Unlock Your Creative Potential with

 

The Grounded Voice Accelerator

 

A six-module self paced program for artists of all disciplines to enhance your creative clarity, financial literacy, and business acumen using a systemized framework to thrive on your Plan A (no Plan B allowed!)

 

If you've tried traditional paths for your arts-based business but still feel stuck, its not your fault!
What you learned lacked an holistic approach. Our approach helps you finally get on track. Master thriving as an artist with award-winning musician, educator and artist coach, Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds.
 
You've gotten your degree or spent years preparing your craft but you weren't given the info to build and sustain your arts-based business.
 
Learn how to create a thriving income, protect your work and manifest your vision with passion and clarity.

THERE'S HOPE

You Can Create Career Clarity

When we don’t realize what business we are truly in, we work to fill our calendars, and schedule outward appearances of success; This may feel like what we see others’ achieve -  streams of our music in the social media apps, likes on our social media pages, personal appearances, or gigs.

 

The confusion builds with your personal frustration in being unable to recognize which path would take you forward, and have anxiety over how to have a flow of income in the present gig economy. Artists are so burnt out, frustrated and disillusioned, the feelings of anxiety mount, leading us to wonder if we should have listened to the naysayers by creating a "Plan B."

Learn the formulas to build your arts practice:

  • Embed your values in your expression authentically.
  • Finally get aligned and connected with YOUR audience.
  • Remove the fog about your income, cash flow, and business structure, whether a freelancer or entrepreneur.
  • Diversify your arts income, so you don’t have to worry about ups and downs in your work cycles.
  • Get connected within a community to develop collaborations and a variety of thought partners.
 

Imagine Living Your Dream

Thriving on Your "Plan A"

Our course equips you with the tools to make your artistic passion your successful profession.

  • Bust through the myth of life as a starving artist.
  • Avoid the pitfalls of inconsistent income from your arts-based business.
  • Remove the self-doubt that sabotages your creativity.
  • Finally understand how to organize your arts-based business.
  • Understand how to access funding for your projects and vision.
  • Learn how to develop an audience who loves your work, follows and supports your projects and brings their friends with them!

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds, a Chicago native, is a vocal jazz musician, composer, arranger, and educator who currently serves as Dean of the Professional Education Division at Berklee College of Music. Distinctions include former U.S. Jazz Ambassador, two-time Fulbright Senior Music Specialist, GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year quarterfinalist, and Jazz Educator of Distinction award recipient from Jazz Music Awards foundation. Her academic leadership is conjoined to four decades as a jazz recording and performing artist p/k/a Lenora Zenzalai Helm. Career highlights include being a MacDowell composer fellow, Chamber Music America/Doris Duke’s New Jazz Works composer award recipient.

She made her Conductor debut at Carnegie Hall, 2024. With eight acclaimed jazz recordings as a leader, she also appears on two dozen CDs with the biggest names in Jazz and contemporary music which you can hear on Lenora's Official YouTube Channel. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Film Scoring/Voice from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music, Jazz Performance/East Carolina University and Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from Boston University. As a published author her work is at the intersection of jazz, intercultural maturity, and digital humanities. Look for her vocal jazz performance pedagogy textbook Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz slated for 2025 on Routledge/Taylor-Francis. Catch her TEDxBerklee Boston talk, What Jazz Improv Can Teach You About Communication.   www.LenoraHelm.com

 

Let Lenora coach and mentor you from her many years of insight and experience as a thriving, respected, award-winning performer, composer, educator, with expertise in the international music business and music industry profession.

 

 

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Creative Clarity

We help you clear the mental clutter, allowing your artistic vision to shine through.

Financial Literacy

Understand the financial aspects of your craft, ensuring your art is also your sustainable livelihood.

Business Acumen

Learn the business side of art, turning your passion into a thriving enterprise.

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What's inside the Grounded Voice Accelerator?

  • You get six progressive modules,
  • 30+ video lessons,
  • weekly implementation exercises ; and
  • a downloadable workbook.
  • tutorial on the 4 pillars of income for artists
  • application instructions for the 5 Cs Framework (Courage, Confidence, Clarity, Connectivity, Community)

Work at your own pace and access the materials at your leisure with lifetime access.

In the next 60 days you can

  1. Enhance your ability to identify income streams for your arts-based business.

  2. Learn the steps to master the 5cs framework, and 4 pillars of income for artists.

  3. Secure funding for your projects.

  4. Set up your business structure.
  5. Eliminate the guesswork about your career path.
  6. Connect in the exclusive Grounded Voice Community to collaborate with, and expand your international network to learn from peers just like you.

Begin your transformation today and

become the artist you've

always aspired to be!

ENROLL TODAY!

Module 1

 Grounding Your Expression

Overview and Foundations

Module 2

Financial Literacy and The Grounded Voice

Module 3

Business Acumen and The Grounded Voice

Module 4

Legal Structures and The Grounded Voice

Module 5

Funding Your Vision and The Grounded Voice

Module 6

The Grounded  Career
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Testimonials . . .

"After years of struggling with finding my voice, I can comfortably say that I now perform at a professional level."

- Elijah H.

 

"Being guided through the trials and tribulations of being an artist by someone with such passion for what I do has been so amazing. Lenora is a successful innovator with real tried-and-true experience. You won't regret studying and taking on challenges with her on your team. You will gain a mentor, supporter, and friend for life in Dr. Lenora Hammonds. There is nobody better to learn how to gain your financial freedom from than someone who has done it, excelled, and continuing to thrive in this ever evolving economy. Instead of gate-keeping this information, she is ready to share it with you with the purist of intentions and love for artists. Don't hesitate on designing the future you want!"

- Adia L.

"Dr. Hammonds teaches not only from her mind but also from her heart. She trains a student's whole being rather than just training their voice, and her teaching includes counseling on combatting common barriers to success for many artists, such as self doubt and imposter syndrome. She understands what it takes to function as an artist in today's society and imparts the necessary skills and values into her students to serve as educators, writers, performers, and producers, as well as accomplished vocalists. "

- Anna B.

"I was always terrible with money! Working with Lenora's programs have taught me how to work smarter and stop living gig to gig."

- Susan S.

 

 

"Dr. Hammonds, hands down is one of the most prolific, qualified voices of our time, and I'm not meaning just the stage. Her ability to consistently inspire me through her words of wisdom, dedication to the beauty of the art form, and tenacity have consistently inspired me for years to be who I am--on and off the bandstand. She is truly an asset to any artists's career as a consult and navigator.

- Le'Andra M.