I agree - thank you for putting it so well. I came to the same conclusion a couple of years ago and decided to give the chorus a net to fish with, rather than just throwing out individual fish :-)
If something's sounding funny the first place we look is the breath points and words leading up to it, then we investigate the vowel unity. When we work on unifying a particular vowel, I also give individual singers feedback on how much they might need to modify their vowel depending on their natural placement. Seems to work and we've had some lovely feedback on how in tune we tend to be :-)
I agree - thank you for putting it so well. I came to the same conclusion a couple of years ago and decided to give the chorus a net to fish with, rather than just throwing out individual fish :-)
If something's sounding funny the first place we look is the breath points and words leading up to it, then we investigate the vowel unity. When we work on unifying a particular vowel, I also give individual singers feedback on how much they might need to modify their vowel depending on their natural placement. Seems to work and we've had some lovely feedback on how in tune we tend to be :-)