Megan Ihnen is a mezzo-soprano on a mission to change the world through the commissioning, performance, and proliferation of new music. She has collaborated with individuals and ensembles around the globe including: International Contemporary Ensemble, Fifth House Ensemble, Great Noise Ensemble, Rhymes With Opera, and Synchromy. She is deeply committed to the belief that new music should be performed and loved in communities of all sizes. Megan’s advocacy for music and musicians extends beyond the performance stage. She also effects change as a non-profit arts coach and consultant. She is currently the executive director of the Live Music Project which advocates for connecting people with live early music, classical, and new music experiences in a way that strengthens community, celebrates listener agency, and amplifies local arts resources. You have also likely interacted with her work for Nief-Norf, New Music USA, and many individual artists throughout classical and new music. Megan’s work at the intersection of performance, creative placemaking, audience development, and music entrepreneurship is a delight to her clients and colleagues.
Megan’s coaching style is built on a framework developed over close to 10 years. She truly listens to your big goals as well as your path to how you’ve come to this place. She focuses on the offers you want to grow in your business; how to get more clients, commissioners, collaborators, students, etc.; and how to turn it into a replicable system that doesn’t burn you out.
She is sought out by major music schools, performing arts organizations of all sizes, training and educational festivals, and, most especially, by individual artists looking for a teammate.
