Hey everyone! In case you didn’t notice, the Grammy nominations were announced this week! This is very exciting, unless you were not nominated, in which case this sucks. I was not nominated. But it’s ok! I am not bitter! It could be because I did not release any albums this past year! I will blame […]
Category Archives: Chorus
Watchers and Doers, Sitters and Singers
In any arts organization that provides some sort of live production (and probably those that don’t), there is a constant struggle to fill the seats with more butts. For financial reasons, ticket sales are important. For spiritual reasons, audience cultivation gives one a sense of purpose and the hope that perhaps one is not wasting […]
The Chorus America Pumpkin: A Short History
One of my first jobs out of college was at Chorus America, the national non-profit service organization for choral music, choral singers, conductors, and administrators. I started out as a summer temp, became the office manager, and ended up as the database administrator and webmaster. But no matter how often or drastically my job description […]
The Impact of a Good Teacher
Two years ago I wrote a post that explained why I did not become a mathematician. It was a negative story about a negative experience with a negative person. But it suddenly occurs to me that I ought to tell you the story of why I became a musician. This is a more positive story […]