, this experiment, because it’sContinue readingExquisite Self Care
Why You Need a Portfolio Career
Were you around when we had that big recession in 2008? I was. My husband and I were primarily performers at that time – with a few adjunct positions andContinue readingWhy You Need a Portfolio Career
On Balance
When you have a portfolio career like mine and like so many of my podcast guests, it can be hard to keep your life in balance. There’s always something elseContinue readingOn Balance
The Slashes are the POINT
I was working on my bio for an upcoming podcast interview and realized just how many sentences and paragraphs it takes to describe what I do. My father could identifyContinue readingThe Slashes are the POINT
Dance With the Voices
Last week in my Oboe Flow class, Dr. Andrew Parker was talking with us about performance nerves and he put it so well. He said, “Your approach needs to be two-prongedContinue readingDance With the Voices
What is WORK?
I know the pandemic isn’t actually over. But the performing work is hitting my inbox all the time now, and I’m having to make decisions. I don’t want my NOWContinue readingWhat is WORK?
Choose the YES
Special moments come at the least expected times. This video, the one I circulate periodically whenever Facebook reminds me of it, was literally just a gig. I didn’t know SullivanContinue readingChoose the YES
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Photo by Kris Atomic on Unsplash I’ve been reading about Tall Poppy Syndrome, since hearing SOMEONE mention it in a podcast interview. I’m embarrassed that I can’t source that podcast – too muchContinue readingTall Poppy Syndrome
My Favorite Things: Printer Edition
“Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom” -Leonardo da Vinci “The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves onlyContinue readingMy Favorite Things: Printer Edition