“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry S Truman Despite the Pandemic, I still get several emails a week about Choral Ethics issues. Most want advice about past problems or seem to be ruminating about them. They’d like to know what they should do if […]
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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Do Unto Others…….
“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.” George Bernard Shaw I read some interesting parenting advice a few days ago that got me thinking. The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was how I raised my own children. What was this nugget of wisdom that had me thinking […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Who Will You Choose?
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart One of our sons is also a musician and when he was quite young and had started lessons, we played a game. It was a game […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: What Does Self-Care Mean to You?
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” William Morris I mentioned in my last blog of February, we’d be taking a look at self-care for the month of March. Earlier in the year, I contacted a few of my usual correspondents and asked them […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way
“There’s a way to do it better – find it.” Thomas A. Edison For the month of March, we’re taking a look at ways we can handle these challenging times in a more creative way. I’ve contacted several of my usual correspondents, and most have told me at first, they felt out of control and […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Making the Best of It
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt It’s been almost a year since the world changed because of COVID-19. A year in which most of us have not been directing or singing or doing anything remotely resembling our normal lives. Many of us have used Zoom and other platforms […]