[ELS]

We have 14 sopranos

Our entire choir is 12 people - 3 for each part. Yet, we are singing Perosi's Missa Pontificalis for Easter.

[AnAmericanMother]

They WON'T sing and they WON'T try (it's very frustrating). We have a choirmaster who is immensely learned and a very patient teacher, who never loses his temper with them. But they will NOT sing! They also don't study their parts or take rehearsal seriously. Fortunately our men are VERY strong now, and the altos hold up their end. I think our choirmaster is going to get another staff soprano. Then maybe they'll sing . . .

These are mostly 50ish women who went through the whole VCII no-choir era and I guess never were exposed to good music.

I can't imagine not trying my best to the glory of God . . . but I was trained in a very hard school (first an Episcopal Cathedral choir school for boys and girls, then in a top flight parish choir that sang at Spoleto several years and made recordings.)