“Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” D. H. Lawrence Last week, I mentioned getting over 30 emails about one choral conductor during the last few years. My contacts were from past and present singers and even one of his former accompanists. There have been several from his […]
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Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Thinking About Choral Ethics in Our Time
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” Albert Camus As I sit to write, I am struck by the sun streaming across the table where I have my laptop; it feels so good! It’s a bright day, with no snow and the grass looks incredibly green. The green grass and […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Say Something Nice
“Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.” William Shakespeare As I plotted out the subject and theme for January’s Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics blogs, I had a certain expectation of what I would write for each installment. Today’s Try for my Try Method was inspired by a simple spontaneous remark I made to […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Don’t Be Fake
“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 […]
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. […]