Help me wordsmith?
May. 17th, 2006 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuI posted a few weeks ago about possibly forming an informal singing group. I figure I should try posting on craigslist, and before I do so I'd appreciate your help refining my wording. Please follow the lj-cut link and help me target the right people
Experienced amateur chorister seeks chamber vocal ensemble
I've sung with the Zamir Chorale of Boston, a 50-person community choir specializing in "Jewish" repertoire, for 14 seasons; the last 10 I've been the bass section leader. I'm looking to join or form a smaller group with greater scope to gain a wider variety of experience. My primary goal is to sing for the love of singing and not necessarily to get lots of gigs.
About me: I sing low bass and can sight-read pretty well. I have a bachelor's in music from MIT and, as noted above, I've been the section leader in my current choir for ten years. I observe the Jewish Sabbath, which means that from sunset Friday through darkness on Saturday I cannot rehearse, perform, or drive (or ride) to a venue.
My ideal group: My ideal group would have mixed voices, one or two on a part, rehearsing one evening each week (with singers being expected to learn their parts outside of rehearsal so that rehearsal would focus on the group sound). The repertoire would be high-quality arrangements of great songs in all sorts of genres; some would be accompanied and some a cappella. Not all singers would necessarily sing all songs. The group would meet with a voice teacher/coach regularly but not necessarily at every rehearsal.
My goals are to have fun, broaden my experience, sing with some new people, and become a better singer. A formal performance is not important to me right now; informal performances are fine: I'd be happy strolling down the Esplanade on a summer's evening, singing for the fun of it. On the other hand, if the others in the group really want to seek out paying gigs, I won't object.
Have I hit the right "notes" here? What sounds too self-aggrandizing or obnoxious? What's too wallflowery? What will scare people away or turn them off?
Thanks!