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Our music might be hundreds of years old, but our communication doesn't have to be.

The string quartet sits on the stage. Instruments ready. Bows on strings. The first violinist breathes, then raises...

Everyone knows the story of Mozart: the boy genius who composed his first piece at age 5. But few people outside of the musical community know about Mozart’s sister, Nannerl, an equally talented music...

Any seasoned musician knows how to recognize and switch between roles when performing. When we have the bassline, our job is to emphasize beat one and remain steady. When we’re playing harmony, we sha...

The oboe’s A sounds. The winds tune, followed by the brass and strings. The conductor walks on stage to applause. He raises his baton. The audience watches eighty musicians lift their instruments and ...

It’s an uncomfortable truth in classical music: on our stages, in the recording studio, and at the top left corner of each piece of sheet music, Black musicians are underrepresented at every level. 

I had resigned myself to not making a lot of money despite my successful performance career. Then a simple mindset shift doubled my income.

Being a musician is part of my identity, and if you’re read...

But behind closed doors, I was struggling.

By 2017, I’d landed prestigious jobs with not one, but two professional orchestras: the Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera. I had a teaching positio...

Music is a hobby and a form of self-expression, but it can also be a full-fledged career. The only problem is we tend to over-simplify what our options are….performer or teacher.

Performance

Many mu...

“Influence is the ability to engage and guide others in collaborative work without relying on positional authority…strength without force, requiring neither title nor resources.” Jocelyn Davis

As a m...

Last week I posted my story of dealing with an invisible disease. I shared my new career portfolio percentages and the surprising benefits that came from the change. Check out Part 1 before reading be...

Musicians love to perform…but what happens when you develop an invisible chronic disease?

My Story

My first inclination was to hurry and fix the pain, so I could continue performing (pops an ibuprof...

If you have a college music degree, did you feel the support structures and network drop out from under you the moment you graduated? Like you had to figure out how to do everything yourself (except p...