“People don’t slip. Time catches up with them.” Nat King Cole No one looks forward to leaving our profession or to having to tell someone they should leave. It’s a tough time everyone will face, sooner or later; we all just hope it will be much later. Today’s Choral Ethics Blog will look at three […]
Choral Culture
The “Secret” Your Weakest Sight-Singers May Be Hiding
Your weakest sight-singers may be keeping a “secret” from you. Once we become detectives and uncover their “secret”, they will have the ability to become great sight-singers. Find out: The “Secret” Your Weakest Sight-Singers May Be Hiding
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: When Times Are Tough
“Tough times don’t last, tough people do, remember?” Gregory Peck This week we begin a series for the month of October called “When Times are Tough.” I like doing series because I am able to expand on our theme and need not get everything I think is important together in one post. As always, I […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Invisible Women
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde You all know “her” but you may not know exactly what she does. She is just there, connected with your ensemble in some way. What she does is invisible to you and everyone else, but I am here today to tell […]
Choral Potpourri: The Care and Feeding of Creatives
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” Leo Burnett I first heard the term “creatives” a few years ago and hated it. I was at a meeting of the community arts and business alliance I am involved with and our leader was speaking of […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Winning and Losing with Grace
“You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.” Joe Namath My late mother would tell us being a gracious winner was just as important as being a gracious loser. In fact, she would scold if we were less than kind to our siblings if we won a game and were being […]