choir
Let an agent help people find and join choirs, explain voice parts and repertoire, support safe running of choirs including safeguarding for young singers, and separate the architectural sense.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent help people find and join choirs, explain voice parts and repertoire, support safe running of choirs including safeguarding for young singers, and separate the architectural sense.
An organised group of singers who perform together, such as church choirs, choral societies, chamber choirs, community and school choirs, treble choirs and spoken choruses; the word also names the part of a church where singers sit, a separate architectural sense.
What it is for: Music-making, worship and community.
It can be find and join a choir; explain voice parts and auditions; find repertoire and rehearsal practices; run a choir safely and inclusively.
Distinguishing features
Group singing
Voice parts
Led by a conductor
Many settings
What it looks like
Groups of singers in rows, often with a conductor, scores and sometimes robes.
How it is recognised
Singers arranged by voice part
Conductor and scores
A band or orchestra is instrumental
Related models
is a kind of - category
is led by - role
performs - repertoire
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
church and cathedral choirs
choral societies
chamber choirs
community and inclusive choirs
school and treble choirs
Standards and regulation
Safeguarding rules for work with children
Performing rights licensing for concerts
Failure modes and hazards
Safeguarding failures
Vocal strain
Exclusive or intimidating auditions
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.choir-artifact
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Join Finding a choir.
Choirs welcome singers.
Find
Local choirs.
Find
Finding a choir.
- Which choirs are nearby, and do they audition? provenance
- When do they rehearse? provenance
Voice
Voice parts.
Voice
Voice parts.
- Which voice part suits this singer, such as soprano, alto, tenor or bass? definition
- How is range assessed? measurement
Music Repertoire.
Repertoire varies.
Repertoire
Choosing music.
Repertoire
Repertoire.
- Which repertoire suits this choir level and occasion? action
- Is performance licensing needed? provenance
Health
Vocal health.
Health
Vocal health.
- How can singers warm up and avoid vocal strain? provenance
- When should a singer see a voice specialist? boundary
Running Leading a choir.
Good practice helps.
Safeguarding
Young singers.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding.
- Which safeguarding policies and checks are required for choirs with children? provenance
- Who should concerns be reported to? action
Inclusion
Inclusive choirs.
Inclusion
Inclusion.
- How can the choir be accessible to disabled and diverse singers? action
- Which organisations offer guidance? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Choir has other senses.
Architecture
Part of a church.
Architecture
Architectural sense.
- Is the choir area of a church building meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Chorus
Chorus in drama.
Chorus
Chorus sense.
- Is a chorus in theatre or a song chorus meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should choir types be separate entries?
- How should choir directories be linked?
- How should the architectural sense be split off?