The Choir Conductor Unwilling To Step Down

The Choir Conductor Unwilling To Step Down

 I love my choir. I have cared, “watered” them till they grow beautifully today after some 12 years by now. I would never willingly leave my choir to the care of another conductor, even though he might be better than I am. The choir would languish and die. Except if he/she could love this choir of uneducated, untalented old agers of over 70, nearing 80 years, more than I do. Yet, I don’t believe there is any one who ever would.

Is it wrong if I am so unwilling to step down? Could a loving mother ever leave the care of her children to another woman, even were she poor? 

September 2011