By Matt Harrison In this season of change, how often have you taken the time to meaningfully meditate on why we do what we do? Perhaps, we must first examine exactly what it is that we do. We connect and engage with our singers. We cultivate powerful, lasting, and transformative relationships. As my good friend […]
Separating Achievement from Self-Worth
By John C. Hughes A few years ago, a colleague told me about the Enneagram, a personality classification system that groups people into nine broad types.1 I took an online quiz and discovered that I am a Type Three: The Achiever. My friend told me that a lot of conductors are Threes. This makes sense; […]
From “Raising the Voices of a Generation: The Role of Choral Directors in Increasingly Complex Times”
By Jeff M. Poulin In February 2019, I published a new framework for the field, through Americans for the Arts, which articulated the aptitudes, practices, skills and commitments, making up the “12 Core Competencies of an Arts Education Leader.” This framework is intended to guide all of us working in the field of arts education […]
Where My Heart Lives
By Kathleen Bhat The person that we thought we were doesn’t have to be the person that we are. This thought came out of a goal-setting meeting at my gym in a discussion about how we were impacted by the pandemic. This past year has changed our world and it has changed our organization. In […]
Choirs with Limited Budgets: Top Ten Solutions for Copyright Compliance on a Dime
By Rebecca Lord & Nate Wise Does your choir have a minimal budget or none at all? If so, you know how challenging it can be even to provide sheet music, let alone to pay for copyright licensing for the songs you want to perform! The good news is there are some free or low-cost […]
Copyright 101 for Conductors: The What’s, Why’s, and How-To’s
By Rebecca Lord & Nate Wise Struggling to navigate copyright laws? Concerned about mistakes you made before you knew the laws, especially your YouTube videos, which are globally displaying your inadvertent copyright infringements? Or are you new to the world of copyright laws and looking for a basic guide? Then this article is for you. […]