2024 Events

February Events

  • February 29, 2024
    Positive Relational Energy Zoom Roundtable

March Events

  • March 27, 2024
    OPERA America
    Women’s Opera Network Forum
    SPIRE and Life Balance: How Women in Opera Can Thrive

April Events

  • April 2, 2024
    Chicago Opera Theater
    Vanguard Composer’s Initiative
    Time Management for Composers
  • April 15, 2024
    Ensemble Connect
    Playing to Strengths: How to Optimize Collaboration and Foster Connection
  • April 29, 2024
    League of American Orchestras
    Anne Parsons Leadership Program
    SPIRE and Strengths: Using Strengths to Empower Positive Leadership and Well-being

May Events

  • May 4, 2024
    Happiness Studies Academy
    HSAx Talks
    SPIRE and the Growth Mindset

 

2023 Events

January Events

  • January 25, 2023
    The Juilliard School/Musician as Entrepreneur
    New York. NY
    “Strengths and Communication Styles for Successful Group Dynamics”

February Events

  • February 1, 2023
    Houston Grand Opera Webinar
    Wholebeing Positive Leadership: The SPIRE Model for Arts Leaders
  • February 3, 2023
    Yale School of Music
    Zoom Interview of Sandbox Percussion:  How to Start Your Ensemble.
  • February 10, 2023
    Opera America Leadership Intensive Alumni Forum
    Los Angeles, California
    “Communication Styles for Dynamic Leadership”
    “Work/Life Balance and Wholebeing Happiness for Leaders”

March Events

  • March 9, 2023
    Dallas Symphony Webinar
    Wholebeing Positive Leadership: The SPIRE Model for Arts Leaders

May Events

  • May 16, 2023
    League of American Orchestras Webinar
    Positive Leadership Through the Science of Happiness
  • May 23, 2023
    New York Public Radio
    Positive Leadership Through the Science of Happiness

August Events

  • August 17, 18 & 23, 2023
    Opera America Leadership Intensive, New York, NY
    The Art of Leadership and Positive Leadership with Wholebeing Happiness
Fall Semester:
  • Fall Semester 2023 Yale School of Music
  • Music 621: Collaborative Leadership To Advance Creativity, Innovation and New Opportunities in the Arts

October Events

  • October 26, 2023
  • October 26, 2023
    Western University (London, Ontario)
    The SPIRE Model of Happiness:  How to Cultivate Optimism in Your Career

 

2022 Events

January 11, 2022
Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association Webinar
Ignite Your Creativity: How To Embrace Full-Blast Living

May 19, 2022
OPERA America Conference
“Wholebeing Happiness for Arts Leaders: The SPIRE Model”

July 13, 2022
Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival
“The Art of Career Planning in Uncertain Times: Set Yourself up for Success”

July 24, July 31, and August 1, 2022
League of American Orchestras and The Juilliard School
Essentials of Orchestra Management: Capstone Project

July 27, 2022
Panel of Women Leaders in the Arts

Fall Semester 2022 Yale School of Music
Music 621: “Innovation and Collaboration for Arts Leadership in the Post-COVID-19 World”

September 27, 2022
The Culture File Debate: Missing Audiences
Podcast with Luke Clancy on Ireland’s RTÉ Lyric FM

September 29, 2022
Ensemble Connect
“Wholebeing Happiness for Ensemble Connect Fellows:  The SPIRE Model of Happiness”

October 3, 2022
Western University (London, Ontario)
“Cultivating Optimism and Career Planning in Challenging Times:  How to Set Yourself Up For Success

October 22, 2022
Happyning Retreat in Akumal, Mexico
“Finding Happiness Through Improvisation”
November 7, 2022
Dallas Symphony Women in Classical Music Symposium
Coffee Hour: How Creatives can Thrive in the 21st Century
2021 Events

July 13 & 19, 2021
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival/Yale School of Music
The Art of Career Planning Post-COVID: Set Yourself up for Success
Time Management for Musicians and Arts Leaders

July 20, 2021
So Percussion Summer Institute Virtual Collaborative SoSI
The Art of Career Planning in Uncertain Times: Set Yourself up for Success

July 22, 2021
Karen Slack’s #KiKiConvos
Creativity in the Post-COVID World
Live on #KikiConvos Facebook page at 8 PM EDT

August 14-17 & 19, 2021
Opera America Leadership Intensive, New York, NY
The Art of Empowered Leadership

Fall Semester 2021 Yale School of Music
Music 621: Fostering Collaborative Creativity and Innovation to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Classical Music

October 25, 2021
Western University (London, Ontario)
Cultivating Optimism and Career Planning in the Time of COVIDNovember 9, 2021
Women in Classical Music Symposium
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself
https://www.womeninclassicalmusic.com
November 9, 2021
Women in Classical Music Symposium
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Panelist, Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself

November 30, 2021
The AFC: The Lifeline for Canada’s Entertainment Industry
Panelist, Lobby Chats: Safe Networking for Entertainment Careers
https://afchelps.ca/lobbychats/