Post on readings for chapter 12 from Vocal Technique by Julia Davids and Interlude G from Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults by Jenevora Williams. Ah-ha moments/Comments 1) I liked reading on voice positioning in the choir. I don't have much choir background so this is a concept that I do not know much about. It is important to know about placing voices in your choir so you can blend the voices together. Some sections of the choir are bigger than others or you might have a singer that stands out so you need to know where to place these singers. They provide diagrams in the book of different arrangements that you could consider using with your choir. 2) In the first part of interlude G in William's book she talks about the terms we would use to describe how we want them to sound. Although we might understand what we mean by the term, the student could interpret this term in many ways. For example, the term clear is a pretty broad term and the students could come up with many meanings for this. As teachers we need to choose our words and adjectives carefully and make sure that our students have the same interpretation as us. Questions 1)If you have one student that still stands out while singing even if you move them to a different position in the choir to try and blend them with the other students, what are some other strategies or ways of dealing with this situation. 2) In William's book it mentions that we need open our mouths wide to make a better sound. Some people, especially younger children have small mouths and they are not going to be able to open them as wide as we want them to. Does this affect their sound much? Is there anything we can do to help their sound?