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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