Friday, February 8, 2013

Out of the mouth of babes: excellence is worth working for!


Our Mission: Ragazzi Boys Chorus is committed to excellence in musical performance and education.  The Ragazzi experience instills self confidence, cooperation, leadership, sensitivity and tenacity, helping our boys develop into young men of character and distinction.  Ragazzi serves our boys and the community by performing a diverse selection of choral works to the highest artistic standards.

Recently I attended a children’s theater production with lots of costumes and many children running around in many directions. My ten year old granddaughter who has been a part of another theater company was with me and she commented how imprecise everything was. She then talked about her experience rehearsing, “It was really boring to drill and drill every detail of our play, but now I see that as a result of what may feel like tedious work,  the audience enjoys it much more. So do the performers!”

I mentioned this to the boys this week as inspiration. As we drill and fuss and fix every little thing, we are creating something we can be proud of and the boys know that at the end we are sharing an experience that we are satisfied with, one that will express our emotions as well as our ideals through our technique and move our audiences. And then it is worth it.  

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