Membership fees

🖊📃 HOW TO SING IN A CHOIR 🎤🎶 🎤🎵 JOINING A CHOIR 🎼🎙 🎶🎼🎷 Season 1. Episode 4. MEMBERSHIP FEES 🎻🎙🎙 Most choirs require fees to cover the cost of sheet music, travel (if the choir tours), and uniforms (if the choir requires them). However, every choir is different and there may be additional costs to cover. ♥Some choirs require formal wear for performances. The director may allow the choir to choose their own clothing as long as it fits the requirements, or they may require members to purchase identical formal wear through the same company, which will cost extra. ♥These dues are generally paid annually and are typically pretty reasonable. If you can't afford the fee, talk to the director to see if they are able to offer you a scholarship or waive the fee. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Nail your audition

🖊📃 HOW TO SING IN A CHOIR 🎤🎶 🎤🎵 JOINING A CHOIR 🎼🎙 🎶🎼🎷 Season 1. Episode 3. NAIL YOUR AUDITION 🎻🎙🎙 For some choirs, you may be able to join right away, but for others, you will need to audition. If the director gives you a piece(Song) to audition with, find your part and practice it until you feel comfortable. If you're allowed to choose your own piece, find one that suits your vocal range and practice it well for your audition. Select a song within the genre that the choir typically sings. ★The director may ask you to do some vocal exercises or scales to test your control and range. They may also want you to demonstrate your sightreading skills and pitch memory. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Select and join a choir

🖊📃 HOW TO SING IN A CHOIR 🎤🎶 🎤🎵 JOINING A CHOIR 🎼🎙 🎶🎼🎷 Season 1. Episode 2. SELECT AND JOIN A CHOIR 🎻🎙🎙 Select the kind of choir would best suit you depending on your age, your level of experience, the type of music you like to sing, and how much time you are able to commit. ●World music groups (or natural voice choirs), community choirs, and church choirs tend to be more informal and don't usually require auditions. ●Contemporary or classical choirs, gospel choirs, barbershop choirs, and a cappella groups are more advanced and are likely to require auditions. ●Children's choirs are a great option for younger singers whose voices don't blend in as well with adult voices. The directing style will also be geared toward children to help them learn and have fun. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Determine which part you can sing

🖊📃 HOW TO SING IN A CHOIR 🎤🎶 🎤🎵 JOINING A CHOIR 🎼🎙 🎶🎼🎷 Season 1. Episode 1. DETERMINE WHICH PART YOU CAN SING 🎻🎙🎙 Choir music is divided into four basic parts: Soprano (C4 to C6), Alto (G3 to F5), Tenor (D3 to A4), and Bass (E2 to E4). Test out your vocal range by playing the notes in those ranges on a piano and sing along to see which part is most comfortable. ■Classical voice types are further categorized into parts like Mezzo Soprano, Contralto, and Baritone. ■If you join a beginners' choir, the director may be able to help you determine which part you can sing. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

How to sing in a Choir

🖊📃 HOW TO SING IN A CHOIR 🎤🎶 🖊🖊📖 INTRODUCTION 📘🖋 Singing in a choir is a great way to improve your voice, your knowledge of music, and your performance skills. It can also boost your happiness and healthiness. Determine your vocal range, follow the director’s instructions, listen to the singers around you, and use proper breathing and posture techniques to get the most out of your choir experience. Educational episodes begins tomorrow, please stay connected. God bless you For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Keep it Fun

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 6. KEEP IT FUN 📘📖🖊 Your choir members are volunteers. Choir practice needs to be something they look forward to attending. Always look for ways to express gratitude for their sacrifice of time and willingness to serve. Have a prayer and praise sheet just for your choir so they can be praying for and rejoicing with each other. Give them time off after a big event. Your choir rehearsal is precious and valuable time. Come to it with a plan and a positive spirit to help equip the saints for the work of the ministry. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Develop the choir musically

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 5. DEVELOP THE CHOIR MUSICALLY 📘📖🖊 Everyone has a story of how they became the music director. Unfortunately for many of us it did not involve extensive choral training. But don’t let this be an excuse. I am an instrumentalist who has had to learn and grow in my understanding of the voice. You may not learn all there is to know, but learn enough to help your choir musically. I believe there are four key areas to focus on music that will benefit your choir and improve their singing abilities: music notation, posture, breath support, and tone. Go online, study lessons from TUNJIFORTRESS, read books, and watch choral DVDs. Teach yourself, and then find simple exercises that you can share with your choir. As your choir makes small improvements individually, you end up with large improvements overall. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Emphasize the spiritual

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 4. EMPHASIZE THE SPIRITUAL 📘📖🖊 A spiritual choir sings better. Take two to three minutes each practice to give a devotional thought that is applicable to the choir. This might seem like a lot of time since you are already limited and have a lot of work to do, but you and your choir will benefit from this spiritual investment. It could be a general topic such as worship, or it could be something specific to a song they are practicing, but look for ways to grow them spiritually. After all, there’s nothing quite like preaching to the choir. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Keep practice moving

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 3. KEEP PRACTICES MOVING 📘📖🖊 I’m all for having a great time in choir practice and for being personal with your choir, but don’t tell so many stories and jokes that you never get anything done. One idea that I have found helpful is to have an efficient way to teach parts. There’s nothing worse than going over one part at a time while the other three-fourths of the choir sits and listens (or in reality, talks to each other). While the pianist plays the bass part, have the basses sing at a good volume while the other three parts sing softly. Even though the other three parts haven’t been played out on the piano, it’s still good practice for them. Then move up to the tenor. Have the tenors sing out this time while the basses, altos, and sopranos sing softly. Continue this until all four parts have practiced. This allows every section to sing their part four times instead of just once. Mix it up. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Balance your music selection

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 2. BALANCE YOUR MUSIC SELECTION 📘📖🖊 There are three types of songs that need time each rehearsal: songs that have been in the choir’s repertoire for a while that only need to be sung through one time, songs that the choir may have sung once or twice that need attention only in the difficult sections, and songs being learned for the very first time. Have a good mixture of all three types. As a side note, always have new music you are practicing. This is what keeps your choir members coming back. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Plan your practice

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶  📕🖋 Season 1. Episode 1. PLAN YOUR PRACTICE 📘📖🖊 Just as you would put together a cue card for a church service, put one together for your practice. Know exactly what needs to be emphasized on each song. One song you’ll sing from top to bottom and put it away. Another song you’ll work parts on the tricky key change or the big ending. Another song might be brand new, and you’ll be introducing it for the first time. Know just how much time to spend on each song so you don’t get to the end of a practice only having worked on two or three. Notate all of this on your practice cue card and then stick to it. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Having an effective choir practice

👉🏽📃🖊 HAVING EFFECTIVE CHOIR PRACTICES (choristers/MD's)📖🎼🎶   🎹📄 INTRODUCTION 📜 The most important sixty-eight minutes of my week as a choir director is during choir practice every Saturday afternoon. If your choir is anything like ours, there is always more work to be done, more songs to be learned, and never enough time to practice. This is why it’s crucial for choir rehearsal to run efficiently and effectively. Improving episodes begins 15th Jan, please stay connected. God bless you For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 10

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 10.🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member is accountable. I know of no organization of quality that does not demand some appropriate measure of accountability. In this day of voice mail and email, it’s easy to let the leadership know if you need to be absent from a rehearsal or service. The ultimate point to this is: Never leave the leadership questioning your level of commitment. To me ( Tbright), that is the full responsibility of the individual choir member. We all have situations and circumstances that take us away from time to time, but there’s really no excuse for not letting the leadership know why you are not at your post of duty. Don’t forget that the leader is counting on you. Heaven is counting on you. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 9

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 9.🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member is diligent in the rehearsal process. They are teachable and can focus. The hardest part of any choir director’s job in a rehearsal is not teaching or conducting the music. It’s getting and maintaining the focus of attention of the choir members. Sometimes that is easier than other times. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 8

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 8. 🎵🎹🎺  A great choir member is expressive and effective in communicating. No longer is it good enough to just stand there and sing. For the audience to fully grasp the impact of your presentation, you need great choir members who will pour their heart into effectively communicating the lyric with sincerity. No one is asking for hype or artificiality. Just think about the lyric you are singing and sing it like you mean it…because you do! For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 7

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 7. 🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member is committed to prayer. Devotional living is a priority and is evidenced by the fruit of their lives. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 6

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 6. 🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member is committed to learning the music well. Excellence is valued. Great choir members want to get it right and want the musical presentation to be the best it possibly can be. They will go the extra mile. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 5

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 5. 🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member cooperates well with group efforts. Being part of a group requires often laying down your individualistic ideas and agendas…for the sake of the group at large. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Episode 4

🎤🎶 ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT CHOIR MEMBER 🎼📖🆗       🎶🎼 SEASON 1. EPISODE 4. 🎵🎹🎺 A great choir member gets along well with others. The great choir member knows how to get beyond themselves and reach out to others. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZqbmJyafn0d4sBLKXZ8r

Happy New year

HAPPY NEW YEAR