I always make it a point to teach them to know what they are singing, its purpose, composers, and historical background on the period it was written.
We were their special guest for recruitment weekend. Although it wasn't at our school, we got lots of good publicity for the choir.
God places all creeds and nationalities, I want to be able to reach everyone of them, educate them and be capable of moving them on a universal scope.
You don't have to be a music major, we have an open door policy, open to all majors. The only downfall is working with students who don't know how to read or aren't familiar with music, but if they want to learn they will do what's necessary.
