“No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.” Bertrand Russell I mentioned last week 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 improvements. The basement re-do is finished and the KITCHEN re-do […]
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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Putting Folks Down
“No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don’t knock your friends. Don’t knock your enemies. Don’t knock yourself.” Alfred Lord Tennyson As you may recall, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics is re-visiting some of […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Another Kindness Blog
“We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother’s shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.” Alfred Lord Tennyson As you recall, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics is re-visiting some of our most discussed Choral Ethics dilemmas for the […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Moving On
“Tis not too late to seek a newer world.” Alfred Lord Tennyson I mentioned last week, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics will be re-visiting some of our most discussed Choral Ethics dilemmas for the month of January. So today we begin with one topic discussed many times, “Moving On.” Moving on can be by choice or NOT […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New……
“Ring out the false, ring in the true.” Alfred Lord Tennyson Happy New Year, ChoralNetters! I hope you had a pleasant holiday season or as pleasant as it was able to be. A New Year is here, and with that, a hope for a better year for ALL of us. We just need to help […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Let There Be Peace on Earth
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics has been running past December Blogs the last few weeks. This one is perhaps the MOST requested of all our Blogs. This year, it’s message is especially important. MLGA Have you […]