How to Deal with Chronic Absenteeism in a Choir
If members do not know what level of attendance is expected, it becomes difficult to hold them accountable.
The Choir Boss
15 Practical Ways to Attract New Choir Members
Recruiting new choir members is one of the most important responsibilities of any choir committee. Healthy membership numbers provide musical balance, financial stability and, perhaps most importantly, fresh energy and ideas.
How to Grow a Community Choir
While recruitment is certainly important, it is only one part of the picture. In fact, many choirs focus so heavily on attracting new members that they overlook the factors that determine whether those members stay.
Why Your Choir Forgets Everything Over the Summer
Musical learning presents additional challenges because it relies on multiple forms of memory simultaneously. Singers are not simply remembering notes.
The Choir's Unofficial Intelligence Service
Every successful choir also contains an entirely unofficial role occupied by a person who appears to possess access to information that should, by any reasonable standard, be unavailable to them.
Choir Warm-Up Exercises for SATB Choirs
The best warm-ups do far more than prepare voices for singing. They establish posture, breathing, listening, tuning, vowel formation, ensemble awareness and rehearsal focus.
The Great Pencil Borrowing Economy
The same people lend pencils week after week to the same borrowers, who display no obvious intention of ever acquiring pencils of their own.