A key signature is a symbol comprised of a bank of either sharps (#) or flats (b) found at the beginning of each staff next to the clef symbol. Why is the key signature revolutionary? Well, instead of...

Chords are made up of linked intervals. The simplest type of chord is a triad, which is a three-note chord made up of two intervals. A chord is identified and labeled according to its root and its...

You never know where life will take you. My life has taken me to Washington, DC, and the Steinbruck Center for Urban Studies, a ministry of Luther Place Memorial Church, where I have worked as a...

Say the word chorus, and what images come to mind? A group of singers dressed in black? Holding black folders? Standing in sections in rows on risers? Singing all the standards with another piece...

Chorus America: Let’s start with the name Conspirare. What was the inspiration for it? Craig Hella Johnson: It comes from the Latin words con and spirare—to breathe with, to breathe together. When we...

Art Jackson’s little book, Lions and Tigers and Bears—Oh My!: A Parable on Diversity and Inclusion, tells the story of an imaginary kingdom in which several categories of beings live. There are Lions...