R&R Spotlight Videos

11/4/2019

Over the next several months, we will highlight areas of the choral art in an effort to engage with our membership through social media and web-based platforms. Our Repertoire & Resources coordinators will pose a question to the membership in a video, and you are invited to respond in the comments section then come back to the post to see what other members think. We begin with Lifelong Choirs R&R Coordinator Joe Stuligross. Feel free to add a comment below, or check out the video on our Facebook or Instagram accounts and comment there!

Joseph Gregorio link

11/4/2019 07:16:00 am

I think this starts with one's choice of repertoire. If one programs music of the highest caliber with text of the highest caliber, composed/arranged and penned with supreme craftsmanship and artistry, much of "going to the next level" happens by itself. I feel that this is because the quality of the artwork itself inspires excellence in us as musicians and listeners interact with it. (And since your question concerns quality of performance, I feel we must include the listeners in this equation, since performance does not happen without them.)

Additionally, by giving the singers space during rehearsal to discuss the meanings of the text and the text's relationship to the music, they come to take ownership of the music and of their process. Singers feel more fully invested in the outcome and work harder to perform well.

Joseph Gregorio

11/4/2019 07:17:59 am

Edit: "...the quality of the artwork itself inspires excellence in us as musicians and in listeners as they interact with it." -JG

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