Choirs copy what the conductor actually watches. If you watch the clock, they watch the clock. If you watch the inner voices, they begin to love inner voices.
This episode is a short inventory of what a choral leader does in the ninety minutes that matter: choose the next problem, protect the tone, tell the truth kindly, and leave the choir more capable than they arrived.
Today’s Inspiration
A reminder from the Jane Sullivan Library stacks: the score is already a leadership document. Open it. Mark it. Then get out of its way.
Practical notes
- Write three rehearsal aims, not twelve.
- Name the standard before you name the error.
- Thank the choir for the thing you want repeated.