Be Your Own Manager

Celebrating women is one thing. Changing the inequalities in classical music is a second one. Bernhard Kerres talks about what all musicians and presenters can do to increase the equality in classical music.

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Have you ever been ghosted? Ghosting is a term in dating when people you were in contact with suddenly stop all communication without an explanation. But ghosting also happens in business. And you might have ghosted a lot of people. Time to change that.

Furthermore, Marie-Luise Dingler of The Twiolins introduces the Progressive Classical Music Award. This award goes to composers of short pieces. Overall there is price money of EUR 11.000 waiting for the finalists.

We often focus on performing at a new concert hall, singing in yet another opera house, or approaching a festival which is new to us. And we entirely forget that there are people who have already hired us for concerts and performances before. It is much easier to build on an existing relationship than to foster new ones. You need to focus on re-selling.

The Brazilian-Scottish flutist Daniela Mars is not only a rising star on her instrument but also an influencer on Instagram. She shares her passion for music, contemporary music and the bass flute with her over 33,000 followers -> @danielamarsflute. She was able to inspire some of her followers to write short pieces for the bass flute. The first volume of these compositions was just published by Master Music Publications.

Daniela is a Trevor James Flute Artist.

How often do patrons come up to you and say that they don't understand music? One of the - difficult - tasks of musicians is to communicate about music with audiences,  not in an academic way but rather a meaningful one for them.

In the latest career podcast for classical musicians, Bernhard Kerres speaks about how to enhance the concert experience for audiences with a few simple tricks. He also addresses how to prepare for competitions, especially getting used to do videos early on. 

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When thinking about the future it is better to envision it and then looking back than staring at it and not knowing how to reach one's goals. The Self Coaching process is taken from the book, Be Your Own Manager, and extended with the element of expectations from family and friends. 

The US Shutdown opened the doors of many museums and symphonies for US Public Servants who haven't been paid for weeks. Among the institutions offering free tickets are the Metropolitan Opera in New York and Seattle Symphony.

The Ernst von Siemens Prize goes to British composer Rebecca Saunders, only the second woman since 1974 receiving it.

Having an elevator pitch is crucial for young musicians to learn how to differentiate themselves and communicate successfully about who they are and what they do. Believing that classical music can comment on current political campaigns HELLO STAGE started crowdfunding for a BREXIT Fanfare. And news on the signing of young conductors Gemma New and Marta Gardolinska.