Showing up and serving your community with Dr. Quinton Morris

In this episode of the Creative Strings Podcast, Chris talks to educator and violinist, Dr. Quinton Morris about his non-profit work, Key to Change, entrepreneurship, and combating racism in classical music. https://www.keytochangestudio.org/ (01:15) Teaching students to be entrepreneurs (3:24) Harvard business school (5:28) Key to change (9:19) Why do so many people fail at doing what you've been able to succeed at? (12:27) Understand the business (15:25) Barriers to being able to serve underserved youth (19:29) Talk to the community and always show up (25:10) Being more human in our interactions (29:39) Classical music’s defensiveness (33:14) Raising money for your non-profit (39:35) What can teachers without a non-profit do to help? (44:38) Relational vs Transactional (50:33) Combating racism in classical music (55:20) Unmute the Voices (1:00:07) Wrap up

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Simplifying growth for musicians- especially violin, viola, fiddle, and cello players and teachers- with tips, insights, tools, and stories to grow in their practice, teaching, and career. Exploring intersections in creativity, music education, string playing, music business, and culture, Creative Strings is a non-profit organization supporting music education via online curriculum, orchestra classroom outreach, in-person retreats/conferences, and more. Executive director and host Christian Howes is a classically trained Jazz violinist helping string players to be versatile and creative.