HOW TO PRACTICE YOUR PREP CHOIR

MUSIC

Gather materials • Folder•Music• Pencil• Computer, tablet, smartphone

Log on the PCC

Website: pcchorus.org

Click on the “Members” tab (find it in the far upper right corner of the home page)Enter the password: pccSings (note upper case S)

Click the “My Choir” tab (along the top of

the page) and then select “Prep”. This will

take you to the Prep Choir page where you

can find important information such as:• Weekly practice assignments• Practice tracks (recordings of our songs to

listen to and sing along with)• Other timely information

Read the Weekly Practice Assignment and make note of what you are responsible to learn before the next rehearsal.

Click on the practice track (recording) of the first song

you are supposed to practice. Be sure to choose

the correct track (Mrs. Huyett’ side or Mrs.

Merrill’s side).

• LISTEN first! You must learn the melody by listening before you start to sing!

• FOLLOW along in your music. Read the words as you are listening. Find places in the music that seem difficult to you and listen to those places repeatedly.

• SING along with the recording while reading your music.

• Keep in mind as many of the things Mrs. Huyett talked about during rehearsal as you can. (Vowel shape, consonants, phrases – where to take a breath, etc.)

• Focus – just listening or just singing isn’t good practice. Good practice takes thinking!

• After several weeks – try to sing your parts without the practice tracks. Then go back and sing with them again.

• Eventually, you will be asked to memorize the music. This won’t be hard if you’ve been practicing regularly every week.

FINALLY – record your

practice time everyday and

be sure to turn your practice

record in to the key parents

as you arrive to rehearsal

each week!