10.7 Chorus of Diversity

I read Box 13.10 Voices from the Field, p. 401 regarding Susan Hafen’s idea that allowing all voices on and off key, should be allowed to “sing”, would take a lot of patience. My own experience with diversity in the workplace went something like this: new members were hired and they were trained in voice lessons. The ones that had natural vocal talents were allowed to move to the front of the chorus line while the ones that were off key were given extra lessons and kept way in the back. We could all see that we were different and we had different voices, but we were all reading the same sheet and when we had a note to hit, we hit it and we made beautiful music together.