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Emily Williams Burch

Best. Interview. Ever! “Doing whatever it takes” with Superstar Deke Sharon

May 18, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

Imagine walking onto the set of a potentially epic movie with a seemingly large task ahead of you: create an “award winning” choir out of a collection of humans, none of which have ever sung in choir, in one month, with one hour of rehearsal a day. Go! Daunting? Fun? A bit intimidating? But possible […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: advocacy, choral education, music educators

Legislative Update and Actions We Can Take Now Based on the Recent National Arts Action Summit

April 30, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

Teachers. Choir director. Singer. Manager. Stage crew. These are just a few of the many hats we all learn to wear as choral educators. The thought of adding another task to our list often seems daunting, and a little intimidating, especially when it includes words like “legislation,” “Capitol Hill,” “lobbyist,” or other congressional lingo. In […]

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“Advocacy” = “A story”

April 20, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

“Advocacy.” Sometimes it is an intimidating word. It’s not too fancy, not too hard to spell, but it can feel a bit daunting. We’ve all heard situations where colleagues had to advocate to keep to their programs or where larger communities had to find the data to fight for the arts. Those can be intimidating […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: advocacy

Together in Music…Collaboration tips and “squashing the why (not)!”

March 16, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

Some of the most common FAQs presented to the ACDA Advocacy and Collaboration Committee include “how do I find someone to collaborate with” and “how do we make it work?” So often, finding that “perfect” partnership is the barrier in and of itself (hint: there is no such thing as “perfect” but we’ll get to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: ACDA Leadership, Collaboration, community

Equity Sings…advocacy, collaboration, Maslow and ADEIBR

February 16, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

While the dictionary defines “equity” as a noun, the quality of being fair and impartial, this blog post (and the podcast that accompanies it) morphs “equity” into a verb, with tangible and actionable ideas. How do we define “equity?” What actions can we take and how can we employ from the various DEIB or ADEI […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration

Advocacy, Collaboration, and . . . moving from survival to vision

January 19, 2022 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

It’s been an interesting start to the semester, yet again, but we are resilient and we keep showing up for choir and our singers. Go us! However, there is always that chance for budget cuts, restrictions, or worse, canceled programs. With decreasing numbers, uncertainty, and pandemic fatigue, how do we move from survival mode to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: advocacy, choral education, Leadership

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