Five Pro Tips for Amateur Choirs

As Brock McElheran famously observed in his book Conducting Technique: For Beginners and Professionals, only one percent of conducting is conducting. After many years on both sides of the baton, I’ve found the same thing to true of singing. Of the many secrets of good singing, only a few have to do with singing itself. In fact, the vast majority of them have to do with the physical and mental preparation that takes place in the split second just before singing. To that end, here are five pro-level tips that can help your amateur choirs to both sound more unified and feel more confident…Read more at Corpus Christi Watershed.