What is an OCDA Beginning Treble Festival?
A collection of beginning/intermediate unchanged treble ensembles who commit to collaborating with one another, gain feedback from a master director clinician, and share in a collective choral experience.
How a festival works:
2-4 beginning/intermediate choral ensembles who commit to collaborate on the selected date at the selected location.
Each participating choir will perform 2-3 songs on their own for the clinician. The clinician then has time for feedback and workshopping of the choir. Other choirs can be in the audience for these performances in order to hear one another and the feedback.
All choirs prepare a common piece of repertoire chosen by the festival clinician prior to attending the festival. After all choirs have performed as individual ensembles, they gather to work the clinician’s choice song and sing together as a culmination of the festival.
Festivals have been most successful when planned for a Saturday morning (i.e. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.).