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Marie Grass Amenta

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Is It Spring Yet?

February 2, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” Percy Bysshe Shelley Happy Ground Hog Day! This morning, I hope your own local rodent has brought good, spring-timey news to you and your community. In case you don’t remember the folklore, here’s how it works; if it’s cloudy when the Ground Hog comes out from its […]

Filed Under: Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: January Emails

January 26, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” Walt Whitman I get emails about Choral Ethics issues from all over. Several times a year, it’s a flurry of emails. I have gotten MANY emails this January in particular. I think it’s because restrictions have ended […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Subtle Sexism in Classical Music

January 19, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta 3 Comments

“Sexism is real in this country.” Kamela Harris  It’s part of a being woman conductor or composer to be looked on as something unusual. We’re called “strange” or “weird” and certainly not taken seriously. Folks focus on things about us, often not relating to the music, such as what we wear or how we present […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, The Choral Life, Women Conductors

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Six Choral/Music Things That Really Irritated Me in 2022!!!!

January 12, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“I lead a very conventional life. I don’t lead a writer’s life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.” Joan Didion Hi ChoralNetters, and Happy New Year. I hope you have begun an exciting and productive time and that 2023 is your best year ever. It is […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New…..

January 5, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Ring out the false, ring in the true.” Alfred Lord Tennyson This Holiday Season, I’ve rerun several Choral Ethics blogs from years past with a few modifications where needed. Today will be the last of the reruns; all new blogs will begin again next Thursday. ~MLGA Happy New Year, ChoralNetters! It is 2023, can you […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Let There Be Peace on Earth

December 29, 2022 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein For the month of December, I’m rerunning some Choral Ethics blogs from years past with a few modifications where needed. Two of my MOST REQUESTED December Blogs will be making their yearly appearances, including […]

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