BRAVE MUSICIAN

Brave Musician® is a space for all musicians to share their stories and talk about what it means to be a human making music. 

Created and facilitated by Monica Shriver, Brave Musician® includes the Brave Musician® Podcast, various resources for building creative confidence, artistic/personal development, and opportunities within the community to connect and support.

Listen to the most recent episodes at the bottom of this page. 

(Older episodes coming soon!)  

Creative Residency Series

This series is made possible by the Jazz Road Creative Residency grant organized by South Arts with support from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

Listen to the Duo Improvisations

Each podcast episode concludes with a duo improvisation with the guest. Here are those improvisations all in one place (but definitely listen to podcast conversations too!)

Listen to the full Episodes

Episode 1: 

The podcast has returned! In this episode, Monica shares what she’s been up to since the last episode and talks about the creative residency series, "Here, There, and Everywhere" where she talks and plays with 18 fellow jazz instrumentalist bandleaders who are women.