I am nervous to write this blog. Nervous because I fear that what I am about to share will not be well received or (worse yet) that what I say won’t affect any change…


So here it is: from my perspective at mass today, I noticed that many faculty and staff members were choosing NOT to sing. 


I don’t understand why. Now, I know I’m biased because I’m a vocal music teacher and this is “my thing”, but if we are trying to embrace a culture of risk taking (and learning by failing) then shouldn’t we be prepared to model for our students some risk taking of our own? 


I know it can be scary, but let’s take a risk…let’s sing in mass! In the words of Sara Bareilles, “I wanna see you be brave.”