Inspiration

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Écouter Ensemble — Merge Left (Nikola Ragusa & Amelie Broder, flutes — Natalie Spehar, cello)
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We are business owners!!!!
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Let your idea breathe in public. You will learn so much!
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Discovering MY WIN
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Back to concert season! First rehearsal – Fairfax Chamber Ensemble
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The Practicality of a Little Notebook
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Derek Jenkins – My Choir Piece
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Vlog# 12 Enjoying composition time again
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Music Conference Tips and How-Tos!
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Post Concert Report!

Écouter Ensemble — Merge Left (Nikola Ragusa & Amelie Broder, flutes — Natalie Spehar, cello)

We are business owners!!!!

While I have come a long way in terms of my financial knowledge in the past few years, I wanted to make sure to convey my sincere reaction during the process of getting from point A to point B; getting from “i am a musician and that’s it” to “i am a musician and therefore i am, of course, a business owner”.  While I realize this sentiment of confusion may not be helpful to a fellow musician, I hope “teachers” and others who are in “leadership roles” find it helpful in progressing forward with an ever evolving music curriculum.  In response to such confusion it is usually a traditional thought to “create a class” dedicated to this one topic.  However, much like practice, I think it should be “LIVED” and oozing through the aura and purpose of an establishment dedicated to helping shape the minds of future artistic leaders.  Some simple ways to create an atmosphere that lends itself to this kind of thinking is:

1) a poster that says “YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER”

2)  Creating a blog where your teachers post strictly business resources like legalzoom.com and discuss things like “why should you declare a DBA?” or better yet “what is a DBA?”

3)  get students involved in the social media process of advertising the school/ department.  perhaps they do not yet have their own projects, but HEY! they are part of your school!  and love being there also!  in fact THEY ARE THE SCHOOL.  why not have them involved in how to help support it via poster design, tag line, name of a concert, actively marketing to invite the neighboring businesses and families to come to shows?

There you go!  3 ways of probably many many more ways to get the conversation going and LIVE the process of working toward entrepreneurship.

Polyphonic.org is doing a great job at bridging the gap and “starting the conversation”!

Discovering MY WIN

Back to concert season! First rehearsal – Fairfax Chamber Ensemble

The Practicality of a Little Notebook

 

How wonderful are little notebooks? I think they are so very important and in this VLOG I tell you why!

Derek Jenkins – My Choir Piece

 

Here Derek talks about the choir piece he is currently working on.

Vlog# 12 Enjoying composition time again

 

Here Derek talks about being able to compose regularly again and the joy of being able to do so.

Music Conference Tips and How-Tos!

Tips on how to plan for a music conference and what to expect!

Post Concert Report!

 

In this Vlog I share how my most recent concert performance went, my recent visit to the University of Miami and my plans for the rest of the semester!