The title of this one just about explains it all. The Golden Rules for rehearsing a choir are simple and put into three points:
1. It's about the choir singing, not the director talking.
2. Reinforce the behaviour you want repeated.
3. Make a difference.
The first one is really easy for choir directors to break. This point was really short but makes an excellent and very important point. In the article it says, "Treat your singers like dolphins: when they do the trick, throw 'em a fish." Basically meaning, don't forget to compliment your choir when they do something good. The last point is obviously the most important. This point means that a director should always be progressing and keep moving forward, but always changing. Repeated things aren't that exciting.
Garnett, Liz. "Golden rules for rehearsing a choir." Helping You Harmonise. 3 December 2009. http://www.helpingyouharmonise.com/golden_rules
1. How would you use technology in the day to day operations of your career field?
Researching/looking for songs and sheet music; Setting up Powerpoint presentations for services; Excel sheets for lineups and attendance graphs; downloading MP3's.
2. What technology do you use to communication with other professionals?
Email and texts
3. If/when presenting to other professionals, what do you use to do so?
Powerpoint, EasyWorship
4. What is your theory about the type of technology that will be used in the future in this profession?
My mentor didn't really have a theory, but a glorious ideal. As most sheet music is becoming digital, he thought it'd be cool to see sheet music created by recording of piano or various instruments playing.
5. As a student and future professional, how can you imagine technology being incorporated in this profession?
Refer to 1 and 4.
Being thrown into this setting of music ministry and choir direction, I'm constantly using Microsoft Word to type up lyrics for my choir or to create calendars. I also find NoteFlight.com very useful to compose music or arrange pieces. I'm constantly texting my choir members, reminding them of times, locations, etc.
