By James Ranson, AMC Tenor   On October 29, at 7:30 pm, as the singers of Atlanta Master Chorale were settling in to get started with a...

There is something profound to me about the first AMC rehearsal of the season. For the first time in weeks, we take a deep breath...

When I was a choral student at university, I attended multiple lectures on the philosophy of music, where we attempted to get down to the...

In the season finale concert of the 2021-2022 season, the last concert of my first season with Atlanta Master Chorale, we sang an...

Last week I took a run down one of my favorite streets in Marietta. It became my favorite when the trails at Kennesaw Mountain closed...

Reflecting on the “winter” of the Arts: Nature’s great pause. Nature has the remarkable ability to survive long winters. Trees go...

To me, choir rehearsal has always been a microcosm of how I believe God created us to commune with one another...

We sing in order to tell a story, foster human connections, and bring beauty, light, and hope...

"who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s"...

“It’s been a long dark night. And I’ve been waiting for the morning.” Not too many years ago, we sang these words in a concert filled...

Christmas seems to arrive earlier and earlier with each passing year. Like most Americans, I used to roll my eyes as stockings,...

I sing because my soul needs it. That is the plain and simple truth. Some people mark the passage of time by the hushed magic of the...

Southerners know a thing or two about comfort; it is one of the things for which we are best known. Whether a delicious meal, or a...

“Celebrate differences” is something we hear a lot in our current culture. Yet, we often find ourselves asking, “How do I do that?” and...

This was a long summer. For many of us, a lot happened. Most relevant to this blog, our wonderful Katy Covington, our previous blogger,...

Selig A Requiem in the spring. It seems odd to sing about grief and death as we watch new life blossom outside the rehearsal room...

An uncharacteristic silence descends upon us as we process silently up the backstage stairs. The bright lights of the 3,500-seat hall...

A few nights ago, I was making tacos for dinner and singing in my kitchen. Feeling in need of a distraction, I sang through some of my...

Every year in mid-October, each chorister finds a little treat on their chair when they arrive for rehearsal. It isn’t a bite-sized...