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		<title>A Master Multitasker</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I am frequently asked how musicians can be expected to handle the various artistic, administrative, financial, and performance related responsibilities they must regularly juggle and still not have their performances suffer in quality. I actually wrote about this in an earlier column entitled Time out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performing on the High Seas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. When I had the pleasure of meeting with participants in the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival last summer, I addressed a number of questions that had been submitted in advance. One question concerned playing on music cruises, and how to apply for such opportunities. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Successful Grant Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. One of the questions I was asked this past summer when I did a live Ask Edna session at the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival was about tips for successful grant writing.  Unfortunately, the allotted time that day didn’t suffice for me to address that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Freelancer&#8217;s Elevator Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: I am a freelancer who makes a career by juggling a number of projects in the music business. I am pleased to have reached a level of success that has me in demand for a truly diverse range of activities, including publicity, media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Specialization Limiting or Helpful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. I recently made my third visit to the Bard College Conservatory of Music and spent two hours with some wonderful young singers who have been picked by Dawn Upshaw, Kayo Iwama and their vocal faculty colleagues to participate in the prestigious Graduate Vocal Arts Program. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s of Career Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: In this fast paced changeable world we live in, we artists feel like a little boat in a vast ocean, many times lost and orphans of good guidance. A wonderful legacy, and a practical one from an accomplished pro like you, would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Matters More: What You Sing or Where You Sing It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Congratulations to soprano, Amy Oraftik, whose question below won Second Prize in The Ask Edna First Anniversary contest. Amy wins a free review of her press kit or website. Dear Edna: I am an opera singer who recently graduated from school. In my first year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting a Feel for Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: I am a pianist, seeking to obtain performance opportunities without a manager. Can you please give me some guidance with regard to negotiating a fee? How can I tell what is reasonable and within the budget of the organization in question? How much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Know Me, But&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: I’m an artist sending out letters of inquiry to a handful of presenters. Can you give me an example of an inquiry letter you might send, as an artist, to a concert series or presenter when proposing a concert? &#8212;Kimball Gallagher Dear Kimball: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Network of House Concerts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edna Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: I have been told by many of my musician friends that it is very gratifying and helpful to perform in house concerts because they allow for direct communication with a small and appreciative audience and an opportunity to play through repertoire in an [...]]]></description>
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