I have just finished a meeting with the head of the Music Department, Dr. John Hylton, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. There were other students involved as well. The focus of the meeting was to provide the faculty with our opinions and observations of the candidates for the Director of Choral Studies at the University. My question to the list is the following: Should the quality of the choir and the performance of the music be a stronger consideration than that of being able to recruit and getting more numbers? My reason for this question is that I believe that quality brings quantity. i.e. If the choir is really good, then local high schools will hear about the quality, and the chances of getting those students would be better. I am not saying that the schools should not recruit, but if a school recruits with a poor choir, then the only thing that will be accomplished is embarrassing themselves and loosing the chance of gaining those students. So, does anyone have any input? tedd [log in to unmask] http://members.tripod.com/~teddj_music