Choir Etiquette & Review

What is the correct way to enter the stage?

• Walk silently with hands to sides facing forward. Know where you are going and go directly to riser spot.

• Talk to your neighbor while you walk and ask them where to go because you have no idea.

• Don't face forward and wait for large gaps in the line as you walk onstage.

• Be as distracting as possible, waving to family and friends and talking loudly onstage.

What is something you should NOT do while performing onstage?

• Keep eyes forward on the director and watch for their cues.

• Stand singer posture and have your expression match the mood of the song.

• Have great projection and great singing technique. Do personal best.

• Chew gum, don't look at the director, have your phone in your pocket and have poor singer posture.

Mark ALL correct answers: List correct concert etiquette for sitting in your audience seat.

• Clap appropriately at the end of a song and a solo.

• Face the stage, watch the show silently and do not turn and talk to others.

• Keep distractions and noisy objects out of your hands.

• Make rude comments about the performers and talk loudly.

True or false: Talking onstage after you perform a song is appropriate.

• True!

• False!

Why should choirs keep their focus on the director while they sing onstage?

• To follow the director's tempo and stay together

• To ease nervousness by focusing on the director, not the audience

• To help remember dynamic cues, breathing phrases, and when to make entrances and cutoffs

• All the above!

Why is standing hands to your sides important?

• It is less visually distracting

• It helps with singer posture

• The audience's attention goes to whoever is different so we want to be uniform.

• All of the above!

What should the choir do if an audience member's phone rings in the middle of a song?

• Start laughing!

• Freeze!

• Keep going!

• Yell at the audience to be quiet!

Match the following

• 8th Note

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• Half Note

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• Whole note

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• 16th Note

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• Quarter Note

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What are "Dynamics" in music?

• Fast or Slow

• Loud or Quiet

• Changing Pitch

• Two or more voices

When singing in a group, it is important to listen so that the sound ______.