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Main => Ministry, M.O.M, Praise Teams and Choirs => Topic started by: Ms. Blue on May 22, 2013, 09:26:01 AM
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Hey All!!
I'm still getting use to posting on here but you all have been so helpful to me, so THANK YOU!! I have been soloist for the past 21 years. I've been singing in the choir for the past 23 years. A choir president for 10 years and now our choir director had to leave because she became the first lady at another church. I was appointed the choir director by my pastor and have very minimal experience on how to do this. The most challenging part is not having a musician and although the Lord blessed me with a voice, he skipped me when he gave out gifts on instruments ;D ;D ;D. Do you all have any advice for me. I appreciate your help. I'm not completely lost just need suggestions. THANKS!!!
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Hi! Welcome to choir directing!
Here are two articles you can look at:
- A Guide to Directing a Gospel Choir (http://www.squidoo.com/GospelChoirDirecting)
- 3 Ways a Church Choir Can Minister When They Don't Have a Musician (http://www.squidoo.com/when-your-church-choir-doesnt-have-a-musician)
God Bless!
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Good advice, Joan...
I visited a church last Sunday - had instruments, but no musicians.
The choir did all their songs acapella; hand claps and tambourine helped.
Then a soloist came up and sang to tracks...
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Good advice, Joan...
I visited a church last Sunday - had instruments, but no musicians.
The choir did all their songs acapella; hand claps and tambourine helped.
Then a soloist came up and sang to tracks...
That sounds like my church.. we use performance tracks for the choir and when I sing solo's. My concern is more so to help with warm ups and things of that nature. We have been without a musician for a while so i'm used to that part.
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A slow worship song (like ALLELUIA or one of Israel Houghton's) is a good unison warm-up for choir. If you can encourage them to do parts after the first verse, even better...then if they are up to it, try a more traditional exercise, like scales or "Mee, May, Mah, Mo, Mu"
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A slow worship song (like ALLELUIA or one of Israel Houghton's) is a good unison warm-up for choir. If you can encourage them to do parts after the first verse, even better...then if they are up to it, try a more traditional exercise, like scales or "Mee, May, Mah, Mo, Mu"
Thanks very much
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That sounds like my church.. we use performance tracks for the choir and when I sing solo's. My concern is more so to help with warm ups and things of that nature. We have been without a musician for a while so i'm used to that part.
You can use ANYTHING to warm up a choir. I mean, you can take a song that you sang last Sunday, and use it as a warm up song next rehearsal; especially if there's something you thought could go better than it did on Sunday.
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thanks sjonathan02