I am always suspicious about generalisations, and the people who make them.
So Gareth Malone’s comment below made me immediately sceptical:
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I am so inspired by this TED clip. Robinson’s idea is that education and the arts in society perform a vital function in facilitating creativity, and that we should use divergent thinking to restructure education, so that people have better tools to reconstruct their world as it changes ever faster.
Read More... 'We love innovation, we love technology, we love creativity, we love entertainment. But ultimately those realities are shadowed by suffering, abuse, degradation, marginalisation. And for me it becomes necessary to integrate the two ...'
Read MoreSinging heals people. It creates community. It gives singers an opportunity to express themselves and let stuff out. It helps them find their voices as human beings.
Read MoreOur goal with Popular Voiceworks was to introduce teachers and students to accessible and fun ways of singing pop music and jazz safely and stylishly.
Read More... the essential first step in changing the world is telling the story of connection instead of contrast and potential instead of poverty.
Read MoreNo job is ever what you expect, and the leadership challenge of rebuilding an arts organisation has been a revelation
Read MoreThanks, Leo from NYCGMC, for sending me this ...
Little did I know that we had created a sell-out monster.
Read More"In a song, often you're dealing with slightly troubling things below the spoken desires of the audience,"...
Read More... it is great to know that the future of the US gay choral movement looks so rosy.
Read MoreI was willing him to move on, convinced he could somehow grow further into a different singer in his 50s, and produce a great autumn flowering.
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