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It has been a delight to work through the concept of "Innovation" at the GALA Leadership Symposium this weekend in Denver, Colorado. GALA is meeting in Denver as they prepare for a national festival there next year. These are some thoughts I shared at the GALA Symposium:   Referencing my definition of innovation last week […]

I'm so pleased to announce the people submitting blog posts for ChoralNet this fall!     Tim Sharp is back on the blogging roster with a first post yesterday.  I'm thrilled to see what Tim will be sharing.  As the Executive Director for ACDA, he has incredible insights into the world of choral music and […]

       "No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." John Donne   I mentioned in my first blog post two weeks ago I have spent most of my summer vacation straightening up. My choir music is now so organized; I can put my hands on anything my […]

Blogging returns this week on ChoralNet.  First up is Timothy Sharp, the Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association.     This week I return to blogging regularly on ChoralNet, and will be working through my thoughts related to innovation, particularly as the topic relates to our choral mission with the American Choral Directors […]

  Announcing the winners of the Showcase Dare August 2015.  I would like to thank all composers who participated and the conductors and composers who helped vote for the pieces started for the dare.  All pieces are available to view here: https://choralnet.org/view/472261   Overall winners received a score of at least 4.0 in Spark and had […]

                                          “Don’t be the dance band on the Titanic.” Harry Chapin   At the beginning of the summer, I attended the national conference of Americans for the Arts, an arts advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. I was sent by a new local arts organization I work with, a consortium of arts organizations and businesses […]