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James Feiszli is one of my heros.     I recently had the opportunity to introduce him at the leadership conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Chicago and I described him as a “historic figure” for ACDA.  I meant it – through his efforts, ChoralNet came into being and continues to exist and […]

Fascinating.   My new student Peter Haley pointed this out to me a couple of days ago.   Has anyone tried this?  

I get to teach Diction for Singers this year.   And I’m out looking for resources!   I ran across this video and thought some of you might find it funny:  

A few weeks ago, I heard a remarkable sermon based on the book of Amos.   In the middle of the sermon, the pastor said this:   “Busyness is our excuse, laziness is our affliction.”   It is a powerful statement.  (it is also a spelling conundrum – both of those words look misspelled to […]

I saw this very cool choir picture on the website of the World Choir Games:     A great shot, don’t you think?   They don’t just pose well.  The Stellenbosch University Choir got an outstanding score of 95.75 and received the World Choir Games Grand Champion award.   Congratulations, Stellenbosch!

Congratulations to J. Huszti and the Men in Blaque for their win at the World Choir Games in China.     From the ACDA Website:   The first part of the World Choir Games concluded Sunday night with the Champions Concert that included one American choir. The World Choir Games boasted twelve competitive categories this […]

Congratulations to ACDA’s National Women’s R&S Chair for her recent feature in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Women’s choirs . . . are now well recognized as a means to not only broaden students’ musical experience but to help keep them enrolled. Ms. Levine, chairwoman of the music department at California State Polytechnic University at […]

Gosh, I love YouTube:  

Continuing to think of the American Choral Directors Association imperative of mentoring the choral profession, I began my blog last week with the statement that mentoring had more to do with the why of what we do than the when, what, where, or even the significant how of our work. When we explore the question […]

Great leadership quotes abound on the internet.  Here are a few from famous leaders: A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte  Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.  — Dwight Eisenhower  Don’t tell people how to do things, tell […]