Timeline for Leading a choir where singers are at different skill levels
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| Nov 8 at 0:00 | comment | added | Scounged | @MichaelCurtis While it's somewhat irrelevant, I can say this much. Firstly, we have a lot of fun and do all kinds of things together. The choir is a part of it, and is what brought us all together in the first place. Secondly, the effects of the covid pandemic and other societal factors have made it very difficult for us to recruit new members. We're not the only ones suffering in this regard, but it does make it difficult to argue for not letting people join who are interested. | |
| Nov 7 at 21:12 | comment | added | Michael Curtis | What kind of choir is it? How did you end up with such varying levels? What is the motivation for the experienced people to be in this group? | |
| Nov 5 at 8:18 | answer | added | Richard | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 30 at 22:45 | comment | added | Scounged | @nuggethead This is an adult amateur group. | |
| Oct 29 at 22:54 | comment | added | nuggethead | Could use more info here. Knowing the age level of the singers (kids/teens/adults) would help a ton. I'd approach it differently for different groups | |
| Oct 27 at 11:10 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 27 at 7:51 | comment | added | Dekkadeci | If you have the time, I suspect individual, private coaching of the novices instead of trying to coach them as a separate group is warranted. That way, the experienced singers feel less discriminated against. | |
| Oct 26 at 23:03 | comment | added | Scounged | Yeah, this is another big problem. Most of the singers with the least experience have a vocal range which falls into one of the hardest parts, and there is not a single competent singer within that part right now besides myself - but I'm conducting, so ideally I wouldn't have to sing at all! | |
| Oct 26 at 22:41 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | The beginners will have the easiest time if they are standing next to a more experienced singer who is singing the same part they are. Also singing the melody is easiest, followed by bass line, and then inner voices are hard. | |
| Oct 26 at 21:38 | comment | added | Sparquelito | I got it. Yes, I would consider splitting them into two skill groups, as you implied, and working toward a combined session in coming weeks! | |
| Oct 26 at 21:05 | comment | added | Scounged | @Sparquelito The lowest skill level is basically not being able to hit the correct note (even remotely close) while hearing it being played, and needing maybe 10-15 seconds of direct instruction on how to change their pitch to reach the correct note, while the highest skill level is being able to sing simple passages A vista, given a starting note. | |
| Oct 26 at 20:56 | comment | added | Sparquelito | One clarifying question; Is the skill differential a matter of the more experienced singers reading the sheet music more quickly and instictively? Or are we talking about the inexperienced singers simply singing flat or sharp, or being distracted from their individual parts by the sound of all those other voices? | |
| Oct 26 at 20:24 | history | asked | Scounged | CC BY-SA 4.0 |