I'm chuffed! So happy to participate in thinky ping-pong.
I adore Balkan music — although it wants the same perfection demanded by Bach or Britten, its novel minor scales are unsettling enough to permit me (as a listener) to enjoy them from the hearts and diaphragms of amateur choristers.
One of the happier cultural institutions of second wave feminism were amateur feminist choirs. Some of them foundered because of the lines between choir-director-as-friendly-leader vs. choir-director-as-power-hungry-tyrant vs. choir-director-as-paid-part-time-worker. Madison's choir, Womonong, lasted from 1975 − 2000. Some Googling shows me that the Sister Singers Network provides skill-sharing and an exceptionally non-heirarchichal governing structure (spokes & hubs) and continues its work nationally.
Before I became ill, I played rhythm guitar and sang alto in the sort of bands that lead the crowd singing at your local rally, as well as weekends at the coffeeshop.
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Date: 2010-12-06 11:47 pm (UTC)I adore Balkan music — although it wants the same perfection demanded by Bach or Britten, its novel minor scales are unsettling enough to permit me (as a listener) to enjoy them from the hearts and diaphragms of amateur choristers.
One of the happier cultural institutions of second wave feminism were amateur feminist choirs. Some of them foundered because of the lines between choir-director-as-friendly-leader vs. choir-director-as-power-hungry-tyrant vs. choir-director-as-paid-part-time-worker. Madison's choir, Womonong, lasted from 1975 − 2000. Some Googling shows me that the Sister Singers Network provides skill-sharing and an exceptionally non-heirarchichal governing structure (spokes & hubs) and continues its work nationally.
Before I became ill, I played rhythm guitar and sang alto in the sort of bands that lead the crowd singing at your local rally, as well as weekends at the coffeeshop.