Five teachers
Director · Gospel choir and adult voices · Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat
Davina started Refrain so that the people who sing in East Point's churches could learn how a voice works, and so that their children could sing beside them. She conducts the gospel choir on Tuesday nights, teaches adults on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and begins every lesson with a few easy breaths before anyone sings a note. She plays the viola at the holiday concert.
Piano for both choirs, and church musicians · Wed, Sat
Noreen has played the piano for choirs for as long as she has taught, and she plays for both Refrain choirs. On Wednesday evenings she works with church musicians and choir leaders on warm-ups, parts and running a rehearsal, and on the first Saturday of the month she runs the church musicians' workshop.
Youth choir and teen voices · Mon, Thu, Fri
Lewis conducts the youth choir on Thursday afternoons and teaches teens one to one on Monday, Thursday and Friday. He teaches a part a line at a time, hums it first, and keeps the youth choir's rehearsal moving so that nobody stands still for long.
Children's voices · Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat
Nanami teaches children from nine to twelve on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Her lessons are built from songs the child already knows, a little rhythm with a hand drum and a plan for the week that fits on one line. She plays the cello at the holiday concert.
Sight-singing and adult voices · Tue, Fri, Sat
Issam teaches the sight-singing class on Tuesday evening and adult voices on Friday and Saturday. He grew up singing in a choir and plays the oud at the holiday concert. His class is for students who never learned to read music, and begins with finding the first note of a line.
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