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Chorus America's High Notes blog is curated by the Chorus America staff. Here, find articles on what our members are up to, and links to the latest news and commentary on the issues that matter to the choral field. High Notes also includes information about policy issues and advocacy alerts.

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Chorus America is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance (PAA), a national coalition of nonprofit arts service organizations advocating for federal policies that impact the nonprofit performing arts sector. Membership in Chorus America includes membership in PAA and you can learn more about PAA's policy agenda in the PAA Advocacy Center.

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  • Managing the Trend Toward Last-Minute Ticket Purchases
    by Don Lee

    For many choruses, a trend toward last-minute ticket-buying seems to have accelerated in recent months. Pre-pandemic, Christopher Eanes, executive director of Cathedral Choral Society (CCS), had been watching season subscriptions decline steadily, and now, he says, “it's also showing itself in the single ticket sales. People really are waiting until the week of or even the day before to decide.” He reports that ticket sales in the two days before the CCS Christmas concert accounted for 10 percent of event revenue.

  • Defending Drag Performance: Performing Arts Alliance Statement
    by Chorus America Staff

    Earlier this month, Tennessee became the first state to pass a law that restricts drag performance, with similar measures introduced or passed in many other U.S. states. Such laws both restrict freedom of expression and serve to isolate and demonize the larger LGBTQ+ community. As such, they are harmful to all of us, and counter to Chorus America's vision, mission, and guiding principles. 

  • Grantee Spotlight: An Update from Music Education Grant Program Grantees
    by Eduardo Coyotzi Zarate

    In 2022, Chorus America’s Music Education Partnership Grants program distributed over $900,000 in grants to fund projects designed to increase access to choral music and promote non-arts learning and cultural literacy while upholding the principles of access, diversity, equity, and inclusion.  

  • Chorus America Adopts New Strategic Plan for FY 2023-2025
    by Chorus America Staff

    Chorus America's board and staff is excited to share a new Strategic Plan, adopted by our board of directors in January 2023. The plan articulates a new Vision, Mission and series of Guiding Principles for our organization, as well as three Strategic Objectives and accompanying goals that will shape our work during FY 2023-2025.<--break->

  • Drastic Fee Increases Proposed for Artist Visas
    by Chorus America Staff

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a proposed rule that would impose very steep increases to some of its filing fees, including for O and P artist visas applications filed by U.S. petitioners.

  • Performing Brundibár : A Children's Opera Honoring Jewish Resilience
    by Eduardo Coyotzi Zarate

    January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This date commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honors the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of the Nazi regime.  

  • Performing Arts Alliance January Advocacy Update
    by Chorus America Staff

    As we begin 2023, this update from the Performing Arts Alliance shares advocacy news, actions you can take to support the arts in the U.S., and an upcoming grant deadline for the National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects. Chorus America is an organizational member of the Performing Arts Alliance, which advocates for America’s professional nonprofit arts sector before Congress and key policy makers.

  • Chorus America Partners With Equity Sings to Launch First-of-its-Kind Program Fostering Equity in Choral Executive Leadership
    by Chorus America Staff

    Chorus America, the advocacy, research, and leadership development organization that advances the choral field, is thrilled to partner with Equity Sings to launch the Choral Executive Leadership Academy.

  • NEA Announces First Round of 2023 Grants
    by Chorus America Staff

    The National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) announced the recipients of the first round of 2023 grants on January 10, 2023. The NEA will distribute $34 million in funding to individuals and arts organizations across the United States, and Chorus America is honored to be a recipient of an $85,000 Grants for Art Projects award. 

    We are also thrilled to see many choral organizations and partners present in the list of awarded grants, including:  

    American Composers Forum

    Apollo's Fire

    Barbershop Harmony Society

  • Forging Broadcasting Partnerships for Choral Holiday Specials

    by Eduardo Coyotzi Zarate

    While the 2022 holiday season is once again filled with live choral performances, more closely resembling a pre-pandemic December, broadcasting partnerships with local television and radio networks are increasingly a powerful way for choruses to reach audiences beyond the concert hall. We share a list of televised and radio-broadcasted holiday specials featuring Chorus America members and details about how to experience them this festive season. 

     

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