by Joanne Ward
Over the course of my career, I have had multiple opportunities to conduct ensembles made up entirely of women’s voices. The sound and purity of women’s voices is something that always amazes me, whether it be emerging voices at the middle school level, a collegiate choir, or the maturity of a community choir. Certainly at the middle school level it is advantageous to separate singers by gender for rehearsal purposes, even when the ultimate goal is to come together at some point as an SAT or SATB ensemble. At the high school level, women’s choirs become an entity unto themselves, either as a training choir or conversely, an advanced ensemble. Colleges and universities have long seen the value and beauty of choral ensembles which specialize in the timber and quality of sound, specific only to a well blended group of female voices.
Over the course of my career, I have had multiple opportunities to conduct ensembles made up entirely of women’s voices. The sound and purity of women’s voices is something that always amazes me, whether it be emerging voices at the middle school level, a collegiate choir, or the maturity of a community choir. Certainly at the middle school level it is advantageous to separate singers by gender for rehearsal purposes, even when the ultimate goal is to come together at some point as an SAT or SATB ensemble. At the high school level, women’s choirs become an entity unto themselves, either as a training choir or conversely, an advanced ensemble. Colleges and universities have long seen the value and beauty of choral ensembles which specialize in the timber and quality of sound, specific only to a well blended group of female voices.
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