Support Steph’s Conducting Study

I need fundraising to bring myself to Bulgaria, to have a professional

conductor who is a native Bulgarian teach me how to conduct for 2 weeks,

attend his performances and have myself conducting a symphony orchestra

from Bulgaria being recorded, and the videos have to be sent to St.

Petersburg Conservatory in Russia as it is part of the requirements for

my application there. I am planning to sign up for the special

non-degree conducting course there for only 3 months. My occupation in

the mean time is a music teacher who doesn't get paid that much, i'm a

single parent, got married too young when i was only 19, am now

divorced, my son is now 6 years old, still struggling financially every

month, my dad will retire from the bank very soon, cannot afford me to

go back to Bulgaria anymore because his credit card loans are piled up, i

cannot put this in his shoulders anymore, i do need help from generous

people out there around the world to help me fund my studies and also

need some money to support my son for 3 months i won't be working when i

study in Russia. Conducting has been my dream since i was kindergarten,

but somehow i got misdirected and was not focused on being one anymore,

now that my mind and heart are back on track, i found myself struggling

financially to get myself there to my dreams. I went to Bulgaria

attending a film scoring summer program for 24days,my dad paid almost

everything with his credit card because he is a very supportive

father,something he couldn't do any further for my studies in Russia.

Luckily, there i met a great conductor who brought me back to my dreams

that somehow i have forgotten for so long, probably because i got

distracted by my premature marriage, physically abused by my exhusband,

mentally broken down,have to support my son and myself financially

alone, with my dad occasionally send me some money, distracted by

teaching and raising my son. This great conductor i met in Bulgaria, cried

the very moment i conducted a 4/4 movement in front of him, prior to

that story is because he wanted to know why i want to be a conductor and

also he wanted to know whether i have what it takes to be a conductor

or not. He was watching ny hands as i move and conducting in

4/4,3/4,then he asked me to mimic his right hand to make a 2/4

conducting movement, right after he watched me, he cried.

I thought at first that he cried because i was so terrible and i have

no chance of being one. Turned out to be the opposite, he cried because i

have that natural conducting movements in me, i have what it takes to

be a conductor, he has faith in me, he told me that i will be a great

female conductor, and he warned me that it could be very sexist in

conducting world, as there are mostly male conductors and only a few

female made it to be great and wellknown conductors, but he said that

that 'few' numbers are growing now and NOW is the best time for me to do

that because NOW is the time where female conductors will be rising

stars. His tears put me to a shocking moment, i cried as well. It

happened in the middle of our casual lunch in Bulgaria, very unexpected

but it was life and mental changing for me. I said to myself that i have

to do this, this is what i was born for, finally i know exactly what i

want to do in life, what i love to do that i never have to say i have to

work, because i'll love my job. This is my story, i live in Indonesia, i

appreciate every amount of money you fund in me, whoever and whereever

you are, i pray for all of you who've been reading this long story of me

pursuing my dreams and have helped funding my study (means that you

have faith in me also :) ) that you may be blessed even more, you will

get 10 times more than what you have given me, that God will look into

what you have given me and pay it back to you with even more abundance,

joy and happiness in your life. Thank you for being a part of my journey

of becoming a great female conductor and composer. Bless you! :)

Love and prayers for you,

Stephanie Christel