Dear All,
I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the following concerns I have with our Nuns when they sing in Choir. We are 13 sisters and of the 13 we have 2 strong singers, 3 semi strong (can hit notes but sing from their throats and are not strong by themselves). In addition we have 2 Sisters who are deaf and 2 who are tone-deaf.
My major concern is three of the above sisters (1 of the deaf, and 2 tone-deaf sing extremely loud- they overpower everyone else in the choir and cause a lot of wrong movements in the chanting of the psalmody by leading the others astray. We have mentioned many many many times to them, personally, and in a general way in Chant class to listen to the ones who know how to sing and to not be louder than the others. But most of them say, "I know- but in the moment I cant remember... or, I dont realize I am getting loud). We even have tried accompanying the psalms with organ to help- but it seems it still does not help. They do their own thing.
Does anyone happen to have any suggestions on how to break these habits or techniques to form better habits. I am at a loss at how to improve our choir until we can fix this problem. Thank you.
Sr. Marie
I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the following concerns I have with our Nuns when they sing in Choir. We are 13 sisters and of the 13 we have 2 strong singers, 3 semi strong (can hit notes but sing from their throats and are not strong by themselves). In addition we have 2 Sisters who are deaf and 2 who are tone-deaf.
My major concern is three of the above sisters (1 of the deaf, and 2 tone-deaf sing extremely loud- they overpower everyone else in the choir and cause a lot of wrong movements in the chanting of the psalmody by leading the others astray. We have mentioned many many many times to them, personally, and in a general way in Chant class to listen to the ones who know how to sing and to not be louder than the others. But most of them say, "I know- but in the moment I cant remember... or, I dont realize I am getting loud). We even have tried accompanying the psalms with organ to help- but it seems it still does not help. They do their own thing.
Does anyone happen to have any suggestions on how to break these habits or techniques to form better habits. I am at a loss at how to improve our choir until we can fix this problem. Thank you.
Sr. Marie