FINAL REHEARSALS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONCERT

The last several rehearsals before a concert take on a new meaning for the choral director. The concert, for which the director and the choir have been preparing, is almost upon them. The director will find that there are a number of details that must occupy his time. These details must not interfere with the planning for these last, very important rehearsals.

These final rehearsals will have new rehearsal goals. The director must be working to put the concert together. Note hunting should be a thing of the past. The singers should be ready now to do detailed work for as long as it takes to polish a piece. As much as is possible, the time should be spent in bringing together the various sections of works that have been rehearsed for so long as separate parts. The director should plan to rehearse in large segments, at least as large as the capabilities of the choir will permit. Although the director may have placed the sections together in his mind and be totally aware of how they should sound, the singers have not. In the performance of a number of many smaller works, the singers have probably not thought of the pieces as parts of larger groups of works as they will appear in the concert. The following timetable is an example of how one could utilize the last few rehearsals before the concert.