-I think we have been put off by the phrase "accepting a show". To me, the show is the yearly (or not) money-raising event into which we invest a great deal...
I'm not currently a section leader (actually, I'm on break from the chorus entirely), but I'd like to start a discussion....it's dead here. How do you begin...
Hey Martin: In my chorus (Alliance) notes and words are not part of a sectional. (Baritones) Don't get me wrong... We check notes and words and we will clean...
Hi all, I sing with the Greater Canaveral Chapter (Space Coast Chorus). Our Tenor Section Lead doesn't have e-mail or won't admit to it. I have been reading...
I think the best way is to present it as your own idea. In other words don't say, "I read this idea on the internet". It should work better to say, "Let's try...
... Hey Brian.... It's great that you guys have moved beyond that point.....that's kind of what my message was about. How do you get to that point? Most ...
Martin: My bad I miss understood what you were looking for. ... you begin to get past that? I believe that a way you can get past that, is having the chorus...
Hi Martin, I'm afraid that you're going to have to play a little hard ball. One of the things we do is to just work on vowel shapes and the musical line. Most...
Bill , Having belonged to a competitive chorus a couple different time in the past, when I run into this situation with my current chapter, I advise the...
... Actually, as I said in my original post, I'm not currently a section leader, or even a member of the local chapter at this point. I was bari section...
... That's great advice. And one of the things the original poster talked about was the fact that his 'problem section leader' is not online and has no...
He's either an excellent moderator or a person who loves to stir up trouble. :-) "So...here's another (related) question. How do you do what needs to be done...
Keeping in mind that I have no formal education in choral production or direction, take anything I say with a teaspoon of baking soda. Most of what I've...
hello... new to this group and am currently seeping through and spongeing in all the goodies from previous posts... I just have to ... uncomfortable to a lot...
... message groups, including my quartet group which has just four members. ... Would it be possible to ask one of the moderators to delete them from the...
... few ... I am enjoying the threads, but have some difficulty following them since the Subject Lines do not always identify the subject matters... here's my...
... so they sing through the chorus.> I am far from an expert on riser placement, but I have heard from our director (who's spooky on these things) that...
Viveka, is asking about stopping virus from this message board. I've not reeceived any virus-laden messages in quite some time... Sorry if you're still...
Jon I believe Viveca is a new member who is working her way through the archived messages. She was wondering, I think, why these old virus messages are not...
In a further attempt to block any virus activity on this board, no attachments are now allowed. If there is a file you wish to post for the group to view, send...
I just added a photo into an album called Quartets. You're welcome to add photos of yourself or your group. I'm the tall guy third from the left on your screen...
Hi Just wondered how other section leaders handle this problem.You have a singer who does fine in sectionals, sings all the right notes. She can sing her part...
Janet, we have a number of men in our chorus who have the same problem... they work really hard to learn their parts, but when positioned next to any other...
Thanks Jon...you have my permission to post it to the director's site. We are placed by one of our coaches according to our voice...so surrounding someone...
... the archived messages. She was wondering, I think, why these old virus messages are not deleted from the archived messages. ... are very interesting! ... ...
... Most of the time when I've seen (heard) this happening is when the person loses focus. If you actively have your part in the front of your mind and you...
Hi Janet, I am a bit stumped by this too. Our chorus is small (about 25-ish), and we only have 3 baritones right now, including me. Actually, we do have a...
Janet, We have this problem in my chorus as well. Some singers are not strong enough to "stand alone" against the other parts. The section leaders in my...
Another problem I've seen that causes people to easily be led astray is that they do not know their part as well as they think they do. It is not enough to...
I am currently serving as a bass section leader, assisting other sections at times. Here is my story about learning music. I started my barbershop career...
