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Choir and musical theater ask for skills that solo practice does not always build: blending, holding a harmony part, sight singing, and choosing and acting an audition song. These guides from Cardon Studios teachers share choir singing tips and audition advice you can use right away. Start with the choir guide or the audition song guide below.
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Singing in a Choir
Blend, hearing yourself, volume, diction and finding your part, plus when voice lessons help.
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Musical Theater Audition Songs
How to choose an audition song, ideas for soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone, and tips on 16-bar cuts.
Read the guide →Choir singing
Skills for singing your part with confidence.
Hold Your Harmony Part in a Choir
Learn your part before rehearsal, practice it against the other parts, and find your way back when you get lost.
Vocal Warm-Ups for Choir
A short routine for body, breath, range, diction and tuning, plus fun warm-ups for rehearsals.
Sight Singing for Choir Singers
Solfège and movable do, how to scan music, six exercises and a daily routine.
Musical theater auditions
Choose your song, prepare it and walk in ready.
Prepare for a Musical Theater Audition
Choosing and cutting your song, marking your music, acting the song, and handling nerves.
Voice Lessons for Actors
Stamina for long runs, range for musicals, and confidence when a role asks you to sing.
Latest in Choir and Musical Theater
Vocal Warm-Ups for Choir: A 10-Minute Routine and Fun Choir Warm-Ups
Vocal warm ups for choir: a 10-minute routine for body, breath, range, diction and tuning, plus fun choir warm-ups for rehearsals of every age.
Sight Singing for Choir Singers: How to Sight Sing, Step by Step
Learn sight singing step by step: solfège and movable do, how to scan music, six sight singing exercises and a 10-minute daily routine for choir singers.
Singing in a Choir: Voice Tips for Choral Singers, and How Lessons Help
What choral singers should know about blend, hearing yourself, volume, diction, and finding your part, and how private lessons fit alongside choir.
Online voice lessons
Prepare your part or audition with a teacher
One monthly membership includes four private online voice lessons, one video coaching submission, the Learning Library, and member online events, with a teacher matched to your style, goals, age, and schedule.