Match the group to the music. Check instruments, experience, reading needs, and the roles required. Give beginners meaningful parts rather than leaving them to watch advanced players.
Prepare instruments before participants arrive. Confirm tuning, safe stands, suitable seating, cables, power, and accessible routes. Secure equipment so it does not fall or block movement.
Use a sound plan. Loudness, time, and distance all affect noise exposure, and harmful noise can affect children as well as adults.1 Ask a competent person to assess rehearsal and performance conditions. Do not use an adult workplace exposure limit as a blanket child-camp target.
Provide suitable hearing protection where the assessed plan requires it, reduce volume where possible, and schedule quiet breaks. A participant saying the sound hurts deserves attention, not teasing.
Do not share mouth-contact items casually. Follow instrument-specific cleaning and hygiene instructions. Allow enough time between users and check what may safely be cleaned with which product.
Use short rehearsal goals. Work on one section, one cue, or one balance problem. Endless full run-throughs can hide the place where learners need help.
Your task: Make a rehearsal plan with sound controls, rest, instrument care, and meaningful roles for every player.
Sources for this page
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Noise exposure and hearing protection. ↩