Colin Thomson: Do More

Chris Foley is a pianist, teacher, vocal coach, and blogger. He is a senior examiner, faculty member, and Adjudicator Certification Program Specialist for The Royal Conservatory of Music. Over the last 10 years, he has worked as a vocal coach, musical director, and performer for many productions with Tapestry New Opera in Toronto. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music, and currently runs the popular Collaborative Piano Blog.   Key Take Aways:   Solo artist are very revered, but are rarely rewarded in any significant financial way As a collaborative pianist, you need a full pipeline of perspective work Work doesn't just come to you, no matter how good you are. You always need to be making an effort to become a part of any community you are in Those who are most successful in collaborative piano are those who can leverage their connection into long-term relationships. Then, those can lead to a variety of things, even outside of the mus