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The Multifaceted Career | Dana Fonteneau | Performance Coach, Management Consultant, Therapist

Thursday, April 24, 2025   |   12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Longy School of Music of Bard College is proud to present The Multifaceted Career Speaker Series which broadens personal narratives around success and inspires us to create our own diverse and multifaceted careers. Join the conversation with a musician who defines their vision of success and forges their own paths along the way. Explore the different ways these artists have connected their various passions to build their own careers. This series is offered as part of Longy’s Career Coaching Program. All speaking events are free and open to the public.

This TMC session will be in person only. Longy students are welcome to join at Edward M. Pickman Hall.

Dana Fonteneau | Performance Coach, Management Consultant, Therapist
Unexpected Leadership: How Breakdown Led to Breaking Through to Authenticity
“When the voice on the inside is louder and truer than those on the outside, you’ve begun to master your life.” This talk will address the psychology and journey of self-awareness and finding intrinsic inspiration in the midst of a competitive field facing uncertainty.

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Dana Fonteneau is the creator of the WholeHearted Musician™ and an executive coach and consultant for Dana Fonteneau Consulting, LLC.

Her international practice is a balance between award winning classical musicians, artistic organizations and C-level business executives and entrepreneurs.

Dana is a conservatory trained cellist and former faculty member at the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music where she earned a BM and MM in cello and
chamber music performance. She earned a second masters degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in somatic psychotherapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a licensed MFT in the states of CA and CT. She is a Master Certified Demartini Method® Facilitator, a distinction earned by less than 20 people around the globe. Additional certificates of learning were earned from Harvard Business School and Wharton Business School.

Her groundbreaking work has been a frontrunner in leading the performing arts to optimize talent, fulfill human potential and achieve peak performance through a whole-person and wellness focused approach. Her work successfully demonstrates that addressing health and wellness is not only for times of crisis and breakdown, but it actually optimizes performance.

She regularly presents for organizations including the Juilliard School, the United States Marine Band, San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Program, Chamber Music America, the American Association for Performing Arts Professionals, Red Oak Realty, Young Concert Artists, Concert Artists Guild, Yellow Barn, the Manhattan School of Music, Rice University, University of Houston and more. She has facilitated group trainings and faculty retreats for The Frost School of Music, CU Boulder’s School of Music, Colbert Artists and MKI Artists International.

She is the author of It’s Not (JUST) about the Gig: A Musician’s Guide to Creating the Mindset Which Leads to Career Success AND Fulfillment.

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Date:
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time:
12:00 pm 1:00 pm
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Venue

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

Thanks to our partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and their “Card to Culture” program, Longy School of Music of Bard College can offer free tickets to many of our diverse and innovative performance offerings. See the full list of participating “Card to Culture” organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

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