Parent Roles and Responsibilities

There are countless opportunities, small and large, for parent support; all are crucial to the growth and success of the chorale.  These include:
•    reading your child’s workbook & helping with homework
•    taking photos
•    serving food at rehearsals and social events
•    helping chorale members robe up
•    reaching out to potential new chorale members
•    chaperoning trips
•    talking with new chorale parents
•    seeing that chorale members arrive early for services, rehearsals, lessons, and singing sessions
•    offering ideas for activities
•    cleaning robes
•    helping with fundraising
•    sharing ideas from other successful programs for children and youth…

Another opportunity is being present at Youth Chorale Parent meetings, which include parents, supporters and staff. The committee meets approximately every six weeks with the mission of improving every aspect of the Park Avenue Youth Chorale.

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Parents are expected to help (on a rotating basis coordinated with the directors) with Sunday morning responsibilities as follows:

10 AM – Help with robes before 10:15 AM warm-up
10:30 AM – Help usher chorale from Choir Room to the Chancel for AM rehearsal
10:35 AM – Take attendance and call parents of chorale members who are absent without notice to ensure that they know that their child has not arrived.
10:45 AM – Help supervise chorale members, particularly when they have been dismissed on break
10:50AM – Help usher chorale members to the Parlor to line up for the Processional.

Having a parent on hand to assist before, during, and after the Sunday morning warm-up/rehearsal is important for a number of reasons, the first of which is safety.  The Parent on duty should be available in case a singer is feeling ill or needs something from the first aid kit.