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Holly Mulcahy
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Orchestra Audience Builder; Soloist; Hiker
Early in my marriage, my husband and I got into a serious debate: who got to claim the theme from Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis as their ringtone. (Remember ringtones?) We fought for it like it was a Grammy. Come Oct. 5 to Wichita Symphony to hear why it was sought after! I have BOGO, DM me.
September 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Between concerts at the Grand Teton Music Festival, I hiked with fellow musicians and administrators. A theme that kept resurfacing in our conversations was trust....
I wrote this after thinking on the convos:
insidethearts.com/neoclassical...
Trust: The Currency We Overlook
Trust is a commodity in the classical music business. Not just in the obvious places like programming, performances, and leadership, but in the intangible spaces that eithe...
insidethearts.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The rumors about these trucks are filling my inbox, just stop already. The trucks for for Taste of Chicago....ffs
chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025...
No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE
The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Season of travel begins....
August 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
should we just leave our flags forever at half mast?
August 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This version of the Milgram experiment is getting exhausting. Enough already.
August 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Your Website Is Doing The Heavy Lifting Getting Visitors In The Door insidethearts.com/buttsinthese...
Your Website Is Doing The Heavy Lifting Getting Visitors In The Door
Colleen Dilenschneider and her colleagues at IMPACTS Experience recently released data on
insidethearts.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My new hobby is not taking shit from people.
August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trust is a commodity.
July 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
They say Patriotic....but could it be Matriotic as well?
July 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"I have witnessed a persistent myth that talent and creativity somehow excuse us from professionalism..."

Art Isn’t an Excuse insidethearts.com/neoclassical...
Art Isn’t an Excuse
As someone deeply immersed in the world of music and the arts, I have witnessed a persistent myth that talent and creativity somehow excuse us from professionalism; that be...
insidethearts.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Amazing silk scarf art!
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"If you want to change the outcome, change the rules—but not while the game's in motion."
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Now that most of the music conferences have wrapped up for the season...

What was the coolest piece of swag you picked up?
What was the most useless?
And what do you wish someone had thought to give out?

(Asking for a friend still trying to make a branded tuning fork keychain feel practical.)
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I really want to nap too....can just leave the violin out tho
June 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Holly Mulcahy
extended thoughts on the new york mayoral race! youtu.be/6UYqgVbwZh4?...
What does Zohran Mamdani's win mean for Democrats?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My kitten sleeps in my violin case.....I would like to take a nap too
..but nowhere to put the violin.
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Just delivered!! Dan Perttu’s new violin concerto Stealing From Birds has landed on my stand. I’ll be premiering it this March.
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Travel is so glamourous
June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
People with green cards now need to worry. We all need to worry, this is dangerous.
www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-...
ICE detains green card-holder returning from visit to son in US Air Force
Victor Avila, a green card holder for more than 50 years, was arrested after returning from a visit to his son, a U.S. Air Force servicemember stationed in Japan.
www.newsweek.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM