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Central Region student auditions
I shared information this week with Central Region membership, pertaining to our October and November student auditions. Take a look!
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Central Region conference
As ‘summer’ winds down and many of us return to teaching in its many places and forms, your Central Region NATS leadership is at work — quietly, but determinedly — putting together the outlines of the Central Region conference program for October. We have confirmed a headliner, and are making decisions about presentation and interest…
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NATS conference wrap
A little more than a week ago, I returned home from the 57th international conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. On my personal blog, I wrote a few paragraphs I’ll quote here: What is NATS? The National Association of Teachers of Singing is a now-international organization with 7276 members in all 50…
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Board meeting
I am home today after a three day trip to Chicago for the national board meeting of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. The annual full board meeting was illuminating and gratifying. And eye-opening as well. Today is filled with doctors appointments and errands before I return to Chicago for the first in-person international…
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Repurposing
I’ve not written an entry here in over a year, not since I stepped down from the department chair position. But, with a new role as Governor of the Central Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), I intend to repurpose this blog (previously focused on my activities in my day job)…
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Pensive
I forget how bittersweet these last days of the semester can be. One of the things I regularly tell students is that “our best view of you is watching your butt cross the stage at Commencement, because that means we’ve done our job.” We faculty know that we are charged with these students for only…
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Live applause
Just after 4 p.m. yesterday, I heard live applause in a concert setting for the time in over a year. And I almost wept. The choral concert at Webster University took place outdoors. Under brilliant blue sky. In temperate weather. With minimal wind. With our masks on, both on stage and in the audience. With…
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A live concert
This is limited in person to current Webster staff, students, and faculty with valid ID. But we will stream live on our YouTube channel.