Stick Time: Formation

It’s amazing what a slight change of formation can do to for a performance.  A choir need not leap about to provide a little visual interest.  Here, such a change provides a fresh moment to this concert from the 2011 ACDA National Conference.  Of course, a “flash mob formation” (my term) does provide some challenges. For instance, those facing away from the conductor have no way of seeing his gestures. Note those singers (assigned I assume) who are discretely conducting those who otherwise couldn’t see.