Student Growth & Mindset

Stories and insights on confidence, performance, and personal growth through music training and mentorship.

How to Avoid Musical Burnout

The Best Way to Tackle The Most Common Problem in Musicians If you're just singing or playing your pieces through, you're not actually getting any better. Hey guys I'm going to talk to you today about what to do when you start getting tired of the piece of music that...

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Transitioning From Music Major to Professional

A Bit of Story-tellingHey guys it's Chelsea Melcher here. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. If you're new to following me and to have you get to know me a little bit better. So I started off as an opera singer. I'm still an opera singer but I also do a...

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Why I Love Music Majors So Much

Oh, look at all these things that I can do. But after I graduated, I had to buy my own piano.I had thousands in student loan debts to payoff.They were like: Oh, okay fly away!

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How to be Your Best Under Pressure

How to be Your Best Under Pressure

Introducing Calvin... Chelsea: Welcome! I'm so excited to introduce Calvin Strachan. So Calvin, tell us a little bit about yourself. Thank you so much for coming on. Calvin: Yeah. Hi nice to meet you Chelsea. Good to see everybody, hey everybody as well. I'm a speaker...

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Intro for Performance Anxiety

Hey everybody it's Chelsea Melcher here at the Red School of Music.  I'm here to let you know what we have in store for you with our confidence in stage fright video series, what it is and who it's for and who I was inspired by in order to create it for you. We have a...

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