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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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  • Preparing for Potential Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
    by Liza Beth

    *UPDATE: We are using new link for our latest updates. Please visit this link for our most up-to-date resources and information on COVID-19.

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    Chorus America is tracking news and collecting information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) from our members and partners. While the spread and impact of the virus is not fully known, we encourage choruses to prepare for how the situation might affect your organization and any upcoming events. 

  • Leadership and Diversity in the Arts: My Experience at SphinxConnect 2020
    by Mike Rowan

    As diversity, equity, and inclusion have increasingly come to the forefront for so many classical music organizations today, there’s a forum that has become a leading space in DEI conversations for the past five years: SphinxConnect.

  • President's FY21 Budget Proposes Elimination of the NEA
    by Chorus America Staff

    On February 10, the President released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2021. For the fourth year in a row, the proposal includes a provision to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), along with several other cultural agencies.

  • First Round of 2020 NEA Grants Announced
    by Chorus America Staff

    The National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of its first round of 2020 grants, and Chorus America is honored to be the recipient of a $90,000 award. We are also excited to see many of our partners and choral organizations represented in the list of awarded grants, including:

    American Composers Forum

    Apollo's Fire

    Barbershop Harmony Society

    Brooklyn Youth Chorus

    Cathedral Choral Society

    Chicago A Cappella

  • Want Your Professional Chorus to Thrive? Be a Fiercely Introspective Leader
    by Lisa Husseini

    Spoiler Alert: If your only takeaway from this blog post is the title, you will have all you need to transform your organization radically and sustainably.

    I get to spend all of my days speaking with leaders and members of arts organizations about their successes and struggles. As a result, I have seen an overwhelming pattern in small and midsize professional arts organizations that is plaguing the industry. I call that plague conventional success.

  • Steps to Prevent Tone Deaf Social Justice Concerts
    by Alexblake

    Alexander Lloyd Blake is a conductor, vocal arranger, singer, and music activist in Los Angeles, and directs Tonality, a choral ensemble founded in 2016 that solely focuses on themed concerts on social justice. 

     

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  • Weigh In on Proposed Artist Visa Fee Increases
    by Chorus America Staff

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed making it much costlier to apply to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) for the required visas for international guest artists, including O and P artist visa applications filed by performing arts groups and other nonprofit arts organizations nationwide.

  • Female Foursome Leading ProMusica Arizona into the Future
    by ProMusica Arizona Staff

    Over the past several years, the leadership at ProMusica Arizona (PMAZ), a 100-member community chorale and orchestra based in Phoenix, has evolved into an all-women team. This wasn’t part of a strategic plan—artistic director and principal conductor Patti Graetz, concertmaster Meghan Ruel, executive director Yvonne Dolby, and board chair Jan Sandoz all stepped into their roles with the organization because they had specific skills to offer. But this leadership team has ushered in an exciting time of growth and collaboration—both internal and external—at PMAZ.

  • Chorus America Delivers Impact Study Remarks at NCCO8
    by Mike Rowan

    President and CEO Catherine Dehoney was invited the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) to present remarks on Chorus America's 2019 Chorus Impact Study: Singing For a Lifetime at NCCO's 8th National Conference (NCCO8), November 7-9 in College Park, Maryland.

  • A King's Singers Visit to the Chorus America Office
    by Mike Rowan

     

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