tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post8660721844834137570..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Musical EthicsElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-29822726303148370802013-09-23T23:05:08.885-05:002013-09-23T23:05:08.885-05:00I am doing research for a book about *choral ethic...I am doing research for a book about *choral ethics* and ran across your blog this evening. You wishing to have a code of ethics for all musicians really caught my eye!<br /><br /> Again, I'm a bit late to the party but as a choral conductor--I presently conduct a semi-professional chamber choir in the suburbs of Chicago--this is something that has interested me for a quite a while. I've been thinking about the ethics of the choral profession--or lack there of in some cases-- for about ten years. Since choral conductors work with singers (yep, they are musicians too!), rehearsal behavior such as you mention in your 21/6/07 comment has a huge impact on the ensemble and the morale of the singers......which impacts the sound of the group, etc. etc. <br /><br />Using the *do no harm* portion of the Hippocratic Oath physician take at their medical school graduation, I have broken down my own version of choral ethics into three sections, with very specific behaviors to accomplish each.<br /><br />To Do No Harm to:<br /><br />1. My Singers <br />2. My Fellow Choral Conducting Colleagues<br />3. My Profession<br /><br />I have been working on the writing/research for about 10/11 months and your blog was the first time I actually saw something that seemed close to what I want to write about. Thank you and I will be exploring your blog further.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-51032632783747187522012-10-14T16:00:21.531-05:002012-10-14T16:00:21.531-05:00Hi, a bit late, but you can check out my site abou...Hi, a bit late, but you can check out my site about topics relating to ethics and music. I'm looking to make it my dissertation topic a few years down the line:<br /><br />http://ryangtanaka.comRyan Tanakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732054719383979694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-78520018129399069302007-06-24T07:15:00.000-05:002007-06-24T07:15:00.000-05:00Yes, they should, but there are many musical organ...Yes, they should, but there are many musical organizations that do not have established personnel policies. Contractors for freelance jobs have a huge amount of power that they sometimes abuse (i.e. Blair Tindall's "Mozart in the Jungle"). There are also situations involving questions of ethics in music that don't involve money. Sometimes, for example, these situations involve the maniupuation of student (because everyone wants to teach good students and not all students are equal in ability). Sometimes there is manipulation in the part of that "prize" student, and sometimes there is unethical behavior on the part of a student's parent.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-10695173468406416442007-06-24T01:25:00.000-05:002007-06-24T01:25:00.000-05:00The behavior is unethical - but those situations a...The behavior is unethical - but those situations all seem like the sort of thing that labor agreements and an organization's personnel policies should cover. There are parallel behaviors in the business world, for sure.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-77950901803723419442007-06-21T18:10:00.001-05:002007-06-21T18:10:00.001-05:00There are situations where conductors treat princi...There are situations where conductors treat principal players badly because of their own personal insecurities (or a number of other reasons, I guess), there are situations where stand partners or people who play in the same section of an orchestra can make each other's professional lives miserable. There are also times in part-time orchestras where personnel issues are made at the whim of the conductor. The situations I know about all seem to be a violation of ethics, or at least are situations where I would consider people (or one person) acting in a way that is unethical.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-16820075516823147092007-06-21T16:58:00.000-05:002007-06-21T16:58:00.000-05:00I'm not sure I follow you. Can you do a follow po...I'm not sure I follow you. Can you do a follow post with some examples of situations involving musical ethics? All that springs to mind for me is plagerism or only teaching the music of dead white guys.Charles CĂ©leste Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123138871494922485noreply@blogger.com