Singing

So for a few years I've been painfully aware that I've begun to lose the training that I once had simply from lack of practice. I sang All-State in high school and was highest score audition in the community chorale, so coming to Utah and giving up singing noticeably lowered my artsy-fartsy fulfillment quotient. That said, it's not like I'm remotely the biz-snatch of choir singers, but I certainly have had my fair share of experience working with different directors.

Today I got roped into joining a stake choir for their easter performance. I love to sing and yes, I have absolutely resolved to get back into the practice of being actively involved in choirs, but I didn't sign up for Choir Singing 101. Do optional specialty choirs really need directors who treat them like freshmen in high school choir?! I understand personality differences and when a person has their own arrangements, you add in a whole emotional level that's really quite difficult, but I don't think it's necessary to talk down to people. It's not horribly bad...or even enough to get me to quit, but I wish I'd known the director going in. A little mental preparation for "ooohhh, maybe you don't understand my beat pattern, let me explain it again" would have been nice. Se la vie...in the future I'll be ready for it... ...and one and two and...