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Dear Music Director: THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY 2

1 Comment / Choir, Leadership, Music / W.N Vincent

“As rewarding as leading a choir is, there are always challenges.”
How can you as a choral leader, imbibe a sense of responsibility into your choir members, even when some adamantly refuse to step up and take up responsibility?

You can assume that people should just know what to do, but in reality, sometimes you have to not just tell them WHAT to do, but also show them the HOW, and patiently at that.

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Dear Music Director: THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY 1

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In my experience, majority of the challenges we face in the choir arise from members who do not want to be held responsible for their actions.

When we have choristers who know why they are in the choir, the nature and demand of the minstrel’s office, etc. and are willing to be responsible for both their actions and in-actions, things will work a little better.

You can join the Choir as a child, but please grow into a man.

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HANDLING INSECURITY IN LEADERSHIP

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Truth is, while it is a good desire to always want to be at the center of every great move of God in your choir and in the Church, you must be willing to recognise certains areas you do not have the strength or experience to handle, as it relates to the Music and Ministry, and the need for someone else to step in.

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Possible Reasons For Vocal Pitch Problems (high or low)

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written by – W.N. Vincent Over time I have received complaints from vocalist about how they can’t sing some high and sometimes low notes which they would normally sing sweatlessly. I discovered that a cracked voice isn’t always the problem. Several factors may lead to your inability to sing some pitches (high or low) and

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Help! My Choir Can’t Harmonize Vocal Parts

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Written by W.N. Vincent Do you avoid teaching or singing some songs because you feel your choir will mess up the vocal harmony? So you just decide to do the simple and relatively easy songs to avoid issues. I know how frustrating this can be for any Choir co-ordinator, Music Director, etc. When it seems

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How To Identify and Sing Your Vocal Part.

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– written by W.N Vincent For some people, singing the Harmony is no big deal. It comes effortlessly and naturally. While for you, it is BIG WORK. This makes it seem like others are more skillful than you are. More like they are musical ‘gods’. Singing the Melody or Harmony of a song IS NO

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Leadership Skills For Music Directors

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– written by W.N Vincent Diary of A Music Director …Choir Circle How can I cope in a choir where the keyboardist always plays unnecessary chord progressions whenever he manages to be on key? When MD Jonah asked me this question, I immediately understood what he meant. I know what it felt like being on

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Fundamental Tools For Musicians

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– written by W.N. Vincent Have you ever gotten a good melody with some beautiful lyric and two days later you tried to write down what you got only to discover, after twenty (20) minutes of battling, that all you could remember was the first two (2) lines of that idea? Then you begin to

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Dear Music Director: THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY 2

Dear Music Director: THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY 1

HANDLING INSECURITY IN LEADERSHIP

Possible Reasons For Vocal Pitch Problems (high or low)

Help! My Choir Can’t Harmonize Vocal Parts

How To Identify and Sing Your Vocal Part.

Leadership Skills For Music Directors

Fundamental Tools For Musicians

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