Attending Choir Concerts is important for numerous reasons, a few of these reasons consist of improving your public speaking and performing, developing new friendships, learning how to express yourself in new and different ways, learning to have better elegances and posture, learning to expand their preferred music, and last but not least being in choir and performing helps you decide rather or not you would like pursue a musical career.
•Students develop skills of performing and speaking in public. Some students need help developing these skills. Many people in choir are scared to sing or speak in public and in front of their peers and others because they fear getting made fun of or discriminated for how they sing or speak.
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Choir is a form of musical art. It consists of four different types of groups, and each vocal ranges from highest to lowest. The way people in choir communicate with each other is when they harmonize, they learn about one another through the emotions of a song they sing in unison. Choir is not only for people who can sing, it is
On November 16th, 2013, I attended a concert choir, fall choral concert. This event took place on the Wheaton College Campus, in the Edman Chapel at 7:30 pm. The chapel was well-lit, with long pews for the audience to be seated. The concert began with the audience looking up into a balcony, where the ensemble stood in neat rows. They watched the conductor, who stood on a stage in front of the audience, waiting for their cue.
November 9th and 10th, Chino Hills High School’s choir put on successful concerts in honor of the US Veterans and active military members. The concert was very good, and there were performances by the different CHHS choirs. There was the Women’s Choir, Mixed Choir, Concert Choir, Treble Choir, and Chamber Singers. They performed some well-known songs such as “ Amazing Grace”” and “ O Captain! My Captain!” Treble Choir performed a very upbeat song called “ Roll, Jordan, Roll”” which got the audience excited and clapping along. Around the middle of the concert, Men’s Ensemble performed “ Armed Forces – The Pride Of America.” During the concert, they announced a US Military Branch and people in the audience that were Veterans of a particular branch or actively serving, stood up and the audience clapped for them. The Men’s Ensemble sang a song for each branch that was announced. There was also a very cool performance by the Hand Bell Choir where they performed two songs with bells. There were about 20 people in the Hand Bell Choir and each person had 2 or 3 bells to play, and all of them sounded slightly different. The Bell Choir was able to make splendid sounds as a unit. There were also some bell solos by students who performed songs that went
Lefebvre, Eliza. "Choir gives voice to kids’ confidence." Buffalo News 14 March 2013, n. pag.
Band requires dedication and discipline. Participating in band helps students to develop the skills they will need to succeed in life. Some of the skills include problem solving, decision making, teamwork, building self-confidence, self discipline, and responsibility (MusicforAll). In band nobody gets left behind. Unlike in sports if someone can not play as well as others they are not benched instead they have to work harder to play with the others in the group. Participation in band also brings the students together by a creative drive (Intolubbe-chmil). There are many other benefits to participation in band including social skills, a sense of belonging, a sense of accomplishment, cooperation, and commitment (Hallam 2). Participating in bands also helps to develop trust, respect, compromise, and the ability to negotiate (Hallam 10). Students who are in band are constantly using their memory when performing which helps them to memorize things at a quicker rate (Nafme). Playing in a band develops the students language and reasoning skills (Nafme). Those who participate in band are more likely to learn to improve their work
Music is a passion of mine, this comes with my love for performing on-stage. I play guitar in the School Ensemble and clarinet in the School Concert. I was also proud to be awarded a third place for reciting the Quran (in Arabic) at the Annual Qirath Competition 2014, which is indeed a vocal competition.
Holding music tends to be a deterrent to good singing posture. This tends to pull the singing stance inward, rounds the shoulders with a lower sternum and head. A choral director can insist that the students hold their music up to help correct singing posture. When holding music, the students should hold their music high enough that they can see just over top of their music to see the conductor. The students s...
Music majors do have some respite from the demands of our discipline. For voice majors, there is choir. Choir provides an opportunity to learn in a more passive manner. The choir director leads the members of the choir toward the desired goal – the mastery of the piece of music to be performed. While choir members must be attentive and receptive, the burden is primarily carried by the director.
BAND! CHOIR! NO BAAAAAND!! WRONG! CHOIR!!!! Does this conversation seem familiar? If you are a music person or a friend of a music person, you’ve probably heard some variation of this argument, and if you haven’t, well now is the great time to hear the true facts of this argument. Every person involved in band or choir at the highschool, knows without a doubt that their program is, of course, the best, however which one is actually? Band is far superior to choir for many reasons. You learn so much more about how to read and understand music, and you are able to more easily apply this knowledge to other instruments and have a much easier transition.
What do you think about when you think of singing? Do you think about the latest rock or pop craze? Or do you think about some opera singer on stage? For me, when I think about singing, I think about All City Choir.
It is about 6:40 a.m. when my parents first hear me sing on a typical school day, and, since the acoustics in the bathroom are amazing, they can hear every note of the song. I have been singing since I learned to talk, and I joined my first choir in Kindergarten. Singing in a choir is something I will be doing until I die, whether it be with a professional or amateur ensemble. I have tried being a solo singer, and although I enjoy it, I find it more enriching to be a part of a choir when I sing. In the early years of singing in a choir, I thought this was a flaw. When I tell people I am in choir, I get the feeling that they think it is less impressive than being a solo singer. To them, it seems as though my choir is a crutch, a tool for covering up my own voice. However, singing as a soloist and singing in a group are two different activities that require slightly different skill sets. Although singing in my choir is my favorite of the two, I use both forms of singing to improve in both my regular life and my musical extracurriculars.
I recently attended the St. Marys Area School District All District Concert held in the high school’s Carpin Auditorium on May 18, 2017. The concert featured over 200 musicians in grades four through twelve, all coming from the various schools in the district (St. Marys Area School District). Parents, relatives, and fellow students made up the audience of passionate supporters. Therefore, the audience was enthusiastic and quick to applaud every performance. The instruments included typical instruments such as flutes, trumpets, drums, the piano, and violins, plus many more. There were also pieces performed solely by the various choirs throughout the district. The performance was a showcase of the talent of various musicians at multiple grade levels.
Throughout choir this school year, huge advancements have been made within many of the students, leading to tremendous growth. Coming into the first few weeks of choir class, the confidence of the students were low and it was a lengthy process to get through warm-ups, solfege, and ta-ka-di-mis correctly and on pitch. Walking into class currently, more students can be heard singing out and scales being sung in tune with ease. As voices have matured over this school year, many positive growths can be seen. For most students, this being their first year of high school choir, have more room to improve and achieve the level of talent as the members of concert choir. As the final concert of the year comes to a close, progress and direction for future years can be heard and seen through the music.
Singing is the skill of making musical sounds with your voice rather than an instrument (“Get” para. 2). To do this, one has to have sharp musical skills that have been molded to perfection over the years (“Get” para. 3). Some singers may be multitalented (“Get” para. 6). This means they may be able to sing as well as play instruments (“Get” para. 6). Being a multitalented performer usually takes more practice to master (“Get” para. 6). Singing in general takes many long hours to perfect (“Singer” para. 1). These practices usually consist of learning the songs, knowing where to go when the performer is onstage, and recording the songs until they’re how they’re supposed to be (“Singer” para. 1). A person in this career usually works as a soloist or member of a band or vocal group (“Singer” para. 2). A performer’s goal is trying to achieve the maximum amount of entertainment the audience can have (“Get” para. 5). This means the performer would have to keep the performance lively and interesting (“Get” para. 5). This is what a singer, musician, or performer in general does mainly for a living (“Musicians” para. 1). Concert halls and recording studios t...