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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Practice. Again. And Again.

September 7, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.” Edgar Degas This is a Choral Ethics Blog post repeat from several years ago. I need to slow down and plotting out the rest of the summer now seems like a smart idea. […]

Filed Under: A Family of Artists, Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Pretension

June 22, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.” Margot Fonteyn Jamie*’s highly auditioned and highly respected community chorus sing at a (you can guess) high level. Though not a professional chorus, they are often used by a local […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Opposite: Part Two

June 15, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.” Agnes de Mille Today is the second part of Leo’s Choral Ethics story. Leo* contacted me initially to explain he never imagined retiring would cause such an uproar. The plan was Leo […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Leadership, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Opposite:Part One

June 8, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.” Niles Bohr Leo*contacted me a while ago wanting to share his story. It isn’t the kind of story you think it will be, he was the one who left. Leo directed a choral program […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Leadership, Self Care, The Choral Life

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Truth to Tell

June 1, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.”  Lord Byron Since writing about Choral Ethics here on ChoralNet, I have received many emails.  Folks who contact me either want to thank me or to tell me their stories. And their stories are amazing.  Some seem outlandish at the outset, but then I follow up by asking […]

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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: It’s All Right!

May 25, 2023 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” Robert Louis Stevenson I hate whiners. When my boys were young, they knew I would not “hear” them if they complained in a whiny voice. They could complain about life not being fair or that someone got a bigger […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Leadership, The Choral Life

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