“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.” B.K.S. Iyengar It’s hard to believe I am starting my fifth year writing this blog. My intention in those early days of the pandemic was to encourage conductors, […]
Leadership
Choral Ethics: Planting the Seed of Reputation
“Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.” Walter Scott This is a Choral Ethics Blog post repeat from several years ago. I try to be here, one way or another, every week because I know many of you look forward to this blog and […]
Choral Ethics: Practice. Again. And Again
“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. […]
Choral Ethics: Envy and Jealousy
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.” William Penn 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. I try to be here, one way or another, every week […]
Choral Ethics: Gossip
“You hear things about certain people. When you hear someone was mean to a limo driver or a wardrobe lady, or someone was rotten to a fan, somewhere in your brain it gets stuck.” Joan Rivers This is a Choral Ethics Blog post repeat from several years ago. I need to slow down and plotting […]
Choral Ethics: Choral Conductors Behaving Badly
“Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.” Will Cuppy 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. I try to be here, one way or another, every […]