Scott Dorsey

At this moment, our newest colleagues are stepping into their classrooms for the first time.  These freshly-credentialed professionals are joining our ranks brimming with ideas, enthusiasm, and energy.  But if truth be told, many of these good people are also apprehensive about their new lives.   To new colleagues . . . Welcome! We’re glad […]

What would have happened if choral musicians of the mid-15thcentury had told Guttenberg that they didn’t want anything to do with his new-fangled movable-type printing press?   Would we have the New World Symphony if Dvorak had been afraid to take a ship to the U.S. in 1892?   Imagine if no one thought that […]

Vacation . . .   For some people that term conjures dreams of lying on a seaside beach amid flowing palm trees. For others it’s fly fishing in an icy mountain stream.    For ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp, his 2011 summer “vacation” cast him in the role of Principal Guest Conductor at the Festival […]

I’m sorry to have to say this aloud . . .   It’s August.   I can hear it now: “No! NO! I’m not ready! I need more time.” I understand. The passing of July and the onslaught of those ubiquitous “Back-to-School” ads indicate that your summer vacation is almost over (here in Oklahoma City, […]

I have a visceral – and not necessarily positive – reaction to the term “curriculum.”   Shudder. . . !   I envision a fusty, prim old schoolmarm type glaring at me over the top of her wire-rimmed glasses scolding me for failing to dot some preposterous “i” or cross a meaningless “t” in some […]

Don’t we all LOVE to eat?  Oh, the myriad tastes, textures, sensations!  And, of course, most of us have those gastronomic guilty pleasures that we’re perhaps just a little too embarrassed to share.  But rather than gorging on cheeseburgers every night, the sensible person develops a dietary habit that achieves some sense of balance.   […]