“I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.” Nat King Cole The world is crazy and times are tough. How do you cope when things turn difficult? Many people sing together. They join their worship community choir; serving their congregation as well as making themselves feel better by singing with others. […]
Choral Ethics
Choral Potpourri/ Choral Ethics: Knowing When To Call It Quits
“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 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/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 […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Pause That Refreshes?
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein Well, I’m back! I hoped you enjoyed the Choral Ethics Repeats during the month of August. They were part of the first series I wrote for ChoralNet as a guest blogger […]