“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” Pope John Paul II It’s another Pandemic Holy Week. A little better than last year’s, because things are a little bit better. At least we’re prepared to worship differently if need be during this strange time. We might be […]
Self Care
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Who Will You Choose?
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart One of our sons is also a musician and when he was quite young and had started lessons, we played a game. It was a game […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: What Does Self-Care Mean to You?
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” William Morris I mentioned in my last blog of February, we’d be taking a look at self-care for the month of March. Earlier in the year, I contacted a few of my usual correspondents and asked them […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Making the Best of It
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt It’s been almost a year since the world changed because of COVID-19. A year in which most of us have not been directing or singing or doing anything remotely resembling our normal lives. Many of us have used Zoom and other platforms […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Leaving the Past Behind
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire For the month of February, I decided to share portions of a file of letters from a former singer of mine, Edie,* and others. Today, I’d like to share portions of several letters as well as my perspective about the whole situation. […]
Choral Potpourri/ Choral Ethics: More of the Same
“The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.” Gloria Swanson As I mentioned earlier this month, for the first time in YEARS, I don’t have concerts or gigs pending and have had time to be around the house much more, so we decided to do some home […]