Whether you're receiving threatening messages, being doxxed, impersonated, or targeted by smear campaigns, it's important to know your rights, what actions you can take, and how to protect yourself. Whether you're a student, freelancer, full-time performer, arts administrator, music professor, or a parent of a music student....knowing your rights and taking proactive steps can help you stay safe and hold abusers accountable.

Most women don’t wake up one day and decide to defend abusers. It’s subtler than that. It starts with what we’re taught to value: Be nice. Be likable. Don’t cause trouble. Don't be that woman. Be grateful for opportunities. Protect your mentor’s reputation. Play the game. And it starts early—sometimes in music school, sometimes in church, sometimes around the dinner table. We learn, little by little, that proximity to male power offers protection.

It's essential to know your legal rights, your protections, and how to take action when lines are crossed, whether you're a freelance artist, orchestral musician, conservatory student, or professor.

Is this the legacy that the Houston Symphony wishes to uphold? This letter is not just my voice—it echoes the disappointment...

They’re the sneaky little thoughts that pop up when you flub an entrance and think, "Should I abandon music and open a taco truck instead?"

The Courage Over Silence Defense Fund supports classical musicians—survivors, whistleblowers, & advocates facing harassment.

Financial literacy is important to classical musicians. We're here to make it as fun as a flash mob playing Beethoven in a food court!

“Can I ask you a favor?” they begin. Before you know it, you’ve agreed to babysit their child while they attend a “very important” concert.