**TW: Discussions of Alcoholism, and gender dysphoria **
Breaking The Third Wall Through Music's Mission statement:
The mission of Breaking The Third Wall Through Music is to break the barriers between ableism and music, by bringing a wide range of musicians, regardless of disability, instrument, background, and field of interested across all genres to chat.
This week I had Enda Stroinski on to chat about anxiety, depression, and other assorted topics.
A little bit about Edna:
" Edna Stroinski is a native of Plattsburgh, New York. She has lived in, and enjoyed, the beautiful landscape of the north country her entire life. Edna has been playing clarinet for over ten years, starting in band at Saranac Central School. Edna has also participated in the Adirondack Youth Orchestra and won their concerto competition in 2015 playing the Weber clarinet concerto No.1. Edna completed her studies at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam (20’), earning her Bachelors of Music (BM) in Clarinet Performance as well as Music History. During her time at Crane, Edna participated in various chamber ensembles, the Contemporary Music Ensemble, Crane Wind Ensemble, the award winning Crane Opera ensemble, and the Crane Symphony Orchestra. Outside of Crane, Edna has also performed with the Northern Symphonic Winds and PROTESTRA, a newly formed ensemble whose mission is to bring social justice to the world of classical music. As a Music historian Edna’s main fields of study are music of Germany in Austria between the years 1890-1930 and Historical Performance Practice. Enda completed an independent research project on the reception of early works by the conductor and composer Alexander Zemlinsky with funding and support through the Presidential Scholars Project at SUNY Potsdam. She is studying Historical Performance Practice of the 18th and 19th centuries with particular focus on the music of Johannes Brahms. Edna performs the music of this period on instruments from her collection of over 20 clarinets, ranging between the years of 1815-1920."
