• Practise your music - any time, anywhere!
    Engage your audience.
    Watch your director.
    Arrive early to a show.
    Follow your director.
    Open your mouth to sing!
    Not too loud, not too soft! Blend with the choir.
    Eat healthy. Not too much, not too little.
    Silence your phone!
    Keep hydrated. Room-temperature water is best.
    Keep your music in order.
    Sing with confidence, not just volume.
    When the song ends, END IT. Watch for the cutoff.
    Short syllables add punch. Long syllables add smoothness.
    Read the Tips for Singers pages - lots of good info there!
    Learn your range and your change.
    Check your posture - face forward, not straining up or down.
    Smile when you sing!
    Stay home when you’re sick.
    Listen to your neighbours, not just yourself.
    Learn some music terms.
    Count the rests - all of them!
    Turn your pages early.

Life’s Little Instructions

The little quotations at the top of most pages on our site are from a collection called “Life’s Little Instructions”. It’s a compilation of items from “Life’s Little instruction Book”, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The book made it to the New York Times best seller list and spawned many related products, including the poster from which these quotations are taken.

There are over 50 quotations, but they appear in random order, so you’d be hard pressed to count them!

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