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Choral Conductors Today: A Study

Chorus America Staff | August 26, 2011

Chorus America interviewed more than 700 conductors about their career paths, levels of education, salary, job satisfaction, and more in 2005. The resulting data provides a profile of the "typical" choral conductor that may be surprising.

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Careers, Conducting, Leadership, Management, Recruitment, Research/Data

Music Director Search Audition Evaluation Form

A Sample from the Dessoff Choirs
Chorus America Staff | August 26, 2011

A rating form for singers to use when evaluating all potential conductors during a search.

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Careers, Conducting, Leadership, Management, Operations, Recruitment, Tool

Never Ask for Money!

Four Steps To Greater Fundraising Success
Kelly Ruggirello | August 11, 2011

A values-based strategy that aims to match donors with ways that they can give back to their communities—and removes the ego factor that can make fundraising scary.

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Fundraising, Governance, Impact/Value, Management, Leadership, Technique, Tool

Get the Media Attention Your Chorus Deserves

Kathy Bonk | August 11, 2011

Getting the word out to your local media is one of the best ways to ensure that arts patrons and the public know about the good work your chorus is doing. Here are tips for getting your chorus activities and performances noticed.

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Audiences, Management, Marketing/Communications

You've Reached an Organizational Impasse—Now What?

A Children's Chorus Case Study
Chorus America Staff | August 11, 2011

A children's chorus manager is at at an impasse in moving her organization forward with the ambitious artistic plans for future growth. Several experts weigh in on how she should proceed.

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Children/Youth, Fundraising, Governance, Management, Leadership

What Every Chorus Should Know About Its Singers

Chorus America Staff | July 8, 2011

What do choral singers wish their chorus managers and music directors knew about them? What would make singers' experience in the chorus more enjoyable, more meaningful, more fun?

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Management, Leadership, Operations, Participation, Recruitment, Singers, Volunteer

CD or Not CD

Matthew Sigman | June 1, 2011

On the internet all choruses are equal: Even the smallest ensemble with limited resources can now establish a global presence using digital technology to spread its sound. Here we offer some advice on how to decide which sound format is best for your chorus.

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Audiences, Finance, Permissions/Licensing, Management, Marketing/Communications, Operations

Conference Keynote Speech: There Are No Crises

Russell Willis ... | June 1, 2010

A speech by Russell Willis Taylor of National Arts Strategies that addresses ways to turn times of organizational and environmental crisis into growth and creative thinking opportunities. Delivered at the 2010 Conference.

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Audiences, Finance, Fundraising, Governance, Innovation, Leadership, Management

The Call to Serve

Todd Estabrook | June 1, 2010

A Chorus America Board chair reflects upon important characteristics to consider when recruiting candidates for your chorus's board.

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Governance, Management, Leadership, Volunteer

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