“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.” Robert Browning I was finally able to see my dear friend, Denise, * in person a few weeks ago. I’ve written about her before but can’t remember what I’ve used as her […]
Choral Ethics
Choral Potpourri.Choral Ethics: Putting In the Work
“Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.” Walter Scott Denise* contacted me in August with a strange story, but one I’ve heard before. We’ve gone back and forth, but now I’d like to ask your opinion. Her dilemma/question is this—should she re-interview/re-audition for a […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Making The Best of It
“My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.” Robert Frost Those of you teaching in-person with COVID-19 restrictions are encountering dilemmas you never expected to have. And solutions are not […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Welcome Back
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!” Percy Bysshe Shelley Hello everyone! After four weeks of reruns of Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics Blogs from summers past, I’m back with new […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: A Little Cheese With Your Whine?
“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.” Robert Burns Today’s Choral Ethics blog is a rerun from several years ago. It’s still applicable as we begin to get back to normal. I’ll be back with new Blogs […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Success, I Guess
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden […]