“Ring out the false, ring in the true.” Alfred Lord Tennyson Today is the third in our January series here at Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics discussing the Try Method. To refresh your memory; instead of New Year’s resolutions, I am trying various small, specific things to change my life for the better. This week it’s all […]
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Choral Resources in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today in the United States we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day. In remembrance of King’s dream for racial equality, I want to draw your attention to a few resources relevant to this topic. Last year I posted a ChoralNet blog previewing a 2016 Choral Journal article “On Our Way: Programming a Martin Luther King […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Being Honest
“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.” Robert Burns Last week, I told you the theme for the Choral Potpourri/ Choral Ethics January Blogs would center on the Try Method. Instead of New Year’s resolutions, I am trying four different strategies to change my life for the better. I reasoned four different ways of […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics: Beginning Anew
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy New Year, ChoralNet Folks! We here at Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics will start the New Year blogs this January as we often do; with a theme. As we begin a new year, many of us make resolutions. […]
Choral Potpourri: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
“My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends – it gives a lovely light!” Edna St. Vincent Millay I have been in a “growlie” mood for weeks. My youngest coined the term for this crabby-it’s-December-and-I’ve-got-so-much-to-do-for-Christmas-and-my-choirs-are-driving-me-crazy mood when he was about three or […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Nice Things
“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things!” “The Simpsons” As I began to write this blog to describe Monique’s * story, I had no clue how to finish it. It’s a bit of an unusual situation but I bet many of you have dealt with something similar. You may not have known you had […]