REMOTE WORK WITH CHOIR UNDER PANDEMIC CONDITIONS

Abstract

The classes of the Choir module in the Department of Artistic Education in Musical Art belong to the block of subjects which aim at the development and education of vocal abilities of choristers through improvement of voice emission and work on musical interpretation of vocal and vocal-instrumental pieces diversified in terms of texture and style. This class prepares for collaborative presentations of planned artistic endeavors.
The article describes a remote work with a choir operating in the Institute of Musical Arts of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Education in Cieszyn at the Silesian University in Katowice. The COVID-19 pandemic forced academics to look for new methodological solutions. In spite of many inconveniences and shortcomings, especially the lack of direct contact with the students or an important concert presentation of their achievements, I consider this time with full responsibility as extremely important in the musical development of students. Working on performance, emission and interpretation problems of the realized repertoire, recording the effects of the work required great commitment from the conductor, the leaders in the voices as well as all choristers. I am extremely grateful to the Choristers of the Musical Arts Institute Choir for their commitment and serious approach to new challenges.