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“So You Want to be a Musician?”

This picture is from a lecture Lex Headley gave at the Fayetteville public library in North Carolina. The lecture was on her favorite topic: “How to Be a Musician.” As a person who had a bit of a circuitous path to a music career, finding a path into music is a topic she is very passionate about. Music education has always been in the foreground of her life. Growing up, the soundtrack to Lex's life at home, after school, and on the weekends, was the music of piano lessons. Her mother, a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, was a private piano teacher, choir director, and a Montessori music class teacher. The walls of her home constantly reverberated throughout the day with melodies and lessons. She's always known a life of music, but becoming a professional musician was a journey.

She attended Syracuse University as a Vocal Performance major, officially studying opera but spent many practice hours on musical theatre singing and songwriting.  At Syracuse University she was also a violinist in the Syracuse University Orchestra.  Though she ultimately graduated SU with a degree in English and a concentration in medicine, music courses were always a priority at course enrollment time.  At Syracuse University she studied voice, violin, and piano, as well as multiple collegiate level courses in music theory, music history, and ear training courses.

She took a detour in her music career into the Health Sciences, obtaining a Masters Degree in the Science of Nutrition at Columbia University. Despite the detour, she has managed to accumulate over a decade of formal training in each of the instruments she teaches and almost another decade of professionally performing her music.

Lex believes that studying an art, any art, for self expression is key to living a full life; and what better way to do that than to find self expression through music?  Book with Lex and she will support you in your own journey of deciding "How to Be a Musician."