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Brand Strategies
We have a logo; is that our brand? How do we know if and when we need a new brand for our chorus? What does that even look like? Here...
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Choral Chameleon Institute
SPONSORED STORY FROM A CHORUS AMERICA PARTNER Vince Peterson nearly ended his choral composing career as soon as he began. As an undergraduate composition major, despite showing promise when his...
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Elevate Vocal Arts's Summer Institute
When it comes to the ways choral music has shifted in recent years, the influence of Generation Z (Gen Z) is a hot topic. Choruses need to think outside the...
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Sharon Azrieli
SPONSORED STORY FROM A CHORUS AMERICA PARTNER Sharon Azrieli CQ has enjoyed an international career as a soprano, performing at such storied venues as Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, and...
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Alice Parker smiling
Composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker was a true champion of the power of the human voice. Since her passing on December 24, 2023, countless voices have in turn honored...
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photo depicts Robert Istad conducting
The increasing prominence of BIPOC and women composers in concert programming suggests that the choral field at large is making progress in learning about repertoire beyond the traditional male, Western...
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Photo depicts Maggie Vo and Beth Kanter seated side by side behind a table. They are on stage presenting to the audience in front of them
Trained as a classical flutist, Beth Kanter started working in orchestra management before becoming a technology consultant and one of the very first nonprofit bloggers in the early days of...
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A quiet (or not so quiet) crisis. A stealth emergency. That piece of business you know you need to take care of but never seem to get around to: What...
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Individual donations are key to your chorus’s success and stability. Focus on these four pillars to lay a strong foundation and combat donor fatigue.
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Children-Youth Professional Partnerships - YPC unEarth
Leaders of children and youth choral organizations share how high-level artistic partnerships benefit young singers and how to ensure a safe and supportive environment for these collaborations.
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There’s no way to represent diverse voices in your concert programming without factoring composers’ ethnic identity, gender and sexual orientation into your decision-making. But what if most of that were...
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Border CrosSing El Mesias
In recent years, a growing number of choruses and choral projects have approached Handel’s Messiah through new perspectives, bringing this hallmark of the Western European cannon into dialogue with a...