My new book, Creative Success Now, was just published! It’s a roadmap on how to ignite creativity and inspire creatives of all stripes to get their ideas out into the world and thrive in today’s world. I was inspired to write my new book thanks to my experience with hundreds of creatives, teaching at Yale University’s School of Music and coaching …
Innovation and Feedback: An Essential Step for Entrepreneurial Projects
Why is feedback essential to innovation? Let’s examine how students in my Innovation and Collaboration class at the Yale School of Music are learning this lesson through their semester projects. When we last left the music entrepreneurs , the class had explored the needs of today’s audiences and zeroed in on the problem of how to make classical music more relevant …
Cultivate the Happiness Habit: Maximize Flow in Your Creative Career
Last week, I had the privilege of teaching at the Juilliard Lower Strings Seminar, taught by Astrid Schween, the fabulous cellist of the Juilliard Quartet. The class provides strategies on how to succeed in the world of music. My topic was how to cultivate the happiness habit and experience more flow in your creative career. Happiness Breeds Success I am …
Today’s Audience For Classical Music: How to Make Classical Music Relevant and Accessible
Every fall, I have the privilege of teaching a project-based seminar to a group of budding music entrepreneurs at the Yale School of Music. The class, Creating Value Through Innovative Collaborative Projects (Music 621a), addresses the problem of how to keep classical music alive and vital in our culture. My goal is to equip my students with leadership and innovation …
How to Jumpstart Your Creative Career
If you are wondering how to translate your creativity into a career, be sure to read my article this week in forbes.com Use Your Creativity to Jump Start Your Next Career. I am honored to be featured in forbes.com and am grateful to Robin Ryan, bestselling author, national speaker and America’s top job search expert who invited me to contribute to …
Mentor & Protogee: Challenges and Opportunities for Women Arts Leaders
OPERA America’s Mentorship Program for Women teams emerging female administrators with established leaders. At the 2019 Backstage Brunch at the National Opera Center, I led a discussion with one of the initial pairs of participants: Stacy Brightman, vice president of education and community engagement at LA Opera, and Mitra Sadeghpour, who was recently appointed education director at Minnesota Opera after …
Creative Success Now: Overcome the Creativity Killers
It has been a busy summer for me! I finished up my book, Creative Success Now, which will be published in a few weeks. I traveled, did some fun guest teaching and performed at my annual piano retreat in California, pianoSonoma. It was here that I learned a valuable lesson in what to do when your creative pursuits butt heads with …
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Write Your Life Purpose Statement: Four Steps to Fulfillment and Direction in Your Life and Career
In our last blog post, we explored how students at Yale University tapped into their passion and purpose in order to ignite their search for a creative career. A great way to ignite that search is to write a Life Purpose Statement. The Importance of A Life Purpose Statement Purpose is key to creative success and fulfillment. Your purpose is …
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Tap into Passion and Purpose: How to Ignite Your Creative Career
This past week, I had the privilege of speaking on Creative Success Now: How to Ignite Your Passion and Purpose for Successful Creative Careers” to students at Yale University. My talk attracted a variety of students who were intrigued about creativity and turning their passion and purpose into a successful career. These included singers, composers, performers, an aspiring novelist, several …
Innovation for Music Entrepreneurs: Get Creative with Implementation
One of the hallmarks of my class at the Yale School of Music, Creating Value Through Innovative Projects, is that students learn by taking action. My seminar’s focus is how to generate innovative solutions to the most pressing problems in classical music today. Over the course of the past semester, my students worked collaboratively on four different creative projects. Three …