I’ve seen it countless times:

A new improv student opens their mouth, no sweaty palms, no subtle tremor giving away their nerves, no catch in their voice betraying their fear. Just confidence. Poise. An enviable boldness. A sense of fearlessness...and freedom.

And I’ve seen other...

Like so many people, in so many different fields, choir leaders have had a tough time over the last year and a half.

We’ve had to pivot, to come up with new, COVID-safe ways of uniting our singers, we’ve had to adapt financially as our businesses took a serious hit.

And we’ve...

My first in-person rehearsal since the pandemic was strange, disorienting. Because it wasn’t my old choir.

Literally, in one respect: I hadn’t previously met at least a third of the people there.

And figuratively too, because none of us are the same people we were 16 months ago.

I...