118: Want Something Done? Give It To A Music Teacher! with Steve Altinel (Part 1 of 2)

A discussion with Steve Altinel, the artistic director of the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival.   We discuss: ⭐️ Filling the artistic cup. ⭐️ Choosing music instead of the family business. ⭐️ The long hours necessary for working in theater. ⭐️ The financial stability of a teaching job versus freelancing. ⭐️ Preparing students to have a leg up in the professional world. ⭐️ Coordinating choirs for The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The Argyle Theater. ⭐️ Time management as a high school teacher while balancing professional music director jobs.   Early Release Of Part 2: www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   Part 2 Topics: ⭐️ Rooting for the underdog. ⭐️ The Real Housewives of New Jersey.  ⭐️ Payment schedules for public school salaries.  ⭐️ Raising money for producing a musical festival. ⭐️ Using freelance gigs to save for purchasing an apartment. ⭐️ Getting Stephen Schwartz, Alice Ripley, and Rema Webb to teach master classes and perform for the LIMTF festival.   Steve's Website: http://www.stevenaltinel.com/about.html   LIMTF - Long Island Musical Theatre Festival: http://limtf.org/   Virtual Chorus with Caroline Bowman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHC9axEnKQ   LIMTF Promo - 60 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVIJO4XIlmo&ab_channel=LIMTF   Health Coach for Offstage Theatre Workers: https://www.instagram.com/coachedby_claudia/   Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me Kate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS_YAKZH3lw&ab_channel=Classics   Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 36:17 is what I thought Steve was singing: https://youtu.be/BzgWmapjIyI?t=2177   Alice Ripley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ripley   Stephen Schwartz: https://stephenschwartz.com/   Rema Webb: https://www.remawebb.com/   Wilson Chin episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEZHQWklO0&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance   Become a patron at: www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   Interview by Ethan Steimel