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B4 The Stage
by B4 The Stage
Going behind the scenes of what it takes to be a classical musician in the 21st-century world. How do musicians market themselves? How do we get gigs? What happens before a musician steps onto the stage and how do they get there? So let’s discover what the artist’s life is before the stage!Contact the podcast at [email protected]
Episodes
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23: Creating Your Own Path in Music With Sumina Studer
Creating Your Own Path in Music with Sumina StuderThis episode of B4 The Stage features guest Sumina Studer, who shares what it really looks like to create your own path in music. We go behind the scenes of how she broke the mold in the classical world, choosing not to pursue a traditional violin...
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22: I’m Back - Where I’ve Been and What I’ve Been up To!
Alright, where have I been? I paused the show for a couple of years here! But I’m back and ready to be creating once again. :) Tune into this show to go behind the scenes of my own life and what I’ve been up to while I’ve been gone! Also, I’m starting an email list. Be sure to join my Substack!...
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Journey to Becoming a Professional Musician with Sophia Kannathasan
Sophia Kannathasan studied at the University of Leeds. Sophia was also a member of the Chineke! Junior Orchestra. At the time of recording, during her journey to becoming a professional musician, she had been working outside London in Essex, working at a concert hall for an entire year while...
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Promoting Your Own Music Career with Violinist Timothy Chooi
Internationally acclaimed violinist Timothy Chooi, (pronounced “Chewy”), continues to mesmerize global audiences with his electrifying performances and profound musical interpretations. Renowned for his passionate renditions and extensive repertoire, Chooi has cultivated a vast following, with...
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Becoming a Recording Artist with Gina Luciani
Gina Luciani is a flutist and recording artist. Gina has a broad range of interests from branding, website building, and building good relationships. This episode of B4thestage explores the importance of creating opportunities for oneself. Gina's passion for film music goes back to her childhood...
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Content Creator and Orchestral Cellist Nathan Chan
Nathan Chan currently is a content creator, and assistant principal cellist in the Seattle Symphony. Listen along as we hear about Nathan's aural explorations as a cellist in different genres and formats (recording, performing, etc), his thoughts on cello technique, as creating music beyond the...
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Kimberlee Dray and Serving Your Community
Kimberlee Dray is a performing musician who experienced hearing loss due to Ménière's disease. After studying music in college and switching to an English major, picking her violin back up became therapeutic and helpful for her condition. Listen to Kimberlee encourage being a doer, making a tribe...
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Working With a Manager: John Zion, Managing Director of MKI Artists
John Zion has served as the Managing Director of MKI Artists since taking ownership of the firm in 2015. He oversees strategic planning and operations, and directs the careers of a prestigious roster of international artists. He serves on the board of Chamber Music America and has presented on...
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Teaching and Curating on Social Media with Anne-Sophie Beranger
Anne Sophie Beranger is a violinist and teacher based in London, UK. She spends most of her time as a music teacher in the primary phase (from nursery to age 11), as well as private teaching. She’s been also broadening her Instagram page in creating a series dedicated to sharing musical facts.…
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Finding Your Why with Drew Forde aka ThatViolaKid
Drew Forde is a violist also best known as ThatViolaKid. He runs an improv comedy podcast that talks about music (faking notes podcast). In asking Drew for tips on podcasts, listen along to their conversation about creating connections with people, speaking to your audience, putting the social…
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Building Websites for Musicians and Creatives with Taylor Rossi
Taylor Rossi is a Boston based flutist and website designer for Nicole Riccardo Media, a digital marketing company for musicians and creatives. In this episode, we talked about: 1️⃣ Being able to show your authentic self and help others find you through a website 2️⃣ How to decide if hiring a...
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Building a Studio for Success with Hyunji Yi
Hyunji Yi is a professional cellist based out of LA working as an educator and performer. She talks about growing up in a family that encouraged music making, her experience in college, and her pathway to teaching. In this episode, we talked about: 1️⃣ Tips on how to start your own studio as a...
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Musician's Health Vs. Career with Alice Ping
Alice Ping is a violist graduated from Juilliard currently based in LA. She has done freelancing work on movies, scores, shows, and more. In this episode, Alice shares about her experiences with navigating chronic diseases, all the while debunking myths about being afraid to share about our…
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Managing a Music Festival with Jeff Counts, General Manager of the Grand Teton Music Festival
This episode was recorded in early spring of 2021, just getting to release it now. I hope you will enjoy the episode! Jeff Counts is the general manager of the Grand Teton Music Festival, located in Jackson Hole. What makes Grand Teton a festival like no other is their fresh cycles of new…
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Practices that Define Your Art with Gina Morgano
In this episode Gina Morgano, a singer located in NYC. She currently runs the podcast The Practice Parlour where she interviews musicians to discover the practices that shape their lives and art. In this episode, we talked about: 1️⃣ Her musical journey & creating your own opportunities and…
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Finding Balance in Your Career with Grace Youn
A musician who "effortlessly weaves between genres and brings as much rock and roll to the violin as she does classical precision and refinement to rock and roll," Grace Youn has established herself as one of today's most versatile violinists. A native of Tacoma, Washington, Grace began violin...
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Public Relations for Musicians with Patricia Price of 8VA Music Consultancy
About 8VA Music Consultancy: If you are a musician, you know the musical notation "8va" as "all' ottava", meaning "at the octave". This symbol, without a second thought, makes us play a note an octave higher. For the company, the name 8VA (pronounced āt vē ā) is more than a wink to fellow...
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Content Creation for Musicians with Ken James Kubota
Cellist Ken James Kubota has shattered perceptions of the typical classical music career. While he is celebrated by The New York Times for "dynamic” and “polished” musicianship, most know Kubota as a YouTuber, social media personality, and for pioneering his unique style of strumming the cello…
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Improv in the Kitchen with Sarah Kenner of The Hungry Musician Blog
Violinist Sarah Jane Kenner currently resides in New York City. After beginning her musical studies in her native New Rochelle, New York, Ms. Kenner earned a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance from Temple University's Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia, a Master's degree from the…
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Reimagining Your Career with Sarah Whitney
Violinist Sarah Whitney is celebrated as a performer, teacher, musicians coach, and musical maverick. Praised by The Washington Post for her “marvellous violin acrobatics,” Sarah has appeared on stages worldwide as a soloist and collaborative artist throughout North America, South America…
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Musicians for Equality with Isabelle Wolpert and Nate Strothkamp
Musicians for Equality is a student-led non-profit that advocates for equality and equity across the globe. Musicians for Equality strives to bring justice to unheard voices, educate ourselves and each other, and spread awareness through music. About Isabelle Wolpert: Eighteen-year-old classical...
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Building Your Dream Career with Jennifer Rosenfeld, Business Coach for Classical Musicians
Jennifer Rosenfeld is the co-founder of iCadenza (a career consultancy for classical musicians) and Cadenza Artists (performing arts talent agency). She has helped thousands of musicians launch ground breaking artistic projects that got them noticed, helped them negotiate better for themselves…
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Showing Up Online with Megan Kuhar
Megan Kuhar is a coach who empowers creative entrepreneurs to step into their true potential and make an impact on their brand and business online. Her coaching is grounded in the belief that creatives can stay authentic and aligned while also employing savvy and accessible marketing strategies,...
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Introduction
Welcome to the B4 The Stage podcast! This is a podcast where we go behind the scenes of the classical music industry, I hope you stick around to discover what an artist's life is before the stage. Find your host, Grace Lamb, on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracesviolin/...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Going behind the scenes of what it takes to be a classical musician in the 21st-century world. How do musicians market themselves? How do we get gigs? What happens before a musician steps onto the stage and how do they get there? So let’s discover what the artist’s life is before the stage!Contact the podcast at [email protected]
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