web02.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:56:09 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Studio Class - Episodes Tagged with “Singing” https://studioclass.fireside.fm/tags/singing Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0500 Welcome to Studio Class – I'm Megan Ihnen, your friendly mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur. Together, we'll dive deep into the strategies and tactics of classical singing and composition. Think of me as your "diva sidekick", distilling essential insights in the realms of classical singing, opera, and new music. Whether it's dissecting the nuances of performance or uncovering the habits of successful creatives, we're here to streamline your path to excellence. In this podcast, we transcend the ordinary studio class experience, diving deep into the essential business elements that often get overlooked in the world of classical music. Megan's passion for empowering fellow musicians, both vocalists and composers, shines through, making Studio Class your go-to resource for achieving excellence in your artistic endeavors. Micro Action Monday episodes are short 'how-to' style guides offering actionable entrepreneurship information. For an in-depth look into the journeys of successful professionals, tune in to Masterclass episodes where working artists share how they created, maintain, and expand their careers in today's music industry. Whether you're a singer, composer, or someone curious about the intersection of tradition and innovation in the performing arts, Studio Class is here to guide you towards a sparkling and focused career. Don't miss the diva-approved wisdom that awaits you on Studio Class with Megan Ihnen. en-us episodic Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer Welcome to Studio Class – I'm Megan Ihnen, your friendly mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur. Together, we'll dive deep into the strategies and tactics of classical singing and composition. Think of me as your "diva sidekick", distilling essential insights in the realms of classical singing, opera, and new music. Whether it's dissecting the nuances of performance or uncovering the habits of successful creatives, we're here to streamline your path to excellence. In this podcast, we transcend the ordinary studio class experience, diving deep into the essential business elements that often get overlooked in the world of classical music. Megan's passion for empowering fellow musicians, both vocalists and composers, shines through, making Studio Class your go-to resource for achieving excellence in your artistic endeavors. Micro Action Monday episodes are short 'how-to' style guides offering actionable entrepreneurship information. For an in-depth look into the journeys of successful professionals, tune in to Masterclass episodes where working artists share how they created, maintain, and expand their careers in today's music industry. Whether you're a singer, composer, or someone curious about the intersection of tradition and innovation in the performing arts, Studio Class is here to guide you towards a sparkling and focused career. Don't miss the diva-approved wisdom that awaits you on Studio Class with Megan Ihnen. no classical singing, opera, new music, music entrepreneurship, creative professional, performing arts Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer info@meganihnen.com Episode 46: Masterclass - Susan Eichhorn Young https://studioclass.fireside.fm/46 f3a4d60a-c97e-45a0-98b3-398906b111c9 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0500 Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer full Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer Susan Eichhorn Young is a Canadian soprano, actress, voice-over artist, voice teacher, and writer. Her website reads, "all things voice" and that is the truth!! It is a pleasure to welcome her as a guest for this masterclass episode where we cover Susan's feelings about "finding the singer" rather than making them "fit a mold"; how she focuses on the psyche of the artist; and how to recalibrate when your path goes a different direction than you thought it would. Susan drops so many pearls of wisdom. Thank you to Josh, Sarah, and Chris for supporting the creation of this episode through their membership in the Sybaritic Camerata's Listening Circle! 54:15 no Susan Eichhorn Young is a Canadian soprano, actress, voice-over artist, voice teacher, and writer. Her website reads, "all things voice" and that is the truth!! It is a pleasure to welcome her as a guest for this masterclass episode where we cover Susan's feelings about "finding the singer" rather than making them "fit a mold"; how she focuses on the psyche of the artist; and how to recalibrate when your path goes a different direction than you thought it would. Susan drops so many pearls of wisdom. Don't wait to listen! My sincere gratitude goes to Josh, Sarah, and Chris for supporting the creation of this episode through their membership in the Sybaritic Camerata's Listening Circle! Ever wish you could ask our Masterclass episode guests a question? Here's your chance. As a Masterclass Scholar, you're invited to the recording of the Masterclass episode and you get to ask your questions during the exclusive Q&A afterwards. Get started at Patreon.com/mezzoihnen. A big thank you to Juanitos and Scott Holmes for the music featured in this episode. Be on the Studio Class Podcast Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues. Special Guest: Susan Eichhorn Young. voice lessons, voice studio, how to practice, classical singing, music entrepreneurship, new music, goal-setting Susan Eichhorn Young is a Canadian soprano, actress, voice-over artist, voice teacher, and writer. Her website reads, "all things voice" and that is the truth!! It is a pleasure to welcome her as a guest for this masterclass episode where we cover Susan's feelings about "finding the singer" rather than making them "fit a mold"; how she focuses on the psyche of the artist; and how to recalibrate when your path goes a different direction than you thought it would. Susan drops so many pearls of wisdom. Don't wait to listen!

My sincere gratitude goes to Josh, Sarah, and Chris for supporting the creation of this episode through their membership in the Sybaritic Camerata's Listening Circle!

Ever wish you could ask our Masterclass episode guests a question? Here's your chance. As a Masterclass Scholar, you're invited to the recording of the Masterclass episode and you get to ask your questions during the exclusive Q&A afterwards. Get started at Patreon.com/mezzoihnen.

A big thank you to Juanitos and Scott Holmes for the music featured in this episode.

Be on the Studio Class Podcast
Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues.

Special Guest: Susan Eichhorn Young.

]]> Susan Eichhorn Young is a Canadian soprano, actress, voice-over artist, voice teacher, and writer. Her website reads, "all things voice" and that is the truth!! It is a pleasure to welcome her as a guest for this masterclass episode where we cover Susan's feelings about "finding the singer" rather than making them "fit a mold"; how she focuses on the psyche of the artist; and how to recalibrate when your path goes a different direction than you thought it would. Susan drops so many pearls of wisdom. Don't wait to listen!

My sincere gratitude goes to Josh, Sarah, and Chris for supporting the creation of this episode through their membership in the Sybaritic Camerata's Listening Circle!

Ever wish you could ask our Masterclass episode guests a question? Here's your chance. As a Masterclass Scholar, you're invited to the recording of the Masterclass episode and you get to ask your questions during the exclusive Q&A afterwards. Get started at Patreon.com/mezzoihnen.

A big thank you to Juanitos and Scott Holmes for the music featured in this episode.

Be on the Studio Class Podcast
Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues.

Special Guest: Susan Eichhorn Young.

]]> Episode 39: Micro Action Monday - Diva Affirmations https://studioclass.fireside.fm/39 ed86380e-4610-4ace-b2b0-9c8331924f28 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0600 Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer full Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer I really enjoy certain guided meditations and affirmations and I love them in audio form for when I’m walking the dog or getting ready. I find that when I’m listening to my affirmations, my brain can really run wild “decorating the idea” - I love to embellish it and add on to it the more I listen. Anyway, here is my affirmations for divas track for you to listen to whenever you might need a little more oomph. 22:12 no After going through an intense period of burn-out in 2017, I knew I needed to make some changes in my life to avoid feeling that way again in the future. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with guided meditations or affirmations before then but I heard one of my mentor’s voices in my head saying, “just throw everything at it.” So, I did. I found that I really enjoyed certain guided meditations and affirmations and I love them in audio form for when I’m walking the dog or getting ready. In fact, I even make personalized tracks for my clients. If you’re interested, you can find them for purchase in my store on my website meganihnen.com. I find that when I’m listening to my affirmations, my brain can really run wild “decorating the idea” - I love to embellish it and add on to it the more I listen. If you’re into law of attraction stuff, there’s a “17 second rule” that states that the manifestation process begins once a single thought has been held for 17 seconds. I tried to create the pauses between the phrases in this meditation to allow for that amount of time so that you can really let the idea take hold. Anyway, here is my affirmations for divas track for you to listen to whenever you might need a little more oomph. Do you like these micro action episodes? You'll probably like the 29 Days to Diva series on The Sybaritic Singer too. Check it out here: https://sybariticsinger.com/category/29-days-to-diva/ A big thank you to Juanitos and Broke For Free for the music featured in this episode. Be on the Studio Class Podcast Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues. voice lessons, voice studio, how to practice, classical singing, music entrepreneurship, new music, goal-setting After going through an intense period of burn-out in 2017, I knew I needed to make some changes in my life to avoid feeling that way again in the future. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with guided meditations or affirmations before then but I heard one of my mentor’s voices in my head saying, “just throw everything at it.” So, I did. I found that I really enjoyed certain guided meditations and affirmations and I love them in audio form for when I’m walking the dog or getting ready. In fact, I even make personalized tracks for my clients. If you’re interested, you can find them for purchase in my store on my website meganihnen.com. I find that when I’m listening to my affirmations, my brain can really run wild “decorating the idea” - I love to embellish it and add on to it the more I listen. If you’re into law of attraction stuff, there’s a “17 second rule” that states that the manifestation process begins once a single thought has been held for 17 seconds. I tried to create the pauses between the phrases in this meditation to allow for that amount of time so that you can really let the idea take hold. Anyway, here is my affirmations for divas track for you to listen to whenever you might need a little more oomph.

Do you like these micro action episodes? You'll probably like the 29 Days to Diva series on The Sybaritic Singer too. Check it out here: https://sybariticsinger.com/category/29-days-to-diva/

A big thank you to Juanitos and Broke For Free for the music featured in this episode.

Be on the Studio Class Podcast
Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues.

]]> After going through an intense period of burn-out in 2017, I knew I needed to make some changes in my life to avoid feeling that way again in the future. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with guided meditations or affirmations before then but I heard one of my mentor’s voices in my head saying, “just throw everything at it.” So, I did. I found that I really enjoyed certain guided meditations and affirmations and I love them in audio form for when I’m walking the dog or getting ready. In fact, I even make personalized tracks for my clients. If you’re interested, you can find them for purchase in my store on my website meganihnen.com. I find that when I’m listening to my affirmations, my brain can really run wild “decorating the idea” - I love to embellish it and add on to it the more I listen. If you’re into law of attraction stuff, there’s a “17 second rule” that states that the manifestation process begins once a single thought has been held for 17 seconds. I tried to create the pauses between the phrases in this meditation to allow for that amount of time so that you can really let the idea take hold. Anyway, here is my affirmations for divas track for you to listen to whenever you might need a little more oomph.

Do you like these micro action episodes? You'll probably like the 29 Days to Diva series on The Sybaritic Singer too. Check it out here: https://sybariticsinger.com/category/29-days-to-diva/

A big thank you to Juanitos and Broke For Free for the music featured in this episode.

Be on the Studio Class Podcast
Megan Ihnen is a professional mezzo-soprano, teacher, writer, and arts entrepreneur who is passionate about helping other musicians and creative professionals live their best lives. Studio Class is an outgrowth of her popular #29DaystoDiva series from The Sybaritic Singer. Let your emerging professionals be part of the podcast! Invite Megan to your studio class for a taping of an episode. Your students ask questions and informative, fun conversation ensues.

]]> Episode 17: How To Change The World Through Classical Music - Part II https://studioclass.fireside.fm/17 6439e244-963f-4362-8ef9-3b4d75064031 Sun, 27 Aug 2017 10:00:00 -0500 Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer full Megan Ihnen | The Sybaritic Singer I’m attempting to answer one of my own big questions, “How Do You Change The World Through Classical Music?” Yes. It’s a hefty topic. I have had this nagging feeling that I need to devote some of my attention to how my art can be a force for good and world events don’t seem to be slowing that need or quieting that internal voice at all. It’s getting louder and more insistent. Divas, not only do I want to help you make it rain in your business but I want to help you change the world while you’re at it. 25:23 no Join me for the second part of our “Change the World” music project episode! In our last episode we started discussing: 1) How can music influence the body to support fitness and rehabilitation? 2) How can music motivate the mind to promote academic achievement? In this episode we will be going over some questions including: 1) How can music reflect the psyche to improve mental health? 2) How can music foster intimacy to strengthen relationships? 3) How can music enhance connectedness to support communities? Show Notes: - Garrison Keillor - "Good Poems and Good Poems for Hard Times” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/garrison-keillor - Twyla Tharp’s “The Creative Habit” http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Creative-Habit/Twyla-Tharp/9780743235273 - Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS http://vocm.org/volunteer-opportunities/ - Urban Servant Corps in Denver, CO. http://www.urbanservantcorps.org/ - Single Words She Once Loved Recital - Megan Ihnen - https://www.facebook.com/events/1731284407149648 - Theaster Gates - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/theaster-gates-ingenuity-awards-chicago-180957203/#UkWBeOBJ5cpShR5v.99 - Theaster Gates videos: https://www.google.com/search?q=theaster+gates&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjifEsXVAhVD1oMKHeQlCgIQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1157&bih=736 SybariticSinger.com SybariticSinger.com/services Join me for the second part of our “Change the World” music project episode!
In our last episode we started discussing:
1) How can music influence the body to support fitness and rehabilitation?
2) How can music motivate the mind to promote academic achievement?

In this episode we will be going over some questions including:
1) How can music reflect the psyche to improve mental health?
2) How can music foster intimacy to strengthen relationships?
3) How can music enhance connectedness to support communities?

Show Notes:

SybariticSinger.com
SybariticSinger.com/services

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In our last episode we started discussing:
1) How can music influence the body to support fitness and rehabilitation?
2) How can music motivate the mind to promote academic achievement?

In this episode we will be going over some questions including:
1) How can music reflect the psyche to improve mental health?
2) How can music foster intimacy to strengthen relationships?
3) How can music enhance connectedness to support communities?

Show Notes:

SybariticSinger.com
SybariticSinger.com/services

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