FOR COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH

• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)-themed presentation with Maria Sappho highlighting the intersection of art, technology, and coding while encouraging innovative thinking about AI, robotics, and organic systems. (Specific to the Sappho Commissioning Project dates.)

• Pre-show discussion on the composition of the work with Maria Sappho. (Specific to the Sappho Commissioning Project dates.)

• Vocal Exploration and Demonstration for groups of voice students with Aliana de la Guardia.

• Percussion and Extended Technique for groups of students with Ariel Campos.

FOR COMPOSITION STUDENTS

• Life and Career Coaching Workshop. Explore essential leadership skills, career planning, and self-advocacy, particularly in the arts and creative industries with Aliana de la Guardia.

• Writing for voice and percussion. Exploring notation, extended techniques, and more with the duo.

• Workshops and Recording Sessions. Workshop and discuss short pieces written by composition students, culminating in a recording session with the duo.

INTERACTIVE LECTURES ON LEADERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND WELLNESS

• The Joyful Musician. Life pressures, systemic injustices, news, social media, the political landscape, capitalism, and the pressure to excel can suck all the joy out of this wonderful art form for a professional or aspiring musician. In this lecture, we discuss healthy forms of practice, techniques for giving and receiving criticism in the positive, stress responses, techniques for coping with stressors, healthy reflective practices, and five factors you can use to assess your wellness with Aliana de la Guardia.

• The ADHD Musician. Explore how ADHD impacts musicians, offering insights into creativity, productivity, and strategies for thriving as a musician with ADHD with Aliana de la Guardia.

• The Ability to Enter. Explore how to design an authentic career in music that embraces your experience and strengths, keeps you creative, interested and inspired, and defines “success” in your own way with Aliana de la Guardia.

• To Lead or Not to Lead. Exploring ideas of collaborative leadership and how we can embody those in our musical lives with Aliana de la Guardia.

• The Artist-Creator. Arts administration isn’t simply checking off tasks on a list. You are an active participant in the creative process on all levels. Explore idea of leadership and how to start your own project or group, and learn various ways to fund it!