

Hosted by Monica Williams · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 22 episodes
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Welcome! This podcast is a place of discovery for all students, performers, educators and future educator. Join me and my guest each week as we explore why music matters. We will talk about the struggles and the triumphs, But above all we draw inspiration from one another as we explore ways to make ourselves happier and healthier human beings. Music is not just about the study of tone, technique, rhythm or theory. We will explore topics like stress management, perfectionism, communication, connection and above all self care and compassion.
Monica Williams hosts Within The Musician, a music show with 22 episodes published.



📝 Episode Summary: In this solo episode, Monica reflects on how 25 years of teaching music has reshaped her philosophy—especially when it comes to students who don’t practice between lessons. Instead of shaming or scold

🎙 Episode 1 – Creating Value in Private Lessons Welcome to Season 2 of Within the Musician! After a long pause since Season 1 (which launched during the pandemic), I’m excited to return with a fresh perspective—and a mi

Importance of music for young and old minds! Today Stephan Betz and I are going to talk about the intricacy of the brain, and how music can affect the development. How music can actually help students experiencing challe

On tooday I am going to talk about My personal journey of improvisation What improvisation really is anyway. Why I like introducing it into my teachingWhy and how I think it is beneficial to classical musiciansAnd we wil

On today's episode I am talking with Lea Pearson is the author of Body Mapping for Flutists: What Every Flute Teacher Needs to Know About the Body and numerous articles in professional magazines. Those publications and h

On this episode Suz Pulinski and I talk about the mindset needed to move forward in 2021. Suz is they creator of the Rockstar planner book, She is an expert in her field - bringing home the importance of planning and str

In this episode Josh Boyd gives great insight into what it is like being a band director during covid. He talks about virutal and inperson learning, and how to navigate between the two. I loved his insight into building

On this episode I have two private instructors: Stephen Evans and Irina Fatykhova. Private music instructors have a very unique position. Our instruction is completely individualized. As creative instructors we teach the

Guest Sherry Finzer gives us lots of insight about New Age music and the power it has to heal. And right now more than ever- I think we all can use a little healing. On this episode we are going to talk about what New Ag

In this episode Nicole Hand talks about empowering artists to have financial freedom. She believes Artists do not need to choose between a creative career and financial stability. She is going to share her journey, and g

This 2020 was challenging, but there were so many lessons learned. In this episdoe I talk about what I am grateful for. I have found a life purpose in teaching, and sharing music and for 2021 I am surrendering. There is

Staying healthy for the New Year On today’s episode we explore the most common New Years resolution: Health, weight loss, and wellness. So today I am bring an expert dietician on our show to discuss how we as musicians c

On today’s episode we talk with Tereasa Payne, a multi instrumentalist regularly performing on Broadway in New York. Today we talk about Tereasa about why music is essential, and how she is making the show go on. Virtual

On today’s show we hit topics close to the heart for our music community. Our guest is Toni Aswegan, a mental health professional, who has her own podcast called Toni Talks Therapy. We talk about depression, sadness and

In this spontaneous episode, I talk about my experience teaching Christmas music to students of all levels. My realization that singing lyrics provided a powerful understanding of phrasing, style, interpretation, vibrato

The Portfolio Musician This episode is jam packed with wisdom from Katherine Emeneth. This episode is especially helpful for private teachers that want to work on ideas for retention of students, growing growing the numb

In this episode we talk with principal flutists of NSO, Aaron Goldman. Aaron shares his path to success, which was not always an ascending straight line. He talks about the importance of mindset and resilience in the per

Virtual learning was not the first choice of students or teachers, but by entering into this new territory we have all been challenged. I will talk about what I have learned from teaching virtually, and my appreciation f
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