When I graduated form the San Francisco Conservatory I had a ton of social media goals to try and make sure I was able to help out other musicians on the brink of embarking on their own careers and I must say that although I did a great job last year I have been failing miserably this season! Please accept my apologies and know that I am going to do my best to go back to blogging at least bi-weekly and am hoping to get my youtube projects back up and running! Here is an update as to what I have been up to the past few months:
My baby the Concerts at St. Mary's concert series is really starting to bloom and take off! I am in the process of obtaining fiscal sponsorship so I can function as a non-profit next season and already have 5 concerts planned for 2015/2016 including 7 premieres! Our final concert of this season is on May 3rd including works by Quantz, Mozart, Mercadante, and a world premiere by Michigan Composer Matthew Hatty all works featuring the flute quartet (flute, violin, viola, cello).
The freelancing ball has really gathered speed which is the bulk of why I'm so busy. I have been lucky enough to have almost a concert a week this season but they tend to come semi last minute and are ALL over the place from Toledo to Kalamazoo and beyond.
My studio has been building steadily over the past two years and I am now teaching 2 days a week at a music store plus 1 day a week out of the house. I also am the flute technician for North Farmington High School which takes me out there about once a week for several hours. I hope to move exclusively to my home for teaching next year in terms of private students if I am still in Michigan.
Coming up I have 6 auditions one each in Battle Creek, South Dakota, Cincinnati, Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Seattle. I have also been accepted as a fellow at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara this summer and have been frantic making sure my bills and students will be taken care of while I am gone.
I am hoping to go into more detail on a few of these soon but for now I just wanted to update y'all and let you know that I have not given up on my freelance support project!
Happy Practicing and talk to you all again soon!
