How do you stay focused on building a fulfilling career when you have multiple responsibilities that are constantly pulling on you?

You’re a super busy musician and you’ve got concerts, teaching, and countless hours of admin work filling up your schedule…. Do you ever just need help to keep you on track and make time for your most important career goals?

You’ve come to the right place.

Michelle and Deanna of The Fearless Artist Mastermind

Meet Deanna and Michelle

Co-Founders of The Fearless Artist Mastermind

About Deanna

Deanna The Fearless Artist Mastermind
Deanna The Fearless Artist Mastermind

American violist Deanna Petre enjoys a diverse career as a performer and teaching artist and is co-founder of The Fearless Artist Mastermind. She emanates a calm, positive leadership style and her deep compassion for others helps her serve The Fearless Artist community. 

Based in Paris, Deanna performs with orchestras in the region and for chamber music series in France and the Netherlands and holds a private teaching studio. Deanna is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. 

  • American violist Deanna Petre enjoys a diverse career as an international performer and teaching artist and has taken an interest in entrepreneurship and looking at what it can mean to have a fulfilling, multifaceted career in music. She is a proud co-founder and facilitator of The Fearless Artist Mastermind.

    Based in Paris, Deanna performs frequently with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre National d’Ile de France, and has performed as guest principal violist with the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne. Passionate about bringing classical music to young audiences, Deanna performs with Canadian pianist Michelle Lynne in international schools across Europe through the Juilliard Global Ventures program. She also currently holds a private teaching studio.

    An avid chamber musician, Deanna has performed at the ClasClas International Music Festival in Spain, the Sinfonietta Paris series, the Opus 16 concert series in the Netherlands, and the JOYA concert series in Minnesota. Deanna has also performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the South Dakota Symphony, the Lakes Area Music Festival, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival.

    Deanna is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, during which time she was a recipient of the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship from the Fondation des Etats-Unis.

About Michelle

Michelle The Fearless Artist Mastermind
Michelle The Fearless Artist Mastermind

Canadian pianist and singer Michelle Lynne performs widely across Europe, is Lecturer of Entrepreneurship, and is co-founder of The Fearless Artist Mastermind. Her zone of genius is getting to the root of the real problems and asking hard questions in a kind way. Michelle is full of enthusiasm and optimism, and believes that artists deserve to earn a good income and should never be their own ceilings. 

She currently holds positions as Lecturer for Music Entrepreneurship at Conservatorium Maastricht and Codarts University for the Arts, Rotterdam. She graduated from the Université de Montréal with a Master’s and Artist Diploma in piano performance. 

  • As a pianist, singer and entrepreneur, Canadian Michelle Lynne enjoys a wide and varied career, whether on stage performing, delighting audiences across Europe, speaking at events, or teaching her classes on Entrepreneurship at Conservatorium Maastricht and Codarts Rotterdam.

    She loves to bring joy to audiences through diverse programs and connect them with special experiences through classical music concerts, or crossover concerts in partnership with Candlelight Concerts.

    Her debut album featuring a combination of original songs and impressionist piano repertoire is being released in early 2023.

    Michelle is often invited as a guest speaker and to give workshops on a variety of topics such as entrepreneurship, building an online community, social media, marketing and branding for musicians, and healthy communication across organizations.

    Having earned her Masters Degree and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at the Université de Montréal, she has also studied with incredible piano professors at some of the most prestigious summer institutes in the world.

    As co-founder of The Fearless Artist Mastermind with partner Deanna Petre, Michelle believes that musicians have the ability to build their own successful careers and should not be limited by their own glass ceilings. She facilitates Mastermind groups and coaches musicians to reach their full potential and unlock the gold that is inside of them so that they can accomplish their purpose. She teaches Entrepreneurship at two major conservatories in the Netherlands.

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