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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Autism Awareness Month

April 7, 2022 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Sunflowers for Ukraine,” Russell Amenta, artist with autism (April is National Autism Awareness Month) “Autism is part of who I am.” Temple Grandin “Mrs. Amenta, we have to be kind to those poor parents. They have children with autism and have no hope.” For some reason, Dr. Marguerite’s* comment just ticked me off. This was […]

Filed Under: Autism & Disability, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: A Silent Wood

March 31, 2022 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Ash Wednesday”, Russell Amenta, artist with autism (March is National Disabilities Awareness Month) “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” — Henry Van Dyke We all assume certain things about others.  Those assumptions are usually based on something we know about […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: “…and the tongue of the dumb shall sing”

December 2, 2021 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

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 today’s. Happy December! ~MLGA  I love “Messiah”. Truth be told, it is probably one of my favorite large choral works.  There’s […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Autism Awareness Month

April 8, 2021 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Autism is part of who I am.” Temple Grandin “Mrs. Amenta, we have to be kind to those poor parents. They have children with autism and have no hope.” For some reason, Dr. Marguerite’s* comment just ticked me off. This was about 20 years ago and I was the president of a local chapter of […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: “………and the tongue of the dumb shall sing”

December 10, 2020 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

As I mentioned last week, for the rest of the month of December Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics will be running some of our “oldie but goodie” blogs from past Decembers. This is one of my favorites! MLGA I love “Messiah”. Truth be told, it is probably one of my favorite large choral work.  There’s a little […]

Filed Under: Autism & Disability, Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Staying On Track

December 3, 2020 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Today is the first Thursday of December. In normal times, I’d be reminding you to slow down and relax. Perhaps I’d be clever and suggest you stop and take time to smell the Christmas Cookies. In years past, I’d advise […]

Filed Under: Autism & Disability, Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Difficult Times, Leadership, pandemic, Self Care, The Choral Life

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