Keep Singing!
There’s an easy way to build a virtual choir performance that encourages each student to find and use their own talents as they sing in a group context.
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There’s an easy way to build a virtual choir performance that encourages each student to find and use their own talents as they sing in a group context.
Still loving the thought of singing, even when we can’t raise that joyous noise together?
The choir still wants to sing together. What’s that gonna look like?
With smaller numbers come fewer parts, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no good adventure to be had.
A simple way of rewriting parts that allows us directors to adjust a score for changing circumstances.
This one-page layout presents many of the various combinations of names and usage in a way that invites engagement and excitement as this otherwise dry information is absorbed.
Is there such a thing as “lyrical blackface”? Do you ever encounter it on your podium? What happens when you do?
Work with church and ad hoc community choirs has helped me understand the difference between “practice” and “rehearsal.”