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Liz Garnett blogs about Bertalot’s greasy pole metaphor: John Bertalot produces a wonderful description of the rehearsal process in his book How to be a Successful Choir Director. He says:   The leading of practices is like pushing a man up a greasy pole. He goes up with a bit of effort, but slides down naturally […]

All of the record labels turned them down, so they released it themselves.  And now, the recording is tops on iTunes.     Patrick Quigley told ChoralNet about it on Monday.  I thought it needed a little more prominence, so here is the story:   From WMU News: A new compact disc by the Western […]

A Cappella News points us to this: The A Cappella Condom Song is back! In August 2008, when www.condomcondom.org was launched by the BBC World Service Trust as part of its Condom Normalization mass media campaign, it was primarily to showcase the campaign and enable people to download the ‘Condom a Cappella’ ringtone. Within the […]

ChoralNet member Steve Szalaj shares this with the choral community:   Recently, the New York Times ran an article about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir being a part of the first live international satellite broadcast called Operation Telstar on July 23, 1962. The article relates personal stories and the significant cultural/political/social importance of this event against […]

Covey tells us we must “seek to understand” before we can be understood as teachers.  With that in mind, I share this list that I found referenced on Jeff Carter’s blog – the mindset for this year’s freshmen student:   1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.   2. Email is […]

Malcolm Gladwell says "Our instinct as humans…is to assume that most things are not interesting." in What the Dog Saw, he challenges that assumption with stories of great interest that come from ordinary individuals. We've seen the redeeming aspect of reality television, in my generous opinion, in the discovery that mundane things ARE interesting. Part […]