March 2007
Monthly Archive
Vulnerability
Posted by editor on Mar 29 2007 | Category: Performance, Technique
My chapter recently concluded its annual show. By most accounts it was one of our best shows ever, or at least in a while. The audiences for both shows were responsive and appreciative. The guys sang well. We received two standing ovations, and one curtain call. Yet listening to the music that was produced makes it all too clear to me where we need to go from here.
Tribute to Lloyd Steinkamp
Posted by editor on Mar 14 2007 | Category: Discussion
I wrote the title, but then I stopped. For the longest time, I just stared at a blank page, the cursor blinking at me impatiently. What should I say? Where should I start? To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, there’s a disturbance in the Force. It is an end of an era for me.
We don’t need no stinkin’ director!
Posted by editor on Mar 12 2007 | Category: Motivation, Performance, Rehearsal
That statement is a crazy thing for me as a director to hear. But as our annual show approaches, I am reminded of some advice that I received from Dr. Paul Drummond, one of the faculty at Harmony University last year. [Harmony University is an annual music school presented by the Barbershop Harmony Society.] Dr. Drummond told the directors to get out of the way.
