A Letter from Catherine Dehoney

President and CEO, Chorus America

Dear friends,

Our community was hit very hard by the information in a webinar presented by Chorus America and some of our colleague organizations on Tuesday, “What Do Science and Data Say about the Near Term Future of Singing.” We’ve heard and read your reactions expressing strong emotions: grief, disbelief, anger, and—in some cases—steely determination to find a way forward. We share those emotions too.

*Also, see COVID-19 features on community singing outlets, new choral broadcasts, expanding virtual creative communities, and

See also:

Expanding Our Communities As We Share Music Virtually

New Choral Broadcasts to Get Us Through COVID-19

*Also in this series:

The Varied Formats of Finding Connection Amid COVID-19

New Choral Broadcasts to Get Us Through COVID-19

Chorus America has announced the recipients of its 2020 awards program, recognizing a broad range of achievements in choral music, including artistic excellence, adventurous programming, innovative education programs, and lifetime service to the choral art.

*Also in this series:

Choruses and choral leaders who launched creative online participatory singing outlets to combat COVID-19.

Expanding Our Communities As We Share Music Digitally

*See also:

Choral broadcasts sprouting up in the face of COVID-19.

Expanding Our Communities As We Share Music Digitally

As diversity, equity, and inclusion have increasingly come to the forefront for so many classical music organizations today, there’s a forum that has become a leading space in DEI conversations for the past five years: SphinxConnect.

The National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of its first round of 2020 grants, and Chorus America is honored to be the recipient of a $90,000 award. We are also excited to see many of our partners and choral organizations represented in the list of awarded grants, including:

American Composers Forum

Apollo's Fire

Barbershop Harmony Society

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Cathedral Choral Society

Chicago A Cappella