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Good thing our instruments are inside
“Real” instruments are too dangerous: Andrew DiMarzio loves to play his tenor sax at home and at school, but the bus company said the case for his saxophone is a safety hazard aboard a crowded school bus. Hope they never learn that singers carry their instruments with them, or whole choirs might be banned. But […]
Extraordinary Creativity through Exercise
A friend pointed me to these thoughts about how the physical body can service – or sabotage – genius: When I'm in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 a.m. and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for ten kilometers or swim for fifteen hundred meters (or […]
Bad Showchoir
This looks like something I might have choreographed:
Stick Time: Singing in English
Ever listen to a choir and wonder what language they were singing only to be shocked to realize they were singing in English? (Having taught in seven states across all four time zones in the continetal U.S. I’ve faced that more often that I would want.) Here’s a choir from Norway singing English and frankly […]
Innovation Includes Having a Network
In my October 18 ChoralBlog "Innovation is 'In'", one of the points I stressed was *Innovators are connected–they know where to find and get help, and they flourish in cultures that encourage collaboration. In a recent Harvard Business Review "Management Tip of the Day", the editors do a little unpacking of the old adage, […]