Studio Class

Episode 106: Micro Action Monday - Get new headshots

September 11th, 2023  |  13 mins 27 secs

arts coaching, classical singing, micro actions, music business

In this Micro Action Monday episode we're focusing on capturing your best self through your headshots. Megan dives into the importance of updating your headshots as a key aspect of personal and professional branding. She discusses how a fresh set of headshots can make a significant impact on your online presence and how to go about scheduling a photoshoot. Whether you're an actor, musician, entrepreneur, or simply looking to refresh your social media profiles, this episode provides actionable insights to help you put your best face forward.

Episode 105: Micro Action Monday - Diversify your income

September 4th, 2023  |  17 mins 18 secs

arts coaching, classical singing, micro actions, music business

This Micro Action Monday episode focuses on what it means to diversify your income streams and why it's crucial in today's ever-changing economy especially for those of us who live professionally creative lives.

Episode 104: Masterclass - Fabiana Claure

August 28th, 2023  |  47 mins 40 secs

arts coaching, classical singing, fabiana claure, micro actions, music business

Fabiana creates financial and artistic prosperity for musicians so they can stop trading time for money and create lifestyle-aligned businesses where they have the freedom to work on their own time, with complete location freedom, without sacrificing their quality time with their families and artistic dreams. As a concert pianist and business strategist for musicians, Fabiana has helped thousands of musicians build, grow, and scale their businesses into online premium music programs that run on autopilot.

Episode 103: Masterclass - Ann McMahon Quintero

August 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, interview, masterclass, micro actions, music business

"Praised for her evocative interpretations of oratorio and opera, Ann McMahon Quintero has filled the 2022/23 season with new works and old favorites. She joins Boston Baroque and Alabama Symphony for Messiah, Charleston Symphony for Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky Cantata, and performs in the world premiere of Ghosts with San Diego Opera in the role of Yadira."

Episode 102: Masterclass - Jason Nitsch

July 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 12 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, composer, jason nitsch, micro actions, music business

Jason Nitsch is a composer for the concert stage, feature and short films, and other media. In the world of podcasting, he is the writer, producer, and composer for Beyond the Belt: Adventures from the Outer Rim, a science fiction drama podcast with a dedicated cult following. In the film world, he has scored the short film Passing By directed by David M. Chandler, Edward J. Delaney’s feature length documentary Library of the Early Mind, and the celebrated horror short Bedtime produced by Joint Concept Productions.

He has released multiple albums, including Poem at the End of the World, The Season 1 and 2 Soundtracks from Beyond the Belt: Adventures from the Outer Rim, and most recently the chamber music anthology 1000 Steps to Nowhere. His music has been published by several prominent publishers, including Excelcia Music, T.U.X. People’s Music, FJH Music, and Randall Standridge Music.

Episode 101: Masterclass - Kerriann Otaño

July 17th, 2023  |  53 mins 59 secs

arts coaching, classical singing, interview, masterclass, micro actions, music business

Kerriann Otaño is the Vice President of Engagement at America’s 11th oldest opera company, OperaDelaware. Originally from Long Island, New York, Kerriann studied at the Verdi Conservatorio in Milan, Italy, before receiving her Bachelors degree from Indiana University and her Masters from Mannes the New School for Music. Kerriann sang opera professionally for 10 years, performing at Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera San Jose, and Wolf Trap Opera. She is featured on Naxos album Bernstein: Songfest with Wolf Trap Opera. Kerriann began her transition into administration in 2019 after a mental health crisis, and she prides herself on her advocacy for artists and audiences across the country.

Episode 100: Masterclass - Chelsea Hollow

July 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, interview, masterclass, micro actions, music business

Chelsea Hollow “has rewritten the book on the potential of musical activism," curating & commissioning solo recitals based on activist texts as well as exploring ways to make traditional opera exciting to new audiences. In recognition of this work, she presented on Art and Activism (2021) for the United Nations’ Office of Human Rights. In April 2023, Chelsea released her debut album Cycles of Resistance with Aerocade Music, featuring 22 of her commissions chronicling examples of human resilience in Mandarin, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Czech in addition to English. She is known for her “soaring high range” and “stage panache!” premiering new operatic works and singing traditional roles such as Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta, and Olympia.

Episode 99: Masterclass - Peyee Chen

May 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, micro actions, music business, peyee chen

An omnivore when it comes to performing, soprano Peyee Chen enjoys singing Monteverdi with lute and
bass viol as much as singing Bernhard Lang with electronics and electric bass. Up for physical challenges,
she has performed with poet Caroline Bergvall on her Raga Dawn series, outdoors and starting before
sunrise. She is interested in vocal and physical improvisation, DIY electronic instruments, and installation
and performance art, recently performing in Martin Creed’s exhibition at Hauser & Wirth’s London gallery,
where she sang music by Martin for 30 minutes every hour, eight hours a day, two or three days each week
for six weeks.

Episode 93: Masterclass - Pamela Stein Lynde

May 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, micro actions, music business, vocal pedagogy

Praised for her “rich dramatics” (The Boston Globe) and called "Magnificent" by Fanfare Magazine, Pamela Stein Lynde is a versatile singer, composer, choral conductor and music educator. As a singer, Pamela has built a career working with contemporary composers of all levels, from students to internationally recognized artists. As an educator, Pamela has taught, lectured, and given master classes at universities and conservatories across the country.

Episode 98: Masterclass - Whitney George

May 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

arts coaching, classical singing, composition, micro actions, music business, opera

Whitney George’s music traverses the affective terrain between tragedy and ecstasy, fragility and strength, bringing together romantically delicate intimacy and the spectacular darkness of the macabre. Haunted by ghosts and/of love, George’s operas, staged multimedia works, and chamber music coloristically explore the mysteries of irrationality, nightmare, and memory, sonically seeking lost objects and hidden subjects. Given George’s theatrical inclinations and preoccupation with the tragic, she has turned again and again to opera as both a composer and conductor. Recently, George has been awarded a number of operatic commissions, premieres, and recognition: in 2017; the Elebash Award for her orchestration of Gideon’s opera Fortunato, which premiered under George’s baton in May 2019. In the same year; the commission of the two-act opera Princess Maleine by dell'Arte and the video opera Julie by New Camerata which was publicly released in 2020. This 2023 season, Fresh Squeezed commissions Fizz & Ginger, an immersive jazz experience, and the second operatic endeavor with libretitst Bea Goodwin. George is the artistic director and conductor of The Curiosity Cabinet, a chamber orchestra formed in 2009. She holds degrees from the California Institute of the Arts (2008), Brooklyn College (2010), and the CUNY Graduate Center (2021).