Megan Ihnen is a mezzo-soprano and new music specialist dedicated to powerful musical performances, high-quality digital communications, audience experience, and education. While so many in the classical music world are competing for ever-shrinking pieces of the pie, she is actively creating opportunities and brainstorming strategies to change things to better support the entire field and not just a select few. Most people know her from Twitter or her work on the Sybaritic Singer blog.

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Mezzo-soprano and knew music specialist Megan Ihnen shares how composers can create access points for audiences and be better communicators.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• #musochat
• Brand
• Access points
• Garrett Schumann
• Daniel Felsenfeld
• Jewell
• Megan Ihnen's Music Publishing Podcast interview
• 29 Days to Diva
• Audience building
• Shared interests
• Being an enthusiast
• Showing up
• Mindset and language
• Ambiverts
• Shared interest events
• Have a social wing man
• Hacking networking opportunities
• Make it easy to get in touch
• Have your bio ready to go
• Make it easy to sort your catalog
• Communicating quickly & clearly
• Stacy Garrop
• New Music Gathering

Website:

• meganihnen.com
• sybariticsinger.com

Recommended Listening:

• Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
• George Crumb, Ancient Voices of Children

Recommended Reading:

• Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
• Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
• Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
• Chris Guillebeau, The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
• Jeri Goldstein, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent: THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide to Successful Touring

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