It’s June. In choir-land, it could mean that your concert season has finished or your concert season has yet to be completed. Over the last few weeks I have read the FaceBook posts of many of my choral directing friends as they reveled in numerous on-stage successes. They speak of the great pride they feel as their students share exceptional musical accomplishments with family and friends.
This got me thinking. How many kids are deeply affected by their experiences in choir? As directors, we know it is really remarkable what they can absorb through these performing experiences… collaboration, teamwork, vocal technique, repertoire, exposure to world cultures, discipline, manners, and a uniform regard and respect for one another.
A concert. A small collection of minutes at a time. The observation of a singer’s commitment to the creation of the whole. When you step back and take a hard look at the journey from choosing the literature to the final performance, it is not only remarkable, but awe-inspiring.
Moments in time. Collective memories. How enriched are the lives of our singers as they are exposed to all types of literature; to the heights and depths of emotion and humanity?
Who reaps the greater reward?
Go.
(Posted as my FaceBook status on June 4, 2014).
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