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Don’t Make Them Memorize!

October 28, 2017 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment


Choral Clarity Blog Presents:

Ideally, our choir should have their music memorized for concerts; it will make for a better concert than having our members hidden behind crinkly paper and being blinded by little dots with words attached to them. With their music memorized at the concert, they will be able to be more responsive to our conducting, more musically free and spirited, and more communicative.

If this is true, then:

Why Shouldn’t We Make Them Memorize Their Music?

I would like to share with you my philosophy and hope that it will offer a fresh perspective on this complex issue.

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