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What I Tell Myself When I Don’t Feel Like Practicing

By on October 1, 2015 in Career, Fill-in-the-blank, Get to know yourself, Inspiration, Performance, Practice, Work, Your Younger Self

There’s tons of advice written for how to ‘make the most’ of your practice sessions, but how about getting motivated to pull out your instrument in the first place? Here I share 25+ years of what has worked for me a flautist (and what hasn’t) — Back in the 1990’s when I was an teenager […]

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The Letter I’d Write to my Teenage-Self About Being a Musician, 20 Years Later

By on May 20, 2015 in Authenticity, Career, Fill-in-the-blank, Get to know yourself, Inspiration, Work, Your Younger Self

Hello, my whimsical, hopeful, fresh-faced girl. Since I have your attention for a moment, let me whisper in your ear 10 truths that will be your own only after you leave all those music degree programmes. Keep them near. 1) Your flute teacher –at every stage– matters. Really matters. This person will be like a […]

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20 Fill-in-the-blank questions to help you get clear with who you really are (+ where you’ve been) as a musician

By on December 5, 2014 in Career, Fill-in-the-blank, Get to know yourself, Inspiration

Is the current musical story that you like to tell about yourself full of your awards, your previous teachers (from 20 years ago), the festivals you played at in 1991, and the numerous fancy degrees you’ve earned? First, well done on that. Secondly? –and I am going to be blunt here– please spare us, even […]

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