Tim Sharp

Continuing to think of the American Choral Directors Association imperative of mentoring the choral profession, I began my blog last week with the statement that mentoring had more to do with the why of what we do than the when, what, where, or even the significant how of our work. When we explore the question […]

The second strategic imperative I recently suggested to the membership of the American Choral Directors Association toward reshaping our work in the 21st century is the imperative of generativity, or mentoring in the choral profession. We must transmit not only the “how” of what we do, but most importantly, the “why”. Scholarship over the last […]

As I continue to think about the strategic imperative of the work of the American Choral Directors Association as we reach out and respond collaboratively, there are two critical underlying factors I am mindful of if we want to achieve creative collaboration: 1. Sharing   Each partner in the collaboration is responsible for 100 percent of […]

Last week I blogged about the need for collaboration as a strategic imperative for our work as choral directors as we seek to equip and inspire choral directors and choral music education and performance. This week I want to address one “why” of collaboration. Collaboration can provide an “insurance policy” against the real threat and […]

At the recent Leadership Conference of the American Choral Directors Association held in Chicago, the officers of our State and Division chapters explored ways we could collaborate with each other and with other organizations toward the working out of our mission and purposes that revolve around the themes of equipping and inspiring the choral director. […]

I was born in the same year as Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. And with that, the resemblance ends. As a member of their demographic, however, I can’t help but be fascinated by their work. I would have been content only to be an observer and consumer of many things Apple and Microsoft […]