Episodes: 5 Columns

S2E11: Why You Need a Career Coach with Karen Cubides

In today’s conversation, I spoke with Karen about another part of her specialty – career coach, and dig into...

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S2E10: Marketing 101 for Musicians with Karen Cubides

Today’s episode is a must listen for musicians as we learn marketing for ourselves, create opportunities and put ourselves...

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S2E9: How Much Should I Talk at Conducting Auditions?

Conducting auditions are something that’s hard to navigate as each organization and ensemble does look for different things, but...

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S2E8: Navigating the Business with Kevin Fitzgerald

Today’s episode is the second half of my conversation with a long-time friend, Kevin Fitzgerald, current Associate Conductor of...

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S2E7: Application and Audition Prep with Kevin Fitzgerald

In today’s episode, you will hear the first half of my conversation with a long-time friend, Kevin Fitzgerald, current...

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S2E6: Three Things Helping You Figure Out “What’s Next”

Should I enter a graduate program? Look for jobs? Go to masterclasses? Those are some questions that I got...

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S2E5: Branding, Pitching and Social Media with Nicole Riccardo

Last week I spoke with social media guru Nicole Riccardo about how musicians can create a meaningful online community...

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S2E4: Building a Meaningful Online Community with Nicole Riccardo

I am not a person who is naturally good at social media – when I say I’m an introvert,...

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S2E3: How to Kill your Diversity Statement

Diversity Statement has become a more and more frequently asked application material. No matter you are applying for a...

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S2E2: The Most Important Thing about your Zoom Interview

Zoom Interviews are now more common since Covid – and organizations are often skipping the traditional phone interview and...

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S2E1: Three Mistakes to Avoid with String Sectionals

As the largest body of an orchestra, it’s always great to have a string sectional to unify style, articulation,...

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60: Diane Wittry on Conducting Techniques

In this wisdom-filled episode, my guest is the world-renowned conductor, Diane Wittry. She is the music director of the...

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59: Your Favorite Thing about What You Do

Hi there!  Happy end of September and welcome to episode no.9 of the Conductor’s Podcast Wisdom series, a new...

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58: Gabriela Lena Frank on Creativity

In this episode of The Conductor’s Podcast, my guest is Gabriel Lena Frank.  As she continues to be a...

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57: Kamna Gupta on Developing New Operas

Opera is one of the greatest and the most classic art forms. It combines the ingenuity of a great...

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