The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defined a Chorister as a person who sings in the choir of a church. They can also be seen as singers who come together to share musical experience by learning and also pray to God through singing.
Choristers are disciplined people although some people have been known to call us "noise makers" and other deragatory attributes but I think those words come from people who have never been in a choir.
The fact that Choristers know how to have good time is undubitable but there are certain guidelines that we follow so that we can be " Good Choristers" as well.
WE LISTEN : Choristers must have excellent listening skills and use them often; we need to listen to our Music Director, onductor and our fellow Choristers in other to produce gorgeous harmonious group and not a number of soloists battling it out for who can sing the loudest.
WE LEARN : We take note of errors in our scores and however form a musical direction which may seem at the time it is given. Changes happen and we must roll with it by having our eraser handy. We learn from these errors and attempt not to repeat them again.
WE PRACTICE : No matter how great a singer or Choristers are, practicing never hurts anybody and good Choristers do their best to be prepared by practicing on their own time.
WE APPRECIATE : We appreciate the beautiful music we get to sing, we appreciate our Music Directors and Conductors for leading us through it and we appreciate each other and the beauty that comes from our voices joining together to turn notes written on a page into a true performance.
WE PERFORM : Not only does a good Chorister sing their hearts out but they look absolutely thrilled doing it. Choristers are performers and it is through our enthusiasm and understanding of a piece that we guide the audience to their own understanding and help them to appreciate the music we are singing.
Uchenna Franklyn Okeh
(S.W.D. Ancestor)
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