"Helping You Harmonise."

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