CHORAL ETHICS (Part 8): DON’T SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER by Marie Grass Amenta "It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself." J.S. Bach Lady C* contacted me a few years ago as I began […]
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GUEST BLOG: “Choral Ethics (Part 7): Our Choral Culture” by Marie Grass Amenta
CHORAL ETHICS (Part 7): OUR CHORAL CULTURE by Marie Grass Amenta “Habits change into character.” Ovid Many of us, especially in community-based programs, complain we don’t have enough singers to do the repertoire we really want to do. If we are a mixed group, we long for more tenors or baritones or basses […]
Recruiting (Part I)
This is a new series (in addition to my forthcoming series on sacred music in public schools) on one of my favorite topics: recruiting. When I was hired at my university job, I went to a friend of mine who is a high school choral director and asked him what I could do to […]
Monday Motivation: Dear Mr. Administrator
Source: Music Empowers Foundation, http://www.musicempowersfoundation.org/
Singing Christian Music (Part III)
The last two posts (here and here) dealt with some of the problems that arise when we sing in choirs in public school settings. The problems happen all over, and are not new. I think I may have one way that we can help to make thing better. I believe that we need to start, before we […]
Singing Christian Music (Part II)
My last post was about an interaction I had with a parent regarding the use of sacred, Christian music on a "Winter Holiday" program. You can read all about it here. I alluded to the "Hanukkah Situation" in that post (not to be confused with the Bonnie Situation), and wanted to open up a discussion about […]