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Auditions, Coaching, Mental Health, Music

The Trouble With Auditions, part 2

Last week, I was in the middle of a warm, luxurious writing session at my boyfriend’s place in the Vermont countryside, when I got a call from my mom. “Are you going to take the audition?” Her question crept into my neck and shoulders like the first winter freeze, tightening everything that was soft just a moment ago. Are!You!Going!To!Take!The!AUDITION????? Every word an air-borne brick, assaulting … Continue reading The Trouble With Auditions, part 2

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Grief

Viv

I was aware of Viv when I first started subbing with the Montreal Symphony in 2013, her being the only female trombone player in an otherwise pretty testosterone-heavy brass section; but we didn’t officially become friends until several months later. On my first tour in March 2014 to Europe, I still felt kindof like an outsider in the orchestra. And so, in an attempt to … Continue reading Viv

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Mental Health

The Never Ending Solo Show

I fell off my creative horse about 6 weeks ago, oh, around the time I started writing a grant for the next stage of my solo show, “You’re Not Alone.” I wonder what my horse’s name is. Sandy?! Anyway, what is it about grant writing that just completely CRUSHES creativity?! I think something goes on where if you talk and talk and talk about something … Continue reading The Never Ending Solo Show

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Relationships

Single, Again

In the last 7 weeks, I’ve worked more than I have all 4672 months of the pandemic; I packed up my small over-priced apartment and moved into a larger, cheaper one where the landlord doesn’t try to make slimy “deals” like increasing the rent permanently for a fixed-cost paint job and then say things like “Glad I’m finally seeing your true colors, Lauren” when I … Continue reading Single, Again

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