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TEM168: Founding a youth orchestra when you're still young enough to play in one: A conversation with Marquise Bradley

Marquise Bradley is the co-founder of the Center City Chamber Orchestra and Principal Clarinetist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra.

What You'll Learn:

Where Marquise and his friends got the idea to start the Center City Chamber Orchestra
What gave them the follow-through to execute such a big idea
The biggest challenge moving forward for the organization
His thoughts on how we can make the classical music concert going experience more inclusive
What his reaction was when it was pointed out to him at a young man that most people in a symphony orchestra don't look like him

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Produced by Andrew Hitz

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TEM115: Kristen Sheridan of the Sheridan Studio of Music on building a large and sustainable teaching studio, advocating for yourself and the importance of not being a jerk

Kristen Sheridan, one of the premier private studio teachers in the Washington DC area, talks about everything that went into building her sustainable business.

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What You'll Learn in TEM115:

How when Kristen moved to town she contacted every middle school and high school band director in all of Fairfax County, what she offered in that letter and why only getting one “Yes” out of the 50+ letters sent got her foot in the door which led to the success she enjoys today as a teacher in the area
How networking led her to be involved as an artist with both D’Addario and Backun
The struggles of being in business while being a people pleaser
How to know if you are charging the right amount for your services
How she legally structured Sheridan Studio of Music when she launched
Where she got a great logo for not much money and how just adding a logo can make a website look really professional
How Kristen has figured out that being a DIY-type person doesn’t mean she should try to do everything herself
What she uses to keep track of the incoming money for her teaching studio
What she would do if she were moving to a new town and wanted to establish a studio and how she would figure out what to charge
The importance of just showing up

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