Find the Right Prospects The first step in finding new board members is to take stock of your existing resources. A nominating or governance committee can review the skills and abilities of the...

“We work together to make an artistic vision possible,” says Tom Luhnau, former executive director of the Seattle Men’s Chorus. “The board guards the mission. The artistic director and I treat each...

A few months ago, I went to The Washington National Cathedral for the Cathedral Choral Society’s Carmina Burana Sing-Along where hundreds of people came to try their hand at the "O Fortunas" and...

Of all the nightmares that can disturb a choral conductor’s sleep, the one concerning the opening section of the “Pilgrim’s Chorus” from Wagner’s Tannhäuser must be among the most feverish. “There is...

It has been one of the holiest commandments of nonprofit religion for generations: Give and get, or get off the board. But it is an ethic that may well be obsolete, according to nonprofit leadership...

1. What is “success” for our chorus? How do we define success? Is success defined only in artistic, economic, or competitive terms? What incentives do we have in place? What do we reward? How do we...

Sheet Music International Music Score Music Library Project www.IMSLP.org This online library provides free scores of music that are in the public domain. Scores are searchable by composer...

For a good chunk of my adult life I have sung in symphonic choirs with heavy holiday concert schedules. It takes the pitch-your-tent-at-the-concert-hall-for-the-long-haul kind of dedication. This...

When Esther Watt moved to Willow Valley, a large retirement community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she assumed her days as a music educator were behind her. For some 35 years, Watt had taught voice and...