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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 music organizations aren’t visible the way CEOs are in the business world?  It’s a provocative question that kicks off a conversation between Elise and Marcelle about…

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Episode 35: Opera is Making a Comeback… Thanks to TikTok?! 🧐

Elise and Marcelle share the mic today to discuss a recent BBC Article, ‘Gen Z and young millennials’ surprising new obsession’.  Spoiler alert: it’s classical music! 🥳 The real surprise is the vehicle supporting this “new obsession”: social media platforms. We take a deep dive on today’s episode into the article’s revelations and share our…

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Episode 32: Say Hello to Opera’s Eternal Hype Girl: Kerriann Otaño 💅🏽

We are psyched to share this conversation with Kerriann Otaño (she/her/hers), who self-describes as a ‘Former opera singer. 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…

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Episode 30: The Creative Vision Behind Jennie Moser’s New Tool-  Stagetime

Season Four! Let’s Gooooooo! We’re back and so excited to kick off the new season with Jennie Moser, the creative mind behind Stagetime!  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…

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Episode 27: Marketing the Modern Opera Singer with Daniel Welch

We are so glad to continue our third season with this incredible conversation with Daniel Welch of Ideodyssey, New Classical Artist Management (NCAM) and the Opera Biz Podcast. Daniel is a multi-passionate mover and shaker in the opera industry, who is looking to marry modern marketing techniques to the opera biz! He shares his story…

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Episode 24: Cultivating “Op Culture” with OSSIA: Op[era] Culture🧑🏼‍🎤

We are so excited for today’s conversation with Patricia Westley and Joseph Lattanzi of OSSIA! Patricia and Joseph are two of the founding members of OSSIA: Op[era] Culture, a new media production company, consulting firm, and think tank committed to providing an alternate way to enjoy opera.  They talk with us about how OSSIA is…

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Episode 18: Creating a Kick*ss Personal Brand with Tara Priolo

Branding. We’re all supposed to do it, especially with our work being pushed mostly into the digital realm. 💻 Many of us don’t know how to create a brand. Many of us hate the idea of it because it feels fake or pushy or too “sales-y.” Others, however, seem to find that perfect balance of…

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The Art of Self-Promotion

One of the hardest things about working for yourself as an artist is the fact that you have to create and present an image of yourself online as someone who is worth hiring. Creating the image is not only hard, but it borderline feels icky. Making everything look good, hiding flaws and imperfections, debating how…

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Episode 3: Eugenia Forteza of 360 of Opera

On today’s episode we chat with the amazing Eugenia Forteza! In addition to being a fabulous soprano, Eugenia runs 360 of Opera, a blog where she highlights the many facets of the opera world. She’s passionate about sharing her love of the art form, but also works to prioritize her own artistic voice and dreams….

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