If some singers want more and some want less, then you must be doing something right!
Listed on July 28, 2014 in Blogs!I aim to please everyone in my choirs and singing workshops. I know it’s an impossible task (see Keeping a choir happy – you can’t please everyone), but still I try.
But how do you know when you’ve got the balance right and you’re keeping the majority happy?
I always ask for feedback at the end of my singing workshops and I occasionally hand out feedback questionnaires to my choirs.
Here are some typical responses:
- the warm ups are too long/ too short
- the harmonies are too hard/ too easy
- you are too strict/ too laid-back
- I want more/ less songs in English
- you teach too many/ too few songs
- the sessions are too long/ too short
- we end up sitting down too much/ not enough
- you teach too fast/ too slow
- we have too many/ too few breaks
Usually the extreme responses come from just one or two people. If they balance each other out (i.e. come equally from both extremes) then I reckon I’ve got things right.
But if there is a bias towards one extreme or many people make the same comment, then it’s time to re-evaluate and make changes.
How do you work out if you’ve got the balance right?
