The other day I wrote a blog called A Year In Review about all the things that happened that were studio-related since about this time a year ago. Today I’m going to write about the things that I see on the horizon. This is what I’ve got planned for 2019-2020:
- Write articles for the Roland Park News about music/arts related activities in the North Baltimore area (first one due August 1)
- Start taking credit cards both online (Acuity) and in the studio (Square)
- Organize a December holiday recital (date/place TBD) and a June studio showcase (6/7 at Springwell)
- Start using Mailchimp to coordinate studio communications
- Offer an online lesson option for people who live further away or for days when you just can’t get here and you want a lesson
- Monthly (or more) Facebook Lives on various areas of technique
- Offering master classes/workshops outside the studio
- Hoping to get one of my former students now working in the professional MT world to come in and do a master class (if I can get them between gigs)
- Going to the NATS National Conference in Knoxville, TN next June, possibly as a presenter (fingers crossed)
- Continue working on using Appcompanist to its full potential for myself and in the studio
- Work on increasing my knowledge of more recent musicals (I was up on them all when I was in Milwaukee because I had so many students that I couldn’t help but be up on them – less so now)
- Coordinate a studio cabaret show at Germano’s Piattini in Little Italy (3/30)
- Create a video library of vocalises based on BRAAP (breath/resonance/articulation/alignment/phonation) that will be included in studio membership and available for an extra fee to non-studio members
- Switch to a tuition-based system and have studio packages for students based on their needs and availability and my own performing (and life) schedule
This last one is a big one. Rather than paying per lesson or for four at a time, as I have been doing, I am going to go toward a full-year (September-June) program and offer packages that allow for flexibility while still allowing continuity. There will be payment options offered that will allow you to choose what works for your circumstances. This will go into effect on September 3, when the fall semester starts.
I will be sending out specifics to my current students by July 3 at the latest, and the package options will be shown on the website.