Results: By profession I am a choral music director, or a voice teacher. Lots of people sing in various types of choruses at different times in their life, but few take lessons. Most people CAN sing, and most people enjoy doing it. Talk about voice lessons.
Published on 03/20/2022
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Did you ever sing in any kind of choral group and enjoy it? YES! one of the funnest things!
16%
384 votes
Yes, but I grew to like other things better so ceased my participation.
15%
354 votes
Yes, but I did not enjoy it (lots of reasons which you may tell me at the end)
7%
168 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
30 votes
Not Applicable
61%
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Were you ever a leader, or a soloist in your choral group? Yes
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214 votes
No
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If you excelled at singing, were you ever encouraged to further your education by taking voice lessons? Yes
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184 votes
No
27%
659 votes
Not Applicable
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For those who were encouraged, DID you take private or even group lessons? Yes
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162 votes
No
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429 votes
Not Applicable
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If so, what did you hope to "get" from taking the lessons? I wanted to sound better, or learn to imitate some professional person I admired.
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114 votes
I wanted to learn more songs
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96 votes
I wanted to find out if I had "the right stuff."
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88 votes
Other (please specify)
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15 votes
Not Applicable
87%
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For those few of you who DID take lessons, did you know you would have to work to obtain your goal? Yes, and it was worth every minute of it!
4%
90 votes
Yes, but I realized I was not going to be a professional so stopped.
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62 votes
No, I really thought I'd be pampered and told how wonderful my voice was!
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54 votes
No, I thought it would be a walk in the park since they all said I had such natural talent!
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25 votes
yes/no I learned that I did not take criticism well and it hurt my feelings when my "natural" talent needed to change here and there to meet the teacher's standards.
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33 votes
No. I thought I sang better than the teacher did, so why should I listen to him/her?
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19 votes
No, I realized I did not want to come up to the classic standard, and was happy with whatever was a popular style of the time.
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41 votes
Other (please specify)
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9 votes
Not Applicable
86%
2067 votes
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