Tips for setting up the virtual Choir
Make the choir project online in writing and determine the conditions of your work as conductor, whether it will be voluntary or paid work.
If you are paid, include the amount in the project planning, observing the days and times that you should be at the group's disposal for recording the guides, sending the rehearsal and video recording instructions, carrying out the rehearsals and other virtual activities that you consider important to the choir (find information on how to plan the rehearsal online on the Rehearsal Online page).
If there is a need to record a playback or a guide to accompany the choir made in a home studio or in a recording studio, seek a partnership with an audio-visual producer and include the value of this professional in your planning.
Starting from scratch! Face-to-face choir.
The beginning of a work with a choir can be a moment of great reflection for the beginning conductor, as doubts arise about:
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How to form the group?
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What should be the frequency of the tests?
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What equipment will be needed to carry out the group's rehearsals and presentations?
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How to define the space for the rehearsals?
These doubts are natural, but they should not generate fears, but should collaborate with possible solutions for each reality in which the choir is inserted. Reflecting on these issues is one of the conductor's functions and allows group meetings and rehearsals to be productive.
How to assemble the Choir?
When the idea of start a choir in the community arises, the conductor needs to structure a project thinking for the long term before the choir starts and includes structural needs and perspectives for the work such as presentations, events and future projects, etc.
The conductor needs to be aware that organizing the planning of each essay can make the essay productive and interesting, and for that purpose to elaborate a lesson plan containing the objectives, the contents to be developed and the methodology that will be used is fundamental.
Thinking about the singers' age group, that is, defining the age of the participants is also part of the initial process of forming a choir. After organizing the project, the singers' age group and the initial planning, it was time to invite people to participate in the singing.
For this, it is necessary that the invitation to participate in the choir be announced, indicating the day, the place and the time established for these meetings. The use of digital media such as facebook, instagram, print media, radio and TV and word of mouth, may collaborate with the dissemination for the formation of the group.
The definition of the rehearsal frequency allows the singers and the conductor to organize themselves to participate actively in the choir. There are choirs that carry out a weekly rehearsal, other choirs are able to carry out two or more weekly rehearsals. There are groups that have fifty minutes, an hour, an hour and a half of rehearsal. The frequency of rehearsals can be determined by the singers' time availability, as well as the conductor's availability and the goals he intends to achieve with the group. Having defined the frequency of the rehearsals, it is important that the conductor makes the most of his time with the group to develop the musical work and the proposed repertoire.
Physical Space and Necessary Equipment
Imagine a large, clean, quiet, light and well-ventilated place with large windows where the air circulates freely and a syrup piano with a beautiful and tuned sound in the center of this place. It would be wonderful, wouldn't it !?
But what is the real place that the choir will be formed?
It is in this reality that the conductor must think and, from there, adapt the necessary equipment for the development of the tests with the group. Initially you can organize a room with:
-Suitable size (ideal for the number of choir singers)
-Good cleaning! (the room must be clean to provide good rehearsal conditions for the conductor and the singers)
-Good lighting;
-Good ventilation;
-Comfortable temperature;
-Acoustics;
-Chairs; (appropriate that contribute to the good posture of the singers)
The use of instruments such as a keyboard, an electric piano, a guitar or an accordion to offer harmonic support to the repertoire that will be developed by the choir, may also be important.
It is necessary to observe if the test site offers:
-Bathrooms;
-Potable water;
Make the project in writing and include, in addition to the conditions of the physical space and equipment mentioned above, the price to take copies of the scores, the lyrics of songs or any other material that may be used by the group.
Determine the conditions of your work as a conductor, whether it will be voluntary or paid work. If paid, include the amount in the project planning, observing the days and times that should be available to the group for the rehearsals and presentations. If there is a need for a musician to accompany the choir during rehearsals and performances, include the value of the supporting musician in your planning.
Hands on and good singing!
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