118: Want Something Done? Give It To A Music Teacher! with Steve Altinel (Part 1 of 2‪)‬ Artistic Finance

A discussion with Steve Altinel, the artistic director of the Long Island Musical Theatre Festival.
 
We discuss:
⭐️ Filling the artistic cup.
⭐️ Choosing music instead of the family business.
⭐️ The long hours necessary for working in theater.
⭐️ The financial stability of a teaching job versus freelancing.
⭐️ Preparing students to have a leg up in the professional world.
⭐️ Coordinating choirs for The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The Argyle Theater.
⭐️ Time management as a high school teacher while balancing professional music director jobs.
 
Early Release Of Part 2:www.patreon.com/artisticfinance
 
Part 2 Topics:
⭐️ Rooting for the underdog.
⭐️ The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 
⭐️ Payment schedules for public school salaries. 
⭐️ Raising money for producing a musical festival.
⭐️ Using freelance gigs to save for purchasing an apartment.
⭐️ Getting Stephen Schwartz, Alice Ripley, and Rema Webb to teach master classes and perform for the LIMTF festival.
 
Steve's Website:
http://www.stevenaltinel.com/about.html
 
LIMTF - Long Island Musical Theatre Festival:
http://limtf.org/
 
Virtual Chorus with Caroline Bowman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHC9axEnKQ
 
LIMTF Promo - 60 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVIJO4XIlmo&ab_channel=LIMTF
 
Health Coach for Offstage Theatre Workers:
https://www.instagram.com/coachedby_claudia/
 
Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me Kate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS_YAKZH3lw&ab_channel=Classics
 
Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 36:17 is what I thought Steve was singing:
https://youtu.be/BzgWmapjIyI?t=2177
 
Alice Ripley:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ripley
 
Stephen Schwartz:
https://stephenschwartz.com/
 
Rema Webb:
https://www.remawebb.com/
 
Wilson Chin episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdEZHQWklO0&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance
 
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Interview by Ethan Steimel