Vern Sanders captures the highlights from Morna Edmundson’s presentation at Podium 2010.
A few of her questions:
Does this piece have a beautiful melody?
Does this piece have architecture/structure/shape?
Does the text of this piece create possibilities to explore expression, dynamics, and/or tone color?
Does this piece allow the singers to sing most of the time? (Will they spend at least as much time vocalizing as waiting?)
Do the vocal entrances in this piece make sense without a lot of mental fatigue?
Does this piece sit in a tessitura that is going to allow my singers to sing without boredome, tension, or fatigue?
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