The music industry is incredibly varied. How have people carved out niches for themselves to enrich their lives, fulfill their creative passions, and make use of what they love about music? Dana Wygmans explores these ideas with bandleader Micah Motenko.

For her entire adult life, Dana has been pulled between two musical passions: teaching and performing. Having flung herself from one to the other and back again, she shares some insight into what she has learned along the way.

Dana Wygmans and her bass (affectionately named William) have been fortunate to have many varied experiences in the world of music. Here she reflects on her unexpected journey into––and out of––the classical music realm.