“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.” Robert Frost As I write today’s blog, I am sipping a glass of iced tea, brewed with mint from my own garden. The mint was the first thing we planted when we bought our house 27 years ago, but we should […]
Choral Ethics
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Being A Lady
“Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” Margaret Thatcher When I was a child, I was often reminded by Mom to behave like a lady. As a 7- or 8-year-old, I was never sure exactly what that meant. I thought it might mean wearing fancy clothes, […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Language!
“Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose… anything goes.” Cole Porter Our lives will soon be more normal than they’ve been for a while. Each day brings news of relaxing of some restrictions, opening up of venues, stores and the ability to go about our lives without […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Why I’m a ChoralNet Blogger
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” Robert Frost I became a regular ChoralNet Blogger in the fall of 2015. The year before, I had been asked to contribute an occasional guest blog for ChoralNet, the first time a week after my […]
Copyright 101 for Conductors: The What’s, Why’s, and How-To’s
By Rebecca Lord & Nate Wise Struggling to navigate copyright laws? Concerned about mistakes you made before you knew the laws, especially your YouTube videos, which are globally displaying your inadvertent copyright infringements? Or are you new to the world of copyright laws and looking for a basic guide? Then this article is for you. […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Pandemic Perfectionists
“Perfection itself is imperfection.” Vladimir Horowitz Last spring, as we were all hunkering down for our Pandemic lockdown, I wrote one or two blogs about those who were doing well. Or who SAID they were doing well. I’ll quote a bit from one of those blogs here: “I’ve been getting emails concerning something I’ll call […]