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Choral Ethics: Monstering

September 21, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche Earlier this summer, I read a review of a book I thought might be interesting to review here on Choral […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Difficult Times, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Practice. Again. And Again.

September 7, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.” Edgar Degas This is a Choral Ethics Blog post repeat from several years ago. I need to slow down and plotting out the rest of the summer now seems like a smart idea. […]

Filed Under: A Family of Artists, Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life

August Choral Journal Preview

July 31, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The August 2023 issue of Choral Journal is available online. This issue includes several articles on the topic of women in choral conducting ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. If you are not already a member of ACDA, join today to […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, Choral Journal, Choral Journal Preview

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Pretension

June 22, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.” Margot Fonteyn Jamie*’s highly auditioned and highly respected community chorus sing at a (you can guess) high level. Though not a professional chorus, they are often used by a local […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Opposite: Part Two

June 15, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.” Agnes de Mille Today is the second part of Leo’s Choral Ethics story. Leo* contacted me initially to explain he never imagined retiring would cause such an uproar. The plan was Leo […]

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

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Opposite:Part One

June 8, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.” Niles Bohr Leo*contacted me a while ago wanting to share his story. It isn’t the kind of story you think it will be, he was the one who left. Leo directed a choral program […]

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

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September 23

Christopher Willibald Gluck’s opera “Armide” was first staged, at the second Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris, on this day in 1777.

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