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Episode 39: Fear, Visibility, & Finding Your Why!

Our conversation on this episode kicks off talking about an essay from David Taylor’s ‘The Future of Classical Music’. In the essay, David asks why the CEOs/heads of classical...

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Featured Guests

opera singer, songwriter

Elly is an opera singer, meditation practitioner, sound healer, and co-founder of Frisson Films. During the pandemic, she began to re-explore her earlier interest in composition and songwriting, which led to her debut pop album Nothing I See Means Anything (NISMA) and she has a second release in February of 2023, entitled, Object Permanence!

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eternal opera hype girl

In addition to always sporting immaculate nails, Kerriann is working hard to change the vibe in opera. She envisions an industry where our humanness is welcome in the rehearsal room, where community engagement creates real connection with audiences, and where everyone can bring their full selves into the opera house.

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Tenor

Jordan is the creator of the Young Artist Community Tracker or YAC Tracker. He started the group in 2018, and it’s current iteration on Facebook now has over 3,000 members. He talks with us about his journey to cultivate a safe space for other young artists.

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Soprano, stagetime founder

As a singer herself, Jennie was often frustrated with how networking tools like LinkedIn don’t quite serve a freelancer’s needs, and saw how her colleagues struggled with their DIY websites. Having a background in design, she saw those challenges and decided to do something to meet those needs, and thus Stagetime was born!

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