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How To Be a Compassionate Classical Performer
Compassion is empathy in action. It’s about more than appreciating how others are feeling. It’s the sympathetic understanding of other people’s distress, coupled with a real desire to alleviate it. Compassion is an…
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Why Are Classical Music Audiences Old, and Should We Care?
There is a lot of talk these days about the advancing age of classical music audiences. In truth, this conversation has been happening for quite some time. We’ve been hearing about it lately,…
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Nurture Your Music and Watch Your Audience
Nurturing brings to mind images of mothers and gardeners – people who feed and care for living things, helping them grow and develop with attention and compassion. And while it’s obvious that a…
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Be Adventurous & Be Attractive
When we think of traits we find attractive in others, some characteristics spring immediately to mind: kindness, reliability, humor. At first glance, adventurousness might not be an obvious choice. We tend to think…
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Want to Win Friends and Influence People? Get Resourceful.
For many, the word resourceful brings images of Depression Era women making clothing out of flour sacks, but resourcefulness has less to do with frugality than it does with creativity. However, it’s important…
