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From:  "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
Date:  Fri Sep 22, 2000  7:35 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: learning a role, choirs, teachers & other rant


>From: Eva Zuber <ezuber@b...>
>Re: Choir vs. Opera Chorus
>
>Ask them to get up from their chairs and mix them up in such a way that
>nobody has the same voice next to him/her. >
>My other favorite experiment is to let the choir sing without a conductor.
>In opera this situation happens 95% of the time you are on stage - you do
>not see a conductor. What's more - you cannot look directly at him either -
>it would be unacceptable! So, try it with your choir - and see how well
>they fare.
>
>

Believe it or not, this sounds a bit like the situation in my church job.
The choir is VERY small (10-15), and I usually sing with one other alto (a
volunteer, so she's not always there). And our music director is also busy
with the organ, so we sometimes have to rely on head nods for cues (and
occasionally not even that). We HAVE to be good musicians.

Elizabeth Finkler
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
mightymezzo@h...

"Virtue is triumphant only in theatrical productions." --The Mikado

"Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never
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