Everyone has a point - certainly there are (dis)advantages to choral singing and opera ensemble singing. I only urge the administrators out there to recognize that everyone is different and may benefit from a different battery of performance classes.
For instance, the course choices for a young countertenor tend to be quite limited - it is important for the administration to be flexible. Programming, directing and singing a Schuetz concert with a variety of ensemble pieces was obviously the most valuable to me, as someone who must out of neccessity develop my HIP chops, yet it did not satisfy any requirements. It was just dead-weight units.
By contrast, having to sing in my so-called "natural" voice in the big concert choir was a distraction at best. The vast majority of my ensemble projects received NO credit at all. It's important to remember that the student's education is paramount, not adminstrative concerns...
Tako
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