Nurturing Musical Collaborations into Long-term Partnerships

[...]the Georgia Southern Choral Activities is guided by three missions: * To encourage musical learning and advancement in literacy, musicality, and vocal technique. * To provide performance opportunities for students from all majors who wish to continue in the choral arts. * To provide best-practice modeling and leadership opportunities for music students. The university choral program has set a goal of providing outstanding pedagogical models, particularly when working with middle grades voices. [...]attending RISE rehearsals became a high-quality, real-world example for pre-service choral teachers. [...]considering the cycle provided by National Resource Center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which included forming, storming, norming, and performing, we advocate for adding an additional step: reforming. According to Patton, the factors that lead to the stagnation or ending of a partnership are a lack of constant communication and sporadic interaction between the organization's general membership.6 In the book High Performance Habits; How Extraordinary People Become That Way author Brendon Burchard recommends strategies to avoid burnout.7 These conscious choices include taking time to rest and reflect, learning to say "no" to some activities, scheduling time for yourself, and allowing yourself to express when you need help.