Alice Ping is a violist graduated from Juilliard currently based in LA. She has done freelancing work on movies, scores, shows, and more. In this episode, Alice shares about her experiences with navigating chronic diseases, all the while debunking myths about being afraid to share about our health to others. In this episode, we talked about:

1️⃣  Alice's first signs of having chronic diseases

2️⃣  Why she shares about health journey online

3️⃣  Her exploration of physical exercise and reclaiming control of her body

4️⃣  Shifts in mindsets to find a happy place with career and personal health

5️⃣  How making youtube videos boosts Alice's creativity and motivation

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This episode was recorded in early spring of 2021, just getting to release it now. I hope you will enjoy the episode!  Jeff Counts is the general manager of the Grand Teton Music Festival, located in Jackson Hole. What makes Grand Teton a festival like no other is their fresh cycles of new musicians each week. Jeff brings to light how managing a 7-8 week-long festival comes to life through diligent planning during its surrounding months. Jeff sheds insight on how you can best succeed by believing in what you do and making your pitch memorable. In this episode we talked about: The complexities of running a music festival you may not expect Being able to address and validate concerns on a large scale The importance of preparation and polish that makes your project memorable 

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In this episode Gina Morgano, a singer located in NYC. She currently runs the podcast The Practice Parlour where she interviews musicians to discover the practices that shape their lives and art.

In this episode, we talked about:

1️⃣ Her musical journey & creating your own opportunities and events

2️⃣ Starting the Practice Parlour & becoming an entrepreneur

3️⃣ Mindset hurdles musicians work through

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A musician who "effortlessly weaves between genres and brings as much rock and roll to the violin as she does classical precision and refinement to rock and roll," Grace Youn has established herself as one of today's most versatile violinists. A native of Tacoma, Washington, Grace began violin studies at age 7. Grace's performances have taken her across the United States, with shows in Seattle, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Honolulu, Chicago, Formula 1, and the South by Southwest music festival in Austin. She has performed solo with Conspirare, the Balcones Community Orchestra, Montecito International Music Festival Orchestra, Austin Civic Orchestra, the University of Puget Sound Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. She was a prize winner in the Texas Rising Stars Competition, the Beatrice Hermann Young Artist Competition, the International Rockin' Fiddle Challenge, and the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition and has performed at music festivals all over the United States. In 2011, Grace launched her YouTube channel, grace plays violin, where she explores various musical genres, combining classical traditions and techniques with other musical styles. Her videos have accumulated thousands of subscribers and millions of views. Grace's work has also been featured in film, TV, music recordings, and live shows of touring music artists internationally. She is working on her debut EP to be released later in 2021. Grace earned her Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree from the University of Texas - Austin and her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Puget Sound. Her primary teachers include Brian Lewis and Dr. Maria Sampen. A dedicated teacher, Grace is on faculty at Huston-Tillotson University and Austin Suzuki Music School, and teaches masterclasses around the United States.

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About 8VA Music Consultancy: If you are a musician, you know the musical notation "8va" as "all' ottava", meaning "at the octave". This symbol, without a second thought, makes us play a note an octave higher. For the company, the name 8VA (pronounced āt vē ā) is more than a wink to fellow musicians. We only take on musicians, organizations, and projects we believe in, and by pitching their amazing work correctly, we elevate the work's impact. Our name is also about holding ourselves to a higher standard and about working harder (and smarter) to exceed our client’s goals. Formerly the New York branch of Inverne Price Music Consultancy, our team has worked on behalf of top soloists, conductors, composers, orchestras, music festivals, and other related organizations since the firm’s founding in 2012. With backgrounds in non-profit executive leadership, marketing, advertising, the record industry, public relations - and most importantly, with a deep passion for music, 8VA Music Consultancy is uniquely positioned to take your career or organization - well - up an octave.

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Cellist Ken James Kubota has shattered perceptions of the typical classical music career. While he is celebrated by The New York Times for "dynamic” and “polished” musicianship, most know Kubota as a YouTuber, social media personality, and for pioneering his unique style of strumming the cello like a guitar. As an artist, many know him as one-third of the band Empire Wild, a group now represented by the Concert Artists Guild after receiving their 2020 Ambassador Prize. On social media, his audience numbers in the tens of thousands and continues to rise—he was selected as an Educational Partner by social media platform TikTok, creating fun and instructional videos on playing the cello. Kubota continues to grow a following as the founder and producer of JHMJams, a biweekly video series of pop improvisations by classical and jazz musicians. Described in National Sawdust Log as an “online powerhouse” of classical music’s online ecosystem, JHM has earned additional recognition from Glamour, The Violin Channel, The Strad, and Classic FM. The channel is known for enlisting a brand new ensemble of musicians for each video; its roster numbers 300 and counting. Also found on Instagram and Facebook, the series has amassed over 5 million views on YouTube since 2016. Mr. Kubota holds degrees from The Juilliard School (B.M., M.M.), and serves on faculty at the Peabody Preparatory under Johns Hopkins University, Suzuki Music Schools of Westport and Orange in Connecticut, and Lucy Moses School in NYC. Richard Aaron, Anthony Elliott, and Alice Ann O’Neill are his primary teachers, though he is grateful to all of the luminaries who have shared their ancient secrets of cello and music: Yo-Yo Ma, Frans Helmerson, Peter Stumpf, and members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Cleveland, Emerson, Cavani, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Ken is based in New York City, where he continues to film JHMJams in his Harlem living room.  

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Violinist Sarah Jane Kenner currently resides in New York City. After beginning her musical studies in her native New Rochelle, New York, Ms. Kenner earned a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance from Temple University's Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia, a Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and a Graduate Diploma in Historical Performance from the Juilliard School.  As a period violinist, Ms. Kenner has been hailed as a "fireworks soloist,"  and has performed throughout the US and internationally as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and soloist. In 2018, she made her Lincoln Center debut as a soloist with Juilliard415, Juilliard’s period-instrument ensemble. Ms. Kenner also served as concertmaster and principal second violinist of Juilliard415, and joined them on tours throughout the U.S., Europe, India, and New Zealand. Recent and upcoming engagements include performances with The English Concert, Trinity Wall Street, New York Baroque Incorporated, and The Sebastians, amongst others.

She is also a member of the orchestra at Teatro Nuovo, a summer opera festival which presents 19th-century Bel Canto opera with a historically informed approach. Other festival appearances include BachFest Leipzig with members of Juilliard415 and Bach Collegium Japan, and with members of Les Arts Florissants at the Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie in Thiré, France.

Currently, Ms. Kenner is working on a recording project centered around the violin sonatas of Giovanni Antonio Pandolf Mealli. Ms. Kenner has studied with Cynthia Roberts, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Rachel Podger, Robert Mealy, and Leah Nelson. Ms. Kenner is also a 2018-2019 Mercury/Juilliard fellow and an American Fellow of The English Concert. As a modern violinist, Ms. Kenner has led and/or held principal positions in several ensembles, including the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia, Texas Music Festival Orchestra, and Temple University Symphony Orchestra. Her principal teachers were Hirono Oka and Lucie Robert. Ms. Kenner has played in masterclasses for notable artists including Arnold Steinhardt, Glenn Dicterow, and Koichiro Harada. Ms. Kenner also studied at the Aspen, Bowdoin, Texas, and Duxbury Music Festivals. She currently performs regularly in New York City and Westchester County. In her spare time, Ms. Kenner maintains a strong interest in cooking, baking, and writing, all of which are documented on her recipe and music blog, "The Hungry Musician."

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Violinist Sarah Whitney is celebrated as a performer, teacher, musicians coach, and musical maverick. Praised by The Washington Post for her “marvellous violin acrobatics,” Sarah has appeared on stages worldwide as a soloist and collaborative artist throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Comfortable in a wide range of settings and musical styles, she is fiercely dedicated to bringing fresh new ideas to classical music and empowering musicians to find their own voice.

Where to find out about her group coaching program coming up: Career Reboothttps://www.sarahwhitney.com/ 

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Musicians for Equality is a student-led non-profit that advocates for equality and equity across the globe. Musicians for Equality strives to bring justice to unheard voices, educate ourselves and each other, and spread awareness through music.

About Isabelle Wolpert: Eighteen-year-old classical pianist Isabelle Wolpert is from Stillwater, Minnesota. She currently studies with her one and only teacher, Dr. Reid Smith. Wolpert has taken masterclasses from Alexander Yakovlev and participated in his international piano festival, Grand Piano in the Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia during the summer of 2019. While in St. Petersburg, Wolpert received masterclasses from notable Russian and Japanese pianists. Isabelle is a senior at St. Paul Academy and Summit School where she is the founder and co-president of The Music Lab, a student club that experiments and exposes students to different types of music, and continues to be a section leader for four years in Honors Sinfonia and Academy Symphony. This fall, Isabelle was planning on being the music director for a student-directed musical along with assistant music director for one in during the summer of 2021. Outside of music, Isabelle is an avid downhill ski racer, ultimate frisbee player, and enjoys spending time with her dogs, Ivan and Igor.

About Nate Strothkamp: Nate Strothkamp is a sixteen year-old violinist from Portland, Oregon. He serves as co-concertmaster in the Portland Youth Philharmonic and plays with the PYP Camerata chamber orchestra. Nate participated in the 2019 Boston University Tanglewood Institute, where he was a concertmaster of the Young Artists Orchestra and selected to play in a masterclass with Hilary Hahn. He has also had the opportunity to play for renowned artists including Ida Kavafian, Bella Hristova, Charlie Castleman, Janet Guggenheim, and Mimi Zweig. Nate was chosen as the winner of the 2019 PYP Concerto Competition and performed the entire Korngold Violin Concerto with PYP at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. He won the Beaverton Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and will be performing with the orchestra in 2021. Nate is the Executive Director of Project Prelude, an organization that aims to expand the accessibility of music education to students from economically disadvantaged schools through free music lessons. He is currently a junior at the Oregon Episcopal School where he enjoys running cross-country and track.

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Jennifer Rosenfeld is the co-founder of iCadenza (a career consultancy for classical musicians) and Cadenza Artists (performing arts talent agency). She has helped thousands of musicians launch ground breaking artistic projects that got them noticed, helped them negotiate better for themselves and earn more money, and step into the careers they’ve always dreamed of. Her clients are not starving artists or fresh-out-of-conservatory musicians. Her clients include Grammy-award-winning soloists and ensembles, acclaimed composers and directors, tenured professors at top universities, members of premier symphony orchestras, and leaders of major arts organizations who are not content to settle with the status quo of their highly successful careers.

She has taught at and/or consulted for major universities and conservatories, including Stanford University, the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, MIT, and more. She has also written the book, Awakening your Business Brainwith her business partner Julia (used in university classrooms all over the US), which is about how creative people have a total leg up when it comes to the business side of their careers.

Check out her website to learn more about her coaching:https://jenniferrosenfeld.com/

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