From the comfort of a living room halftime means a trip to the bathroom then a stop in the kitchen to make more nachos and open another beverage before the on-field action resumes.
Where the choral program is concerned, however, you, dear conducting colleague, are not a casual spectator watching from the comfort of your family room. You are the head coach. While you may step off the field for a short time, your head absolutely must stay in the game. It is vital that you assess what worked during the first half of the semester, and more importantly what didn’t.
What were your goals for this academic year (please, oh please tell me you had a plan written down somewhere)? How far along is the choir toward meeting those expectations? What did YOU do to help the team along? Did you spend your energy complaining about a lack of tenors, or did you teach some baritones how to sing falsetto? Did you gripe about the clashing vibrati in the soprano section, or did you hold sectionals to smooth out that wobble?
At this time of year, you have a couple weeks to ponder how your choir – your team – is doing so far this year. Then you must devise a strategy to help them win in the second half.
As we pointed out in yesterday’s installment of Monday Motivation, “Players win games. Coaches lose them.”
Slam down some Gatorade® then Go Get ‘Em!
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