Crushing Classical

I'm sharing my live challenge with you this week! Listen along to snippets of our daily live sessions: Seeking Work Life Balance for the Working Living Musician!  Today we talked about how hard it can be for us, as musicians, to make our livings and how we all do a million things both artistic and non-. The OPPORTUNITY I see here is that because we are doing so many things, because all of tho...

I'm offering a FREE Five Day Challenge starting March 25. Seeking Work-Life Balance, for the WORKING, LIVING Musician . We'll meet on zoom (or you'll enjoy the replay) every day to look at how you could intentionally rebalance your pillars of MONEY, TIME, and JOY and thrive in your creative career! Register here   Today you'll hear my interview with Brendan Slocumb, whose life...

I love performing, but when it comes in a surge like it has this week, it reminds me that the cap exists. This is beyond the maximum amount of time I can spend playing in orchestras. But what if I need more money than this? Or need to have a life that works for ME?    I'm offering a FREE Five Day Challenge starting March 25. Seeking Work-Life Balance, for the WORKING, LIVING Musician . We&apo...

It's incredible to speak with Helen Cha-Pyo because she is so filled with joy and wisdom.  Her optimism about the next generation of humans is inspiring, as is her mission and story. This is a feel-good episode if I've ever recorded one!  What is YOUR artistic mission statement? You'll want to lean into this question as you listen to Helen's story! Helen H. Cha-Pyo, the current...

Psst - I’m entering my pre-launch phase for the Happiest Musician Accelerator, a three month group program designed to help classical musicians uncap their income and thrive in their creative careers. If you have been feeling like there’s MORE out there for you - but something is keeping you stuck?  I’d love to speak with you. I have secret early-enrollment offers that are only available this week...

Whether you are sitting in the orchestra or embarked on any other creative enterprise or business, your reactions to others can influence your own experience and trajectory!  Let's talk about that.  Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical!  You can join my email list  HERE , so you never miss an episode! I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income stre...

On the faculty at Princeton for over 45 years, Michael Pratt has built one of the premiere music performance programs in American liberal arts universities. He has conducted instrumental works and opera from five centuries in Princeton and in international halls. He was made a Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music, London by King Charles III and was awarded the President's Award for D...

I had a really busy day last week and I played and taught and spoke really well!  Am I winning?  Or is there something else I need to think about?  (SPOILER: there is!)   Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical!  Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  You can join my email list  HERE , so you never miss an episode! I help people to lean into their c...

John Jeter has been music director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony since 1997. He is the recipient of the Governor’s Award for “Individual Artist of the State of Arkansas”, the Helen M. Thompson Award presented by the League of American Orchestras, and the Mayor’s Achievement Award for services to the City of Fort Smith. Jeter has guest conducted numerous orchestras in the US and Europe....

WHat VERSION of momentum does your project need from you right now? Is there a way to make it easier for yourself?  My Accelerator program will run again this spring - hop on the waitlist here for updates and early-bird offers!  Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical!  You can join my email list  HERE ,  so you never miss an episode! I help people to lean into their creative careers and start...

Ian Campbell is a composer, pianist, teacher and partimenti expert and teacher.  Partimenti is one of the most efficient tools ever developed for teaching music creatively, but was discarded and has almost been lost. Ian first encountered partimenti studying in Paris, France with disciples of Nadia Boulanger and has been learning, practicing, and teaching partimenti for more than 10 years.  WHY di...

What are you going to do differently this year, if you want different results?    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  You can join my email list  HERE , so you never miss an episode! Check out the coaching offers on my website. Or you could  hop on a short call with me  to brainstorm your next plan.  I'm your host,  Jennet Ingle.  I love you all...

Cody Weisbach is a Boulder, CO based Doctor of Physical Therapy with an interest in the prevention and treatment of playing related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians. He earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Simmons College in 2007 and has since gone on to become Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Association of Orthop...

Dr. Tonya Lawson is a musician, blogger, and SEO specialist whose mission is to empower musicians and other creatives to build out passive income streams so they have the financial freedom to live the life they want to live.  She works part time at Middle Tennessee State University, runs a private music studio of 50+ students, has 3 blogs, and through her membership, helps musicians get their webs...

The holiday season is a boon for musicians - and also SUCH a bane. How are you feeling about it? And is there any way you could feel BETTER? This episode is brought to you today by Happiest Musician Coaching. You are amazing, and I believe in you. What are you trying to create?  What do you need your career to be and do for you? What are you not seeing that you need to do and work on?  I love thes...

Tim Corpus is an internationally performed composer, sound designer, and arts manager who calls Chicago home. Highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and features on CNN Money, BBC Radio3, and 98.7 WFMT among others. His album, “MMXX”, was shortlisted for the 2022 Grammy awards and hailed as “a striking disc” by critic Robert Hugill.  Also a composer for film and game...

This month, I'm thinking about REFINEMENT in my playing, my business, and my career. Might this idea help you?  Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  You can join my email list  HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could  hop on a short call with me  to brainstorm your next plan.  I'm your host,  Jennet Ingle.  I love you all. Stay saf...

Kincaid Rabb is a writer and composer. They like dinosaurs, roller coasters, romance bookstores, craft cocktails, and houseplants. Kincaid writes about childhood memories, fantasy worlds, and little epiphanies that inspire the everyday extraordinary.  Kincaid identifies as queer, transgender, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and autistic, and uses they/them pronouns.    I’ve been working with Kincaid fo...

My relationship with Black Friday has evolved a TON over my lifetime. Lately, it's become a PLAYGROUND of creativity and learning!  How are you feeling about it this year?   My offers for oboists   A two hour consult call with me Consider EARLY EARLY bird access to my Happiest Musician Accelerator program   Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  Yo...

Grab my UNRELEASED chapter,  Managing the Money !   Of course, you might want to read the  rest of the book , too... Today you’ll hear my interview with Dr. Meredith Hite Estevez.  She's an Oboist, Author, Coach, and Podcaster, which might lead you to believe that I only ever interview people who are exactly like me. You’d be wrong, though. Meredith is uniquely herself - and so wise and inter...

Grab my UNRELEASED chapter, Managing the Money !   Of course, you might want to read the rest of the book , too...   Today, we talk about how my week of TIRED led to a wholesale BREAKING of my schedule - and why I don't mind at all!  How do you treat the schedules and structures in your life?    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  You can join m...

In our Happiest Musician Accelerator class last week, we talked about the MISSION, and why it's important to HAVE ONE.  This applies if you are starting a new income stream, leaning into an older one, or just trying to make it in our musical industry!  I reference THIS Ted Talk in this minisode. And I invite you to tell me what YOUR why is!    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, an...

Dr. Kristin Leitterman, a solo artist of oboe and voice, defies modern convention, bringing exciting and unusual programs to audiences. She has performed compositions employing both oboe and voice that she commissioned from Michael-Thomas Foumai, Jason Coleman, Whitney George, and Lyle Davidson in major concert venues around the world, taking her to Spain, Brazil, and Canada, as well as throughout...

I was startled to learn this weekend that musical improvising is not as scary as I thought - but that it maps onto normal life and communication more than I had ever expected!    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review!  You can join my email list  HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could  hop on a short call with me  to brainstorm your next plan....

Today on the podcast, you'll hear from Mary Lou Falcone, Founder and owner of M.L. Falcone, Public Relations Mary Lou Falcone is internationally known as a classical music publicist/strategist who for 50 years has helped guide the careers of celebrated artists – Van Cliburn, Gustavo Dudamel, Renée Fleming, Sir Georg Solti, James Taylor – and advised many institutions including Carnegie Hall,...