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...professionals in the sense that you could live off this," Folkman says. Choir members are paid about minimum wage and work far less than 40 hours a week...
Were it not for the salary, Somerville says attendance would certainly drop off for the Sunday morning performance. In addition, choir members are frequently asked to perform for additional church events like weddings and funerals and in special performances with outside groups...
...members of the University Choir, singers are also available to the Harvard administration for various secular occasions. Karanjia, for example, has flown to Los Angeles several times to sing at University fundraising events. Such events, she says, make her realize how important the choir's professionalism is to Harvard...
...That's what is different about the Sunday Choir compared to other choral activities on campus," he adds...
...Church's lax policy on religious observance for choir members helps keep them there. During the Sunday services, choir members are concealed from the congregation by the altar screen, and are known to read or doze off during the sermon...