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Advocating for the Arts

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Singers need to be able to explain clearly and forcefully why their choral organizations are essential to the life of their community. "Like it or not, the arts seem to fall at or near the bottom of the philanthropic food chain," says arts consultant Glen Howard. "The message has to be carefully tailored to the donor audience and it means doing your homework. What is valuable to that corporation? Where do they want their brand to be seen? Where do they want to be seen as a good corporate citizen? In front of what audiences?"

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Where You Lead, They Will Follow

Famed conductor Sir David Willcocks speaks one-on-one with Singer Network about his special love of choral singing and of choral singers through his experience as director of music at King's College, Cambridge and of the Royal College of Music's Bach Choir.

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Two Rivers Run Through Him

Imagine hundreds of musicians bringing music education to disadvantaged public schools and communities through a kind of "musical Peace Corps." That's the mission of the Music National Service Initiative, the brainchild of Christopher (Kiff) Gallagher, a singer/songwriter, who worked on the White House legislative team that created the AmeriCorps program.

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Libera Me: Singing the Defiant Requiem

One chorister recalls her core-shaking experience performing Verdi's Requiem in remembrance of the lives and deaths of the singers imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp during the Holocaust.

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Choruses in the Movies: Part Two

Wondering what to put in your Netflix queue? These must-see choral films explore the power of singing in unlikely circumstances and places.

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The Singing Pathologist

His songs are downright...infectious.

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A Young Singer's Olympic-Sized Adventure: Part Two

Los Angeles Children's Chorus singer Gianna Horak returns to China, 14 years after being adopted by American parents.

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Go Ahead…Fly

Do you ever wonder what choral conductors think about after the last orchestra rehearsal before the big performance? Singer Network correspondent Kelsey Menehan sat down with Craig Jessop at the Berkshire Choral Festival to find out.

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What I Did on My Summer Vacation

The Berkshire Choral Festival is summer camp for adults who can't get enough of choral singing during the year. A first-time attendee shares her adventure in choral fantasy land.

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A Young Singer’s Olympic-Sized Adventure: Part One

The Olympic Games always bring forth moving stories of athletes overcoming great odds to participate in this grand quadrennial event. This year there's another "Olympic" story, just as inspiring, not about an athlete, but about a 14-year-old singer named Gianna Horak.

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