Tales From The Lane
Living Your Best Life as a classical musician
Welcome to the Lane!
TFTL is a fantastic community of professional musicians, music students, and music parents. If you’re looking for some insider information on practice habits, performing, traveling, and building your career, you’re in the right place. We’re so glad you’re here!
About
Hello! I’m Kate. A professional cellist, writer and musician’s coach. I attended the New England Conservatory of Music and was a New World Symphony fellow. Now, I get to live in the beautiful island paradise of Bermuda, and spend a lot of time on airplanes.
Contact
To inquire about collaborations, private coaching or just to say hi, please click the button below and send me a message. I’d love to hear from you! For information on workshops, residencies, masterclasses and concerts, please visit http://www.katekayaian.com
THE 5 PEOPLE YOU NEED AROUND YOU TO FIND SUCCESS (PART 5)
Over the past four (okay….5…ish) weeks, we have been talking about the Five People that you need to surround yourself with in order to be successful at a new project. Whether that project is a new diet or fitness regime, a practicing challenge,…
The 5 People You Need Around You to Find Success (Part 4)
(This is the fourth in a 5-part series) The other day I got a nice surprise email from an acquaintance of mine from Boston. This woman was a regular at my concerts. Not a cellist herself, but a huge fan, and she always…
The 5 People You Need Around You to Find Success (Part 3)
(This is the third in a 5-part series) How are you doing? It’s been A WEEK over here. A week of last lessons, college applications, (more!) letters of recommendation, Christmas preparations, and general wrapping-up-of-the-year type things. Wednesday night I was coaching a quartet…