“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Lao Tsu
Vision
We have been called to move forward. ChorAmor members help in adapting methods and expanding offerings to meet new challenges. While these new methods will take considerable time and effort to master, we take the time and make the effort. We will take the first steps together, helping one another.
Creativity: We are singers, conductors, and teachers. We first gathered to create. The singing we do gives us the opportunity to be creative, but it does far more than that. It leads to new resources that serve as an example of what we can accomplish together: scores, guide tracks, video, and audio.
Learning: The thrust of our efforts is in developing and showcasing techniques, speed, and opportunities we can carry forward into whatever comes next, whether face-to-face, at distance, or some hybrid of the two. We believe these opportunities will prove to be exponential in number and variety as individuals come together to brainstorm and solve problems.
Service: We use our social media and professional service channels to invite all to take part. Our members join in Zoom meetings and webinars, and some choose to sing with us. We invite them to mix and master their own choirs into a digital musicking experience that will include thousands from across the nation and around the world. The challenges of the moment are evolving, but they have exposed inequity in our ability to serve using digital solutions. We will explore and develop the means to serve singers, students, and parishioners without access to high quality hardware, software, and internet service.
Advisors
ChorAmor’s mission is multifaceted, and we depend on the expertise of our advisors in several key areas:
Pedagogy - Singers, Conductors, and Master Teachers provide guidance with regard to music-making, rehearsal, and educational methods.
Technology - Teacher-technicians provide support, training, music notation, audio and video engineering skills, programming, and website design.
Advocacy - ChorAmor is aimed at sustaining and strengthening choral art. Advisors focused on advocacy seek ways to make opportunities available to all.
Singers
Our singing projects will work as any choir works: to the level of commitment of its individual members. However, the expectations for membership vary depending on the project, and singers have the opportunity to opt in or out as they are able to participate. The only requirement to become a member is to sign up for our newsletter. Projects have included Mozart’s “Ave verum corpus,” Adrian Batten’s “Sing Joyfully,” Robert Pearsall’s “Lay a Garland,” and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu’s “Love Is.”
General Membership
Staying in touch with and participating in ChorAmor efforts requires no fee nor any particular commitment to our activities. If you would like to get involved simply fill out a ChorAmor Membership Form and, if you would like to serve as an advisor, contact Dr. Troy Robertson at troy@choramor.com.