Open Strings Project: Gearing Up for Gigs

Valentine's Strings at
Brookdale Senior Living

Valentine's Strings at
Brookdale Senior Living

Gearing Up for Gigs

Ready to turn your music into real, paid performances? This six-week OpenStrings session is for high school string players who want to learn how to book and perform paid chamber music performances. 

Join us Monday evenings,
January 12–March 9, 7:00–8:30 p.m. at the Olympia Center, as we learn how to prepare for, book, and perform your first chamber music gigs.

You’ll learn:

• What music works best for gigs
• How to find and book performances
• What to say in emails and messages
• How getting paid actually works
• Gig etiquette—showing up prepared, setting up, and working with clients
• How to feel confident, professional, and comfortable on the job

Open Strings Project: Gearing Up for Gigs

Bringing joyful, cheerful tunes to the community just in time for Spring! Join Julie and friends for a fun and cheerful spring concert at local senior living communities. We’ll have two relaxed rehearsals and two heartwarming performances. It’s all about sharing music, making memories, and bringing smiles. For 8th-12th grade strings students Rehearsals: Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 & 30, 7-8:30pm at the Olympia Center Performances will be scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 2 & 3 Registration fee: $35

OSP 2026 session

You’ll leave with a complete portfolio of gig-ready music, real-world skills you can use right away, and the confidence to start earning money doing what you love—making music with friends.

*Please note that we will not be meeting on holidays January 19 and February 16, so our session will be 6 weeks even though it spans three months!

If you think you can come to all or most of the meet ups, go ahead and register for full-time.

If you’ll likely miss a few due to conflicts, please register as a “drop-in,” so I can prepare materials for you, including your gig portfolio.

If you have orchestra friends who would be good gig mates, please invite them to join this session!