06/02/2026
Feeling a lot of this energy after our annual meeting tonight.
The Chestnuts have always been a collaborative choir: you can see this during our concerts, as singers step up to conduct, but it’s even more evident behind the scenes, as singers handle alllllll the administrative and artistic work of the ensemble. That encompasses everything from curating programs to setting up the post-concert receptions, facilitating group decision-making to negotiating contracts, managing budgets to creating social media content (oh hi!).
To be clear: this is not the easiest way to have a choir! It’s a joy to make music with people who are not only great musicians but also deeply committed to thoughtful, inclusive praxis.
[ID: Screenshot of two messages in a text thread from one person reading:
“UghHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I LOVE COLLABORATIVE CHOIR”
“I spend one hour [redacted] and look back to find 30 messages of s**t getting HANDLED.
Now if only everyone could work together in my other jobs 😮💨”
There are heart and sparkle reactions to both messages.]
