Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!rutgers!njin!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!CTSTATEU!KRENTZ_MIC From: KRENTZ_MIC@CTSTATEU.BITNET (Micki 'KRAZY' Krentz) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: choir directors and the such.. Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 20:01:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 13 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway Original_To: BITNET%"allmusic@auvm" I agree with you gavin, however up to a crtain point..I think the director has to accomplish proper pronounced works, articulation, etc. of the group otherwise the performance will suffer, and why have that experience when the performance should be a glorious experience for all..I think that if the director is a clever one, alot of bad feelings and boring moments can be erased...I've had directors that were absolute geniuses in the way they conducted the group, and ya know what, all the important techinques, etc. were accomplished... I can understand how you feel, thinking the whole thing is a "stuffy affair"...but it doesn't have to be... ---Michele---