“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 Today’s Choral Ethics blog is a revisit to a blog from a few years ago, edited to be timely. Hope […]
Difficult Times
Choral Ethics: Calming the Waters
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” Saint Francis de Sales It has been a difficult ten days or so for most of us in the United States. No matter your views, no […]
Choral Ethics: Being True To Yourself
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the scandal (no need to repeat it again) at the New York Philharmonic. I asked for comments and opinions. No […]
Choral Ethics: Another One
“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Madeleine Albright For those of you too busy with concerts and the end of the semester to keep up with current events, here’s another story in the news about inappropriate conduct in the Classical Music World. It concerns one of our […]
Choral Ethics: Favorite Teacher
Choral Ethics: Last Man Standing for the Final Time
Dad and Bob Fosse ( both age 12) Dad, Peter Gennaro, and me (I was probably 16) “If you think you can do better, then do better. Don’t compete with anyone; just yourself.” Bob Fosse I am re-running the Choral Ethics Blog I wrote for my Dad’s 96th birthday December 7, 2023. Unfortunately, there will be no more […]