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Going Beyond Words

The Conductor as Yogi:  Do One Thing

January 10, 2023 by Ramona Wis 1 Comment

The beginning of the calendar year—ahhh! . . .  Resolutions.  Big plans.  Massive change! And how long do those resolutions last? We know the statistics, that resolutions set on January 1st are often abandoned within the first month, depending on whose reporting you read.  There are countless guides for determining and keeping resolutions to create […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Going Beyond Words, Leadership, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life Tagged With: Leadership, Wellness, Yoga

The Conductor as Yogi: May You Know

December 27, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

We’ve made it through another calendar year.  Some combination of joyous, fatigued, inspired, bruised, cautious, or hopeful, on any given day.  Stories to tell and plans still in the making.  Intersections of work life and “real life” (can they be the same thing?).  And though I have no idea how many read this blog, I […]

Filed Under: Going Beyond Words, Leadership, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life Tagged With: Leadership, Wellness, Yoga

The Conductor as Yogi: The Spirit, the Brain, and the Choir

December 13, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

Sounds like the title of a new novel, but today’s post wraps up our fall exploration of brain health and how it intersects with our life as conductors and teachers.  We started by looking at how our brain reacts to stress, then unpacked how we can mitigate stress in rehearsals with our breathing and movement […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Going Beyond Words, Leadership, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life Tagged With: Brain Health, Leadership, Wellness, Yoga

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Communication Without Words

December 17, 2020 by Marie Grass Amenta Leave a Comment

“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” Leonard Bernstein Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics is re-running some of our December Blogs from years past. This is one that brings hope of what will happen when we can be together to make music again. MLGA We all know music’s ability to heal and sooth. We know […]

Filed Under: Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Difficult Times, Going Beyond Words, Self Care, The Choral Life

Beginning the 26th Year: It’s All in the Words

September 11, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

This week on GBW and ACDA Radio/ChoralNet host Stan Schmidt takes a moment to tell you how Going Beyond Words got started and how he goes about putting each show together. He then gives you an opportunity to listen to “A Song of Praise” by Beethoven conducted by Robert Shaw;  “A Prayer by Padre Pio” […]

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Seasons, Flower Songs, Canticles and Prayers

September 4, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

ACDA Radio and ChoralNet Radio with host, Stan Schmidt, invites you another edition of one of the longest running choral radio programs in the country. On this broadcast we introduce a new series of recordings featuring the adored creativity of composer/conductor Dr. Dale Warland. You will hear the first of several new recordings called the […]

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Marco da Gagliano and Jacopo Peri's "Flora" was performed on the day in 1735 in Charleston, South Carolina, the first opera staged in the North American colonies.

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