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Navigating Life After Music School: Make the World Your Oyster with Allison M. Schweitzer

Emmy Rozanski

Nov 23, 20216 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Make the World Your Oyster with Allison M. Schweitzer

A few years ago, Allison M. Schweitzer (a.k.a. Allison Emm) started a Meetup group for musicians. I thought it was a great idea to have a...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Making the World a Better Place with Lauren Rudzinskas

Emmy Rozanski

Oct 4, 20219 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Making the World a Better Place with Lauren Rudzinskas

I'm really excited to feature Lauren Rudzinskas for this blog post. Although I vaguely knew of her as the person in charge of the...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Marketing for Success with Jared Judge

Emmy Rozanski

Aug 31, 20217 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Marketing for Success with Jared Judge

A big thank you to Jared Judge for sharing his gigging and music business expertise for this blog post. Jared and I met when he was...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Just Be You with Mike Keegan

Emmy Rozanski

Jul 6, 20215 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Just Be You with Mike Keegan

I'm very pleased to learn more about Mike Keegan and his musical journey. Mike was one of the first musicians that I reached out to when...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Finding Your "Why" with Brianne Borden

Emmy Rozanski

Jun 22, 20214 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Finding Your "Why" with Brianne Borden

I'm very pleased to interview Brianne Borden for this post. Brianne and I got to know each other when we played together in a brass...

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Taking Responsibility for your Musical Development with Juli Buxbaum

Emmy Rozanski

Jun 15, 20216 min read

Taking Responsibility for your Musical Development with Juli Buxbaum

One of the things I've always admired about Juli Buxbaum is her ability to decide on a goal and then really do what is necessary to make...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Enjoying Every Small Step with Labib Palis

Emmy Rozanski

May 11, 20219 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Enjoying Every Small Step with Labib Palis

I am extremely grateful to have met Labib Palis when we were both teaching artists on a MusAid trip to El Salvador. Labib's energy and...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Making your Musical Mark with David Earll

Emmy Rozanski

Apr 27, 20219 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Making your Musical Mark with David Earll

David Earll and I first got to know each other as fellow grad students at Arizona State University. In 2019 we reconnected when we ran...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Redefining Success with Corey Sansolo

Emmy Rozanski

Apr 20, 20218 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Redefining Success with Corey Sansolo

I first met Corey Sansolo when I heard him perform in an Axiom Brass concert a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed the concert and...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Finding your Priorities with Sarah Christianson

Emmy Rozanski

Apr 6, 20218 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Finding your Priorities with Sarah Christianson

Sarah Christianson and I met while playing with the Skokie Valley Symphony. We performed some great pieces with that orchestra and I got...

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Navigating Life after Music Music School: Choosing Solidarity Instead of Scarcity with Olivia Dobbs

Emmy Rozanski

Mar 23, 20215 min read

Navigating Life after Music Music School: Choosing Solidarity Instead of Scarcity with Olivia Dobbs

It's has been inspiring for me to learn Olivia Dobb's philosophy towards music and being a musician. I love Olivia's thoughts on...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Finding Opportunities for Growth with Olivia Meadows

Emmy Rozanski

Mar 16, 20217 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Finding Opportunities for Growth with Olivia Meadows

Thank you to Olivia Meadows for sharing her experiences and wisdom for this post! Olivia and I met as grad students at Arizona State...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Creating your Community with Annamarie Arai

Emmy Rozanski

Mar 9, 20217 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Creating your Community with Annamarie Arai

I feel very lucky to have met and become good friends with Annamarie Arai when we were both Teaching Artists (and roommates!) on a MusAid...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Believing in Yourself with Matthew Jermiason

Emmy Rozanski

Feb 23, 20216 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Believing in Yourself with Matthew Jermiason

Thank you to Matthew Jermiason for being this week's blog interview. It was great to have the opportunity to learn more about his current...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Dreaming Big with Caitlin Edwards

Emmy Rozanski

Feb 16, 20216 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Dreaming Big with Caitlin Edwards

Today I am happy to share my interview with violinist Caitlin Edwards. Caitlin and I were roommates in Chicago for a short time. Whenever...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Just Keep Going with Michelle Flowers

Emmy Rozanski

Feb 2, 202112 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Just Keep Going with Michelle Flowers

One of the best things about going to music festivals is meeting great people who are doing interesting things. Michelle Flowers is one...

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Navigating Life after Music School: Living an Artful Life with Erica Cherry

Emmy Rozanski

Jan 26, 20217 min read

Navigating Life after Music School: Living an Artful Life with Erica Cherry

One of the first things I noticed about Erica Cherry was a feeling of exuberance! I met Erica when we were both Teaching Artists on a...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Putting Yourself Out There with Matthew Makeever

Emmy Rozanski

Jan 19, 20215 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Putting Yourself Out There with Matthew Makeever

This week I'm very happy to feature my good friend, Matthew Makeever. Matthew and I met almost two years ago when we played together in...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Betting on Yourself with Louis Setzer

Emmy Rozanski

Jan 12, 202114 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Betting on Yourself with Louis Setzer

The Indiana Wind Symphony audition in the fall of 2016 was disappointing for me. BUT there was a bright spot and that bright spot was...

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Navigating Life After Music School: Carving your Own Path with Émilie Fortin

Emmy Rozanski

Jan 5, 20216 min read

Navigating Life After Music School: Carving your Own Path with Émilie Fortin

When Émile Fortin reached out to me about my blog I was thrilled - thrilled that she was finding it useful and wanted to share her own...

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What Happens Next? Navigating Life After Music School

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