Word: choiring
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...choir has a much larger repertoire than other choral groups as it sings new music every week. This leads to a different type of musicianship...
...Sunday Choir, however, practices each piece for about an hour before performing it. Somerville emphasizes sight reading and efficiency in rehearsals. He says choir members build a set of valuable skills in the process: "Quick noticing of what's going on, listening very hard, retention of what's been said--I don't stop the choir unless it's necessary so they know that when I do what I say is important," he says...
...Morning choir members gathered in the church basement by 8:25 Monday morning for a short warm-up and run-through of that morning's piece. They got through the piece twice that morning, a rare occurrence, according to Somerville...
...they rehearsed the piece, choir members occasionally raised their hands--a sign to the director that they knew they had made a mistake and would fix it the next time through...
...University Choir practice, Billett says, "You've learned it and you've done it yourself and that's a valuable skill. If we had to take everybody separately and drill parts we wouldn't do many Sunday services...