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Adjudicators urge choirs to add facial expression, stronger dynamics and clearer diction
Summary
Visiting adjudicators at a multi-school choral event gave granular coaching to middle- and high-school choirs, emphasizing facial engagement, dynamic contrast, consonant clarity and stage formation; clinicians stopped groups to rehearse specific measures and asked directors to try changes immediately.
Visiting adjudicators and guest clinicians gave detailed coaching to multiple middle- and high-school choirs, urging singers to use more facial expression, clearer consonants and stronger dynamic contrast to improve audience connection and musical shape.
The guidance was practical and demonstrative: an adjudicator told one choir, “I really wanna see more involvement, facially. I just wanna see that you love singing,” and later advised, “If you lift your eyebrows, it'll brighten your face.” Across sets the clinicians repeatedly stopped groups to work a single phrase or measure (for example, a dynamic drop around measure 74 in “Sit Down Servant”) and had students try the change immediately.
Why it matters: clinicians said these are small, repeatable adjustments that alter how an audience receives a piece. They paired technical instructions about…
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