Perhaps it is time that we choral conductors re-examine and re-assess our purposes and objectives. Have our choral groups gradually become organizations devoted to entertainment of both singers and listeners? Has the emphasis unconsciously been placed upon the social values inherent in the term “glee club” to the neglect of the musical? Have our choirs been deliberately used as media for public displays and community relations rather than the vehicle of aesthetic experience with they should be?
Choral conductors must never cease in their study to improve themselves. Complacent choral conductors mean complacent choirs. We have a mission. The cultural taste of the young people in this country is, partly at least, in our hands.
(NOTE: Though the sentiment of this commentary sounds quite current, it was published in the January 1962 Choral Journal)
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