I'm excited to share with you a new podcast episode with @itsjustben.emotionalfitness!

A full transcript is available on my website:

It was my pleasure to have Tom Trones on this episode of theOpenScore Conversation Podcast. He is the Co founder and Chief Product Officer of @Minuendosound - a company that is passionate in bringing category defining hearing protection products that users will truly enjoy wearing. In this podcast, you’ll learn about the importance of protecting your hearing as a musician, his pathway from guitarist to designing his ear plugs and what it was like to take a product from the idea stage all the way to selling a complete product during the pandemic.  

Pssst!……Although this video is not directly sponsored by Minuendo themselves, I have a discount code for 20% of the Lossless ear plugs from their distributor - Soundbrenner.  

Discount link: https://www.soundbrenner.com/michelle 

Full transcript can be found here:

Happy Listening!

Dr. Kensley Behel went from injured musician to musicians' health researcher to help musicians like you have a healthier career. She uses her Ph.D. in Performing Arts Health combined with years of experience coaching others to provide solutions to musicians' injuries like Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Music Performance Anxiety, and Burnout! She is passionate about sharing her story so that others know they are not alone. 

 If you're wanting to incorporate more injury prevention tips into your classroom, or you need help finding a solution, reach out to Kensley on her:

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00:00 - Intro

“You need to be able to face yourself. And you need to have that connection between yourself, your thoughts, your anxieties, your worries, and your ambitions and goals, and one of the best people to talk to about that with is yourself” - Chris Au  

How to Find Chris:  

theOpenScore’s Socials:

“The only mistake I fear is if I’m not able to open up fully while performing” - Emma Leiuman  

theOpenScore’s Socials:

Tokyo Born Pianist Maya Purdue has dazzled audiences across Europe and Asia, and is quickly cementing herself as an exciting young talent amongst the next generation of pianists.  Maya regularly gives Concerts in Salzburg, Graz, Munich and other cities in Europe. She has performed in many famed venues all across Japan and in Europe, such as the “Wiener Musikverein”, Mozarthause Vienna, and Wiener Saal. In 2020 she was selected as an accompanist for an opera project held in Wiener Musikverein, followed by many other very successful concerts in Vienna. From 2021 March, as a member of Live Music Now Salzburg, she is recognized even more in Salzburg as a young artist. Being a lady of many talents, Maya is also the host of a Radio show, where each week she broadcasts new episodes of her ‘Musical Journey’!  

Maya’s Socials: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mayapurdue/

theOpenScore’s Socials:

I’m so excited to share with you the second episode of theOpenScore podcast featuring Kathy Feng from @Pianotrills.  Kathy so generously and graciously opened up her home for us to film and have a lovely conversation about her musical background, how philosophy as an educator, how social media helps her fulfill her mission to providing accessible and insightful piano education to people of all levels and skill, and much more! Full video link in Bio!  If you want to support this channel or  see the extended version, please visit my Patreon!

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/theopenscore

I hope you enjoyed the first impromptu video podcast! It was a pleasure to meet and chat with Tiffany. Here Tiffany and I converse about navigating Social media as classical musician and discovering our passion!