*Also, see COVID-19 features on community singing outlets, new choral broadcasts, expanding virtual creative communities, and varied formats of finding connection.
Chorus America has announced the recipients of its 2020 awards program, recognizing a broad range of achievements in choral music, including artistic excellence, adventurous programming, innovative education programs, and lifetime service to the choral art.
*Also in this series:
Choruses and choral leaders who launched creative online participatory singing outlets to combat COVID-19.
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Choral broadcasts sprouting up in the face of COVID-19.
*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.
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.
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.
Two leaders of very different choral organizations share their experiences with this programming focus.
