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While I love the concept of online choral publishing companies, self-publishing, and instantly downloadable sheet music, I tend to order choral sheet music from traditional brick and mortar publishing companies 95% of the time.
I’m wondering if you are suffering from the same main issue as I am.
How do we measure success? This, of course, is a lifelong question that stares us in the face every day. This article is far less philosophical, but does perhaps pose a way in which we should change the way we view success in terms of high school choral programs.
I published this blog last June, and it caught fire. This was the very first post I had written as it’s huge response became the very premise of the Choral Clarity Blog; every post that I have written since has been based on the premise of what is presented within the 14 “Secret” indicators.
Many of us think of the last day of class as a day of yearbook signing, collecting missing music, and a free period with lots of selfies. Sure, those things might happen during the last day of class, but making the final day meaningful is so important for building tradition within our program.
I agree with the criticism about the “award-bearing” adolescent world we live in today. Every student gets a trophy. Students get participation awards just for breathing.
The answer isn’t as cut and dry as you might think…..
As we move closer to our Spring concerts, many of us believe a memorized concert will make for a better performance.
How we teach and run daily rehearsals greatly impacts our students’ ability to be responsive to our conducting, sing freely, and be communicative.
Our rehearsal approach can foster the ability for our students to naturally memorize their music;
We should not need to require them to memorize or even waste time and energy giving part tests!
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