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Crushing Classical

Crushing Classical is a series of interviews with classical musicians who are forging unique paths with their talent, creating their own artistic fulfillment and financial comfort, and finding ways to thrive. I celebrate these brave people who are taking routes outside of traditional orchestral or academic employment! As always, I invite you to listen for your own sparks and breadcrumbs, and use these interviews to find the possibilities that exist in your own life.
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The Happiest Musician: Creating A Career You Love With All The Things You Love Doing

Rupert Boyd: GatherNYC 0
Jun 12, 2025

GatherNYC, a revolutionary concert experience founded in 2018 by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd, presents concerts every other Sunday at its home venue, Museum of Arts and Design, in New York City's Columbus Circle. Guests at GatherNYC are served exquisite live classical music performed by New York’s immensely talented artists, artisanal coffee and pastries, a taste of the spoken word, and a brief celebration of silence. The entire experience lasts one hour and evokes the community and spiritual nourishment of a religious service – but the religion is music, and all are welcome. Spoken word artists perform briefly at the midpoint of each concert, many of whom are winners of The Moth StorySLAM events.

“It’s an interesting moment of something completely different from the music, and it often connects with the audience,” Metcalf told Strings magazine in a feature about the series last year. “Then we have a two-minute celebration of silence when we turn the lights down, centering ourselves in the center of the city. Then the lights come back on, and the music starts again out of the silence. We find that the listening and the feeling in the room changes after that.”

 

https://www.rupertboyd.com 

https://www.gathernyc.org

https://www.instagram.com/rupertboydguitar

https://www.instagram.com/gather_nyc

 

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Happiest Musician Minisode: Dribbles of Time 0
Jun 5, 2025

When I talk to people about making changes in their lives, about restructuring their creative careers or studios or about building new income streams, the first answer is "But I don't have time!"

Is this true?

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Sharon Ruchman: Composer and Author 0
May 29, 2025

Today on the podcast, you'll hear my interview with Sharon Ruchman, whose love of the creation of music is absolutely contagious.  She came to her current level of productivity and creativity and energy so much later in life than we think we are allowed to do. It is inspiring to hear her story!

 

Follow Sharon at her website, www.sharonruchman.com, or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sharonruchmanandsonoro/ 

 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams.  You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.

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Happiest Musician Minisode: Make Your Summer Impactful! 0
May 22, 2025

Please enjoy this snippet from a workshop I ran recently.  It's helpful to think ahead about what you want your summer to do for YOU!  

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Ron Ramin and Portia Kamons: SEVENTEEN 0
May 15, 2025

Ron Ramin was born and raised in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University, where he majored in music and studied privately with composer Milton Babbitt. Upon graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he composed music for 20 Primetime television series and 30 movies/telefilms. Ron is the recipient of a CableACE Award, a Primetime EMMY nomination, and TV/Film Awards from BMI and ASCAP.

In recent years he has shifted his focus to composing for the concert hall. This includes "Golden State of Mind," a symphonic suite depicting the beauty & drama of the California landscape and its cultural diversity. “Greetings!" was given its world premiere performance in 2016 by the Marin Symphony, conducted by Music Director Alasdair Neale.

His latest work, SEVENTEEN, is a narrative work for orchestra and six on-stage Gen Z narrators. Days after the 2018 mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, librettist Portia Kamons and Ron began to work on an artistic response to the relentless plague of gun violence in American schools and communities. Their attention soon focused on the rising generation of young people channeling their grief and anger into deliberate and effective action. They were bringing extraordinary commitment, determination, and energy to multiple challenges of their time. Ron & Portia were also determined to bring classical music audiences together with young people for an orchestral performance and thoughtful discussion. From the beginning they committed to employ verbatim text from the young Americans themselves. SEVENTEEN is their story, told in their own words.

The Orlando Philharmonic commissioned it and gave the premiere performance Nov 8, 2024. Eric Jacobsen, their innovative music director, conducted the performance and Jamie Bernstein directed the six young on-stage narrators. The orchestra, to its credit, made this a free community event that included a thoughtful discussion and Q&A following the performance. A former Board member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, Ron currently resides in Northern California and New York City.

 

Portia Kamons is a producer and librettist working with newly commissioned pieces in theatre, live events, music and feature film. With composer Ron Ramin, she is the co-creator and librettist for SEVENTEEN, a narrative work for Orchestra that received its world premiere by the Orlando Philharmonic on 8 November 2024. She was the Executive Producer for Virtua Creative on the US WW1 Centennial Commemoration narrated by Kevin Costner, as well as Exec Producer for "Visions of Peace" a special project for the WW1 Centennial with President Jimmy Carter. Portia was the lead producer of Tennyson Bardwell's feature film DORIAN BLUES which won 14 awards at festivals worldwide. She was a founding member and the first General Manager of Primary Stages Theatre in New York City, and a Producer for the NextWave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For many years she worked for as a producer with En Garde Arts in New York City, and the London International Festival of Theatre in the UK where she lives. She is a regular consultant to Danish web-based documentary platform, OTHER STORY.
 

 

website: www.seventeeninamerica.com

Instagram: @seventeen_in_america 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561439852395

email: hello@seventeeninamerica.com

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Wesley Knust: Portfolio Musician and Educator 0
May 8, 2025

Wesley Knust is an accomplished music educator and portfolio musician based in Metro Detroit. Chosen by Marquis as one of their Who's Who in Music Education in 2024, he is the owner of Wesley Knust Music Studio, where he teaches private and group piano lessons. He also serves as the Music Director at First United Methodist Church of Mount Clemens and teaches music at Schoolhouse Montessori Academy.

With over a decade of experience as a freelance musician, Wesley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Saginaw Valley State University and a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Florida. His graduate research focused on incorporating improvisation and composition activities into lessons for adolescent beginners. Passionate about inspiring students of all ages, Wesley is dedicated to sparking a lifelong love of music-making in everyone he teaches.

 

Website: www.wesleyknust.com

Email: wesleyknustmusic@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WesleyKnustMusicStudio

 

 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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Jennifer Roig-Francolí: Make Great Music with Ease! 0
May 1, 2025
Jennifer Roig-Francolí is The Art of Freedom® Coach for musicians and creatives, and Author of the #1 Amazon Bestseller 'Make Great Music with Ease! The Secret to Smarter Practice, Confident Performance, and Living a Happier Life'.
 
Jennifer Roig-Francolí is a prize-winning violinist and Alexander Technique teacher helping musicians and creatives online to break through pain, performance anxiety, and mindset obstacles to personal freedom and artistic success. She has a special interest in supporting women to thrive in their everyday and musical lives.
 
As the creator of The Art of Freedom® Method for conscious living and masterful artistry, Jennifer combines her extensive professional experience with a lifelong love of meditation and perennial wisdom. Her unique holistic approach to self-integration and joyful music-making is based on the five Life-Pillars of Purpose, Mind, Body, Spirit, and Artistry and the practice of touch-free Primal Alexander™ Technique.
 
Honored as a “Rising Star” by TIME magazine, Jennifer’s career as a violinist has taken her to concert halls around the world from a young age, including solo performances at Carnegie Hall and collaborations with esteemed orchestras like the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Symphony Orchestra. She has won international competitions and held leadership positions in various ensembles, including the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Apollo’s Fire. She can be heard on recordings with Apollo’s Fire and as a soloist on most digital streaming platforms.
 
A dedicated educator, Jennifer has taught the Alexander Technique on the faculties of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Xavier University. In Ohio, she established two professional associations for Alexander Technique teachers, providing a platform for growth and collaboration within the community. In 2010, her groundbreaking research study on the integration of Alexander Technique into laparoscopic surgery for surgeons at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center resulted in a prize-winning paper presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics and publication in the Journal of Urology.
 
Jennifer studied violin with Nathan Milstein in Switzerland, Dr. Shinichi Suzuki in Japan, David Cerone at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and both Josef Gingold and Stanley Ritchie at Indiana University. A dual citizen of the USA and Switzerland, Jennifer lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and enjoys traveling to far-off places such as Switzerland, Spain, and India. Some of her favorite things to do include playing Big Boggle with her grownup kids, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, curling up by the living room fire, and taking walks in nature.
 

Her BOOK is available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4kxRupu  (affiliate link)

Website: https://www.ArtofFreedom.me

Email: Jennifer@ArtofFreedom.me

YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JenniferRoigFrancoli 

 

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Happiest Musician Minisode: the Pillars of Your Portfolio Career 0
Apr 24, 2025

Join me for a FREE workshop May 4 -Successful Careers are MADE in the Summer!
https://jennetingle.kit.com/successful-careers-are-made-in-the-summer

How can you balance the pillars of Money, Time, and Artistry within your own portfolio career? How can you use this summer to leap forward? 


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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!

Suzanne Chasalow: Horn Player to Transformational Coach 0
Apr 17, 2025
Suzanne Chasalow is a horn player, holistic nutrition consultant, and transformational workshop leader who is passionate about helping people step into the limelight and be their most authentic selves on stage without fear or self-doubt.
 
You can find more information on her website, https://nourishingvibrance.com, or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/suzanne.chasalow/
Or join her FREE workshop on May 1- https://lu.ma/Suzanne_Chasalow 
 
 

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.

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Happiest Musician Minisode: What will you do this SUMMER? 0
Apr 10, 2025

Summer is coming up quickly, and for musicians the change of season can mean a dramatic change of schedule. How can you USE this time, these lovely longer days, to really set yourself up for success?

Join me for a FREE workshop May 4 -Successful Careers are MADE in the Summer!
https://jennetingle.kit.com/successful-careers-are-made-in-the-summer


Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!

 

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