A Chicago skyscraper architect, a New York City children's choir founder and a North Carolina scientist who studies how to prevent sports-related concussions are among the latest 22 recipients of the no-strings-attached MacArthur Foundation "genius grants." The $500,000 fellowships for 2011 were announced Tuesday by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Recipients […]
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Welcome to ChoralBuzz!
Tim Sharp, the Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association welcomes you to ChoralBuzz! </div>
Where are you going?
Mission is the raison d’etre for any organization. Mission is the reason you exist. Mission expresses the intentions of the founding mothers and fathers of an organization. Mission expresses what those framers wanted to achieve by starting the organization. AND, mission must be reexamined and refreshed periodically if an organization is to remain dynamic. This […]
Preaching About the Choir
This is part of a sermon that was originally preached by lay preacher Scott Tyra, whois a member of the choir at Desert Springs United Methodist Church in Las Vegas. A few excerpts from his sermon are below – you can read the entire sermon here. Nobody in a choir is that important. […]
Focusing on Peace
Paul Carey pointed me to his latest blog post about a colleague’s recent concert that focused on peace. Read a little here and then travel to Paul’s blog for more. My good friend Paul LaPrade, a humble genius, presented a program on September 10th (note, not September 11th) entilted “A Concert for Peace […]
Turning pages automatically
It is exciting to see where we are heading with all of these new apps: