High school choir recruitment ideas

Recruiting and Retention Ideas for Beginning High School Choral Teachers

• Good tone quality and solid vocal technique.
• Good intonation.
• Good phrasing and musicianship.
• Quality literature appropriate to level.
• Consistent rehearsal discipline and concert etiquette.
• Solid and consistent warm-up regimen.

1. How do you recruit a choir?
2. How do choir recruit students?
3. How do you grow a choir program?
4. How do you get out of a choir?

How do you recruit a choir?

Raising your choir's profile

1. Perform. Every time your choir performs, new people are going to hear about you. ...
2. Encourage word of mouth. In any community, word of mouth is a powerful way of reaching out to people. ...
3. Target local marketing. ...
4. Website/social media. ...
5. Be excellent. ...
6. Hold open rehearsals. ...
7. Communicate the benefits.

How do choir recruit students?

Here are just a few underutilized, but effective, channels for recruiting new singers.

1. Meetup. Meetup is a website well known for its ability to bring people together for a common cause. ...
2. Video. ...
3. Blog. ...
4. Email Marketing. ...
5. Facebook Boosted Posts. ...
6. Facebook Groups. ...
7. LinkedIn Groups. ...
8. Karaoke & Open Mic Nights.

How do you grow a choir program?

Here are 12 Tips to Keep Them from Dropping Choir!

1. Get to know all students. ...
2. Provide the opportunity for upward mobility. ...
3. Offer Increased Musical Opportunity with each successive year. ...
4. Instill a sense of family. ...
5. Cultivate Tradition. ...
6. Strive for Individual achievement. ...
7. Empower recruitment from within.

How do you get out of a choir?

How to handle singers leaving your choir

1. Don't shy away. Most people will let you know if they are leaving your choir, some may just disappear (this is more likely to happen in a large choir). ...
2. Accept that things change. ...
3. Learn to enjoy change.