Molly wrote:
> How several of us vocal majors wish we could forget about "blending" and
> singing with straight tone and worry more about what we are at school for
> :opera. Unforunately, my school is obsessed with choral music......too bad
> they can't be more flexible.
Then there is my school where far too many opera majors are discouraged
from singing in choirs, and this is really unfortunate. A good conductor
will be able to create blend without asking for straight tone singing. I
know such conductors and they are wonderful people.
Frankly I think choir serves a good purpose. It teaches you to
sightread and to work in an ensemble, and I just don't think one can have a
totally 100% complete musical education without singing at least one year in
a choir of some sort. Now, there are different choris: at my school there
is a large (150-200) choir made up of both singers and non-singers, a small
chamber group (40) made up of mostly (but not all) singing students, and
there is even an early music group. In this way, I think there should be
something for everyone's voice!
Opera chorus can be like this, but is not quite the same in that most of
it is accompanied in one way or another. One really learns tuning singing
things with no accompaniment!!
Fiona
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