Performance Pyramid

Outline 

§        PREPARATION (30%)         A choral director and supporting staff must take the responsibility to prepare every aspect of the choral experience prior to the first meeting with the ensemble.

§        PRIORITIZE(5%) The entire organization (singers, staff and director) must arrange their priorities so that the ensemble, rehearsals and performance become an important element in their weekly routine.

§        PRACTICE (20%) An organized and spirited rehearsal can transform a diverse group of singers into a committed, knowledgeable and refined ensemble.

§        PERSONALIZE (15%) To achieve choral excellence each singer must develop a personal relationship with the song.  This can be achieved only if the performers and choral director have developed a personal understanding of the score.

§        PUBLICIZE (10%) Each concert should be properly publicized.  One month prior to the concert, a time line of publicity activities should be established.  Your singers are your best promoters.

§        PROJECT ( 10%)  To successfully project the message of the music to the listener, the ensemble must deliver a choral product that reflects the intent of the composer’s work.

§        POLISH (5%) An attempt to polish every aspect of the concert should be made.  Every aspect, musical (vowel, consonants, cut offs, facial expressions, phrases, articulations, etc . .) and technical (dress, folders, walking on and off, set up, lighting, etc . .)  should be reviewed, analyzed, unified and perfected. An ensemble must practice performing before the final concert.

THE PERFORMANCE

It is a place we arrive at, not a building block or step in the process.  With an organized approach throughout the rehearsal process, the concert should produce a higher level of artistic expression!

 Performance Pyramid©1999                                                                               Dr. Richard Zielinski