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Breaking Up with Your Choir 

We've all been there: You signed on to sing in your choir because you love singing. Lately, however, it's been all "give" and no "take." The director has called yet another extra rehearsal, the demands of the committee you're chairing are eating up your free time, and singers you once liked are getting on your nerves. Suddenly, what was supposed to be a fun activity has turned into a chore. But how do you know when enough's enough?
Source: Chorus Community
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From the Wreckage, A Song 

The earthquake crisis in Haiti has been felt throughout the world, but for one choral community the tragedy hits very close to home.
Source: Why We Sing
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Should Women Sing Tenor? 

If someone can sing the notes then why not, right? Vocal health expert Susan Bender weighs in on this controversial topic.
Source: Better Singing
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Time Out for Good Behavior 

I arrived at a Moroccan prison for boys, who were serving three-year sentences for petty crimes. Having not grown up with a brother or been a mother, the scene I saw before me--a huge courtyard full of kinetic energy--harkened images of the Jets and the Sharks from West Side Story. Somehow I was supposed to teach them music without the benefit of a common language.
Source: Why We Sing
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From Choral to Solo...and Back Again? 

Like oil on water, there's probably good reason for the conventional wisdom that solo singing and choral singing just don't mix. And yet, there are growing numbers of professional singers who are bridging both worlds and are building complete and joyful careers singing both solo and choral repertoire. In fact, for many, it is the choral part of their careers that is most gratifying to them.
Source: Chorus Community
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Mind Over Meter 

So you thought you could count...that is, until you met the 7/8 and 5/4 time signatures. Honestly, why are those meters so troublesome?
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Making a Joyful Noise 

Triangles and diamonds and squares, oh my! And you thought that music notes only came in one shape. In fact, there's a whole singing movement, appropriately called "shape-note singing," in which singers read a variety of different note shapes--each one corresponding to a different syllable. This most unusual form of choral singing has deep roots in American history and a devoted following all over the country, where shape-note singers may gather for a few hours or for all-day "singings."
Source: Chorus Community
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