This week’s episode of the Time to Practice podcast is the second in a two-part…
Growth, Beauty & Connection an Interview with Brittany Gardner and Kelly McConkie Stewart
On this week’s episode, we’re talking to two cellists from Salt Lake City, Brittany Gardner and Kelly McConkie Stewart, who are performers, teachers, parents, sought-after guest clinicians and who run a wonderful cello choir together that has been especially inspiring to them and their students this past year. We’re talking about motivation, connection, setting a vision and more. I hope you are as inspired by this conversation and the amazing collaborative relationship they have as I was!
Top 3 Takeaways I took from this Conversation
- Music can connect us in powerful ways. From student to student, student to teacher, student to family, student to community and so much more.
- It can really change how we feel about performing when we’re doing it in service of someone or something else. How might you incorporate that into your music life?
- Start small and manageable but also have a vision and build towards it. (This is a tough year for visionary thinking for many people but what goals have you had in the past? Are there small steps you can take towards them? )
Highlights include:
“We came out of it with growth and beauty and connection and realizing a beautiful year that I’ll never forget. I guess the tip is it’s okay to change the way you’re doing things. As long as the change still supports your long term goal. And like my long-term goal as a teacher is one word – it’s connection. I want to connect myself to students, students, to their parents, students, to each other students, to other studio students, to community generations. . . . That’s why I teach.”
– Brittany Gardner on finding creative ways for their cello choir to practice this past year
“Teaching was an adventure and it took creativity. And I taught in the Playhouse remotely when my own home was too much. And they’re like, “where are you?” I’m like, “I’m in my kid’s Playhouse.” It was a rough, rough, rough time. But the garage ended up being lovely. You’d have these summer birds and my neighbors . . . I said, “Does it bother you?”And they’re like, “Nope. We open our windows. We love to hear it.”
– Kelly McConkie Stewart on teaching in 2020
To Listen to the full episode with Brittany Gardner and Kelly McConkie Stewart you can find the Time to Practice Podcast on your favorite Podcast Platform or listen through the link below:
Growth, Beauty & Connection with Brittany Gardner and Kelly McConkie Stewart – Time To Practice
Links from This Episode
Kelly McConkie Stewart:
www.instagram.com/mcstewart_cellostudio
http://www.stewartcellostudio.com/
Brittany Gardner
www.instagram.com/gardenercellostudio
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