Worry Group Meetings
Please join Francesca Leo (@playingwithoutpain) and Baltazar Díaz Dávila (@baltazarflute) in a series of “Worry Groups”, a safe space for musicians of all backgrounds to gather and discuss their worries, fears, doubts and thoughts with one another. These discussion groups will be hosted over Zoom and will occur every other month.
These discussion groups will always be free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted. 100% of donations will go towards a different organization each session.
The next worry group meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 19th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. All donations for this group meeting will go towards the Environmental Defense Fund.
About the Environmental Defense Fund:
Building a better future together
For more than 50 years we’ve been pioneers, using science and different perspectives to make the environment safer and healthier for us all.
Who we are
We began in 1967, as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer on Long Island, New York, fighting to save osprey from the toxic pesticide DDT. Using scientific evidence, our founders got DDT banned nationwide.
Today, we’re one of the world's leading environmental organizations. In the U.S., Fortune magazine called our board one of the country's most influential nonprofit boards.
And science still guides everything we do.
If you would like to propose a topic or workshop for an upcoming Worry Group Meeting, send an email with “Worry Group Proposal” in the subject line to francescaleoflute@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!
-Francesca Leo, Founder of Playing Without Pain
About the Hosts:
Francesca Leo is a cutting edge flutist, educator, MBA candidate, and performing arts health advocate. She is the founder of www.playingwithoutpain.com, an award-winning interactive website and social media platform committed to connecting musicians with resources to treat and prevent performance-related injuries. Francesca is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wood County, the National Flute Association Performance Health Care Committee and the Performing Arts Medicine Association Young Professionals Committee, and serves as the chair of the Puerto Rico Flute Symposium Wellness Committee. She holds a masters degree in flute performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a bachelors degree from Bowling Green State University (BGSU), and is currently pursuing a Master in Business Administration at BGSU.
Baltazar Díaz Dávila (available for Spanish translation) is a native of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, MX. Baltazar received a Bachelor's degree of flute performance from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and a Master's degree in flute performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City's Conservatory of Music and Dance. He is currently a part of the Cohort of the Orchestra of the America's OAcademy 2021, where he is pursuing an Artist Diploma in Orchestral Performance and Digital Creation as a part of Leone Buyse's flute studio. He has participated in festivals such as Fresno Orchestral and Opera Summer Academy (FOOSA), Festival de Musica de Santiago de Queretaro, Mostly Modern Music Festival, and Orchestra of the Americas. Baltazar currently holds the position of co-principal flute at the Guanajuato Symphony and is the flute instructor at the Jovenes Lideres Youth Symphony, in Leon, MX. He also serves as woodwind faculty for the Tamaulipas Symphonic Youth Festival. Baltazar is the official translator for the Puerto Rico Flute Symposium.