Doing those things I do

At the risk of seeming a little dim, I'll share a gradual revelation I've had over the course of the past year or so.I've tended to compartmentalize my adult life into different types of work and hobbies. My main professional activity time and money-wise is being a voice teacher, which meshes pretty well with my other professional activity, singing. But even then I might ask, am I fundamentally a voice teacher who happens to still sing when called upon to do so, or am I a singer who shares my knowledge and experience with others in the studio? I sing in church, but that's totally different from singing opera. One is liturgy, the other is performance. Or are they really that different?Then there's the writing. That's separate from my "day job," music. Or is it? I might call it a hobby, only I take it pretty seriously and occasionally make some money from it. There are a few nonfiction articles I've gotten paid for, but that's totally different from the writing that really excites me, the fiction. Or is it? Do the audiences overlap? Even with my fiction, sometimes it fits into a clear genre, other times it doesn't.I've combined my writing with music since around 2001 when I first had the idea for a fantasy ballet. "The Willow Maiden" was performed in 2003, and I've given many talks at conventions regarding the process of creating the ballet. But that was wearing my writer hat. It had nothing to do with my music career. Or did it? Earlier this year, I wrote the libretto and composed some of the music for a chamber opera. For the first time this year, I wrote a fantasy story involving a singer and an opera house. Yes, this is a trend. I'm combining different aspects of my professional life across artistic discipline and genres.I've had a website since 1998, mostly for the purposes of my teaching and singing. At some point I added writing to my bio, though it's never been the focus of the page. I've wondered if I should create a different website focusing on my writing, and keep the current one as a place primarily for people interested in voice lessons. But though I wear different hats, I'm one person, with a breadth of experience in various areas that all inform each other. Do potential voice students care that I also write fantasy and wrote and directed a short opera? Maybe not, but my guess is that I sound like a heck of a lot more well-rounded and interesting person if I present myself as a package deal.With the recent publication of my story, The Mouths, in Hypersonic Tales, I've been asked for a link to my website. I gave the one to this livejournal rather than my professional web site. Not only have I not updated it in quite a while, but it's definitely geared towards the voice teacher side of my career and there's not much there that would interest people clicking a link from a story I wrote. Or is there?I'm in the process of redoing my website with a short "mission statement" on the front page and sub pages for the three main things I do: teaching, singing, and writing. So there. I'm officially interstitial. I'm a package deal. Maybe I'll have to change hats less often.