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When you're a freelance musician eager for work, why would you ever pass up a gig?

Cory Davis

It starts out innocently enough: You tell a friend you’ll help her organize her beloved summer festival, or a classified ad seeking musicians sounds too good to pass up, or a fellow singer approaches you at church asking if you’ll perform the Verdi Requiem with her group of 20 singers. But then before you know it, you’re embroiled in a mess of inefficient and wildly disorganized rehearsals, with no end in sight. And you realize, all too late, that you said yes when you should have said no.
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Web Tools for Choral Singers 

Use technology to your advantage. Here are several free online resources to aid and manage your singing life, as well as a few for singers who also double as teachers, section leaders, or conductors.
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What's Your Ideal Choral Rehearsal Bag? 

I am Katie of a Thousand Bags. I am always carrying too many items with me to and from work and rehearsal — it seems like each one has something in it that I need. I long for just one ideal bag for my music rehearsals. What would your ideal rehearsal bag look like? What would it contain? Take our survey and let us know!
 

High Notes July 2010 

Every month or so, we round up interesting tidbits on current events in the choral and classical music worlds.
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Is Your Chorus Good Enough? 

Over 40 million people sing in choruses in the United States and countless more worldwide. But why don't choruses usually garner the prestige that, say, symphony orchestras do? Is it because we're just not measuring up?
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High Notes May 2010 

Every month, we shout out some interesting current events going on in the choral and classical music worlds. This month: "Glee" makes an impact in schools...British choir reality show returns for another season...Study shows music helps improve verbal abilities in stroke victims...and more.
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5 Things You Didn’t Know about Choir Apparel 

Where exactly do our choruses get our outfits and what considerations do they factor in when choosing wardrobe for the chorus?
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Chorus Love Stories: Malcolm & Seth 

The San Francisco Symphony Chorus is where it all began for these two, who have been married on three different occasions due to changing laws in same-sex marriage unions.
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World In Song 

Who doesn't love a good choir tour? The music, the sites, the drama! Join one singer as he travels half way around the world to explore the bliss of choral singing in the widest possible context.
 

Chorus Love Stories: Rachel & Tim 

Singing in the National Lutheran Choir brought Rachel and Tim Schmidt together in 2007. Two years later they were married.
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High Notes: April 2010 

Every month, we shout out some interesting current events going on in the choral and classical music worlds. This month: Chanticleer Youth Festival’s "twitterpause"...Whitacre’s virtual choir debuts...Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus honors courageous teen...Jobless choir provides community for those without workplaces.
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