As I have written before, Parish Choir (Koor Paroki) got praise from our bishop Mgr Michael Cosmas Angkur on Thursday 23 October 2008. Some church figures also said that our Parish Choir had done the great thing. In this case, praise and glory belong to God. We accepted the praise on behalf of God and returned it to him because without him, we could not do anything.
Here I would like to write about some criticisms and mockery which Parish Choir has got. I did not hear most of them directly as most people have been reluctant to tell me the truth. However, some friends and “some spirits with their sixth or seventh senses” helped me to hear them.
Well, I have been familiar with some people coming to me and saying, “Wah, Pak, koornya bagus… nyanyinya luar biasa…” Deep in my heart I always say, “God, if it were true, such things belonged to you.” The fact is I never trust them 100%. I know that sometimes some of them are honest, but sometimes some of them are complete liars or hypocrite: they do not any courage to tell me that my choir or the way I conduct the choir is bad or far from their expectation.
Well, I would rather they tell the truth… To some people who try to give me good and constructive criticism, I will accept it without doubt although the criticism sometimes sounds harsh and rude. Sometimes, however, some critics are just people who do not want to see the objectivity. They criticize us not because they want to help us to be better but they just show their dislike against us. In short, they do not criticize; they mock us. To my surprise, the latter is the common comment that I often hear.
In line with our Parish Choir, I have heard some comments given by some people, including some pastors and conductors, who are competent people, or at least consider they are competent, and some others who are not competent at all. Some criticisms sound silly, while others sound harsh: 1. Nyanyinya kok njerit-njerit? 2. Nyanyinya kok tidak pakai perasaan, tidak ada ekspresi. 3. Dirigen tidak ada ekspresinya. 4. Suara koornya kurang padu, ada suara yang lebih menonjol daripada yang lain. 5. Suara sopran (it seems like the personnel of sopranos) sepertinya kurang.
It is up to all Parish Choir members and conductors to evaluate the comments and criticism. There is no use to find out who said this and that. However, let us find the essence of their criticism. I write some outlines below.
First, it is easer to give comments than to do it. For example, Indonesia has a lot of football observers and commentators, but they just talk (NATO = No Action, Talk Only). It is impossible to ask them to go to the field and score a goal. Meanwhile, there are a lot of economy observers and commentators, but they just talk… and they have different views which they claim to be the best. No wonder that one critic said, “When economists get together, there is no solution.” In choir cases, some people also talk and talk and talk … and criticize … but that is what they can only do. They do not give contribution or do not want to participate. Where were they when we needed them? Would their comments make the past events better? Will they be willing to bear the burden that we have carried so far? No! NATO!
Second, many choir critics do not understand the process. They expect the results only. They forget that there is a long and difficult phase that a choir has to go through. When they criticize, they also forget that they might have got similar experiences in the past or in other time. Despite their shortcoming in their past, they feel that they are better that the choir they talk about.
With the two outlines above, I want to say that criticism and bad comments are common things. Listen to the criticism or comments and still be cool and calm. Do not panic or get stressed because the comments can be good ones, true and constructive things, but they can also be nonsense, meaningless sentences, just a form of hostile expression, or an expression of their incompetence. Accept all comments as they will make your love to Jesus even stronger.
The other lesson is that when you criticize or give comments to other choirs say the constructive things only, never try to hurt other choirs and their existence. Instead of talking about them, why don’t you join them and help them to be better? Being one of them for a long time will reduce your superiority complex.
Viva Parish Choir. Viva Exultate.
Here I would like to write about some criticisms and mockery which Parish Choir has got. I did not hear most of them directly as most people have been reluctant to tell me the truth. However, some friends and “some spirits with their sixth or seventh senses” helped me to hear them.
Well, I have been familiar with some people coming to me and saying, “Wah, Pak, koornya bagus… nyanyinya luar biasa…” Deep in my heart I always say, “God, if it were true, such things belonged to you.” The fact is I never trust them 100%. I know that sometimes some of them are honest, but sometimes some of them are complete liars or hypocrite: they do not any courage to tell me that my choir or the way I conduct the choir is bad or far from their expectation.
Well, I would rather they tell the truth… To some people who try to give me good and constructive criticism, I will accept it without doubt although the criticism sometimes sounds harsh and rude. Sometimes, however, some critics are just people who do not want to see the objectivity. They criticize us not because they want to help us to be better but they just show their dislike against us. In short, they do not criticize; they mock us. To my surprise, the latter is the common comment that I often hear.
In line with our Parish Choir, I have heard some comments given by some people, including some pastors and conductors, who are competent people, or at least consider they are competent, and some others who are not competent at all. Some criticisms sound silly, while others sound harsh: 1. Nyanyinya kok njerit-njerit? 2. Nyanyinya kok tidak pakai perasaan, tidak ada ekspresi. 3. Dirigen tidak ada ekspresinya. 4. Suara koornya kurang padu, ada suara yang lebih menonjol daripada yang lain. 5. Suara sopran (it seems like the personnel of sopranos) sepertinya kurang.
It is up to all Parish Choir members and conductors to evaluate the comments and criticism. There is no use to find out who said this and that. However, let us find the essence of their criticism. I write some outlines below.
First, it is easer to give comments than to do it. For example, Indonesia has a lot of football observers and commentators, but they just talk (NATO = No Action, Talk Only). It is impossible to ask them to go to the field and score a goal. Meanwhile, there are a lot of economy observers and commentators, but they just talk… and they have different views which they claim to be the best. No wonder that one critic said, “When economists get together, there is no solution.” In choir cases, some people also talk and talk and talk … and criticize … but that is what they can only do. They do not give contribution or do not want to participate. Where were they when we needed them? Would their comments make the past events better? Will they be willing to bear the burden that we have carried so far? No! NATO!
Second, many choir critics do not understand the process. They expect the results only. They forget that there is a long and difficult phase that a choir has to go through. When they criticize, they also forget that they might have got similar experiences in the past or in other time. Despite their shortcoming in their past, they feel that they are better that the choir they talk about.
With the two outlines above, I want to say that criticism and bad comments are common things. Listen to the criticism or comments and still be cool and calm. Do not panic or get stressed because the comments can be good ones, true and constructive things, but they can also be nonsense, meaningless sentences, just a form of hostile expression, or an expression of their incompetence. Accept all comments as they will make your love to Jesus even stronger.
The other lesson is that when you criticize or give comments to other choirs say the constructive things only, never try to hurt other choirs and their existence. Instead of talking about them, why don’t you join them and help them to be better? Being one of them for a long time will reduce your superiority complex.
Viva Parish Choir. Viva Exultate.
3 comments:
Hallo semua,
mumpung sempet bikin dikit testimoni ahh...
Hari Sabtu, 1 November 2008... mulai dengan latihan Lingkungan.. persiapan untuk festifal bulan Desember besok... hehehe ibu2nya semangat 45 ... saludd dech... aku dateng telat banget sepertinya emang lagi banyak kerjaan di kantor yang kudu dipegang... dah ngebut juga ngga nyampe... tengah-tengah latihan.. BREZZZZZ... ujan lagi dech... basah basah dech... tapi semangat terus latihan EXUL .. telat lagii... lanjut lagi KOOR PAROKI.... hebringg euyy... BERNYANYI SELALU...
EXULTATE kehadiran banyak bintang baru... Mian, Herin, Jesica, mas Kris, Raymon, dan beberapa MUDIKA dari KEMAKI... wahh seerrruuuu... BABAK BARU EXULTATE akan dimulai lagi.. semoga mereka yang muda2 AWETT... buat saya kehadiran orang2 baru akan menambah tantangan dan suasana yang akan terus berkembang... amenn...
ngga sadarrr... PAK SIMONN ULATHHH... WOIII PAK SIMON ULTAHH KETUA EXULTATE ULTAHHH, hehehe jadi inget dulu kenal pak Simon pertama juga di Koor paroki... dan luarbiasanya dengan komitmennya beliau yang rendah hati ini sekarang dah jadi pemimpin kita di EXULTATE... 2 tahun terakhir ini.. pribadi yang sederhana, simple ngga banyak ceplas ceplos.. "kalo lagi ngga nge-hang... soalnya ngga nyangka juga lho kalo Pak Simon itu CAURR menn"... pokoknya masuklah untuk kamu muda... tp pemikirannya selalu bisa diterima baik oleh semua anggota... percaya apa ngga sampe skr aku koq belom pernah denger y ada yang komplain kalo pak Simon tu begini begitu.. kurang ini kurang itu... LANCARRR dech pokoknya.. salud buat Pak Simon... berasa aja punya "bapak" lagi di BOGOR sejak bapak jauh di JOGJA sana... SELAMAT ULTAH BOZZ.. semoga sehat selalu dan berbahagia , semangat latihan teruss... setia ngirimin sms aku walaupun ngga sempet kebaless bales sori ya pak!!... sukses selalu buat bapak dan keluarga.... salam buat ibu .. kapan beliau ikutan EXUL...
HEPPIE BIRTHDAY.... :)
Hai semua ...
Mau ikutan komentar nih...
Sama Go, salutt banget untuk Om Simon yang sangat tinggi komitmennya untuk exultate.
Kebapakannya juga menyatukan semua anggota, tempat curhat yang bisa dipercaya.
Semangat terus Om...
Hai lagi semua...
Maaf ya kayaknya komentar tentang Pak Simon salah posting, harusnya di tempat Pak Thomas menuliskan Ultahnya Mbak Andang & Pak SImon ya, maklum deh agak GAPTEK nih.
Aku ada sedikit pendapat tentang keinginannya Pak Marhadi yang pernah mengatakan bahwa anggota harus siap (hafal maksudnya) dengan semua lagu2 yang sudah penah diajarkan, jadi sewaktu2 beliau mengganti lagu ditengah misa karena lagu yang dijadwal tidak sesuai dgn isi homili/khotbah, semua harus langsung bisa (siap) menyanyikan lagu yg diinginkan.
Menurut pendapatku, tidak bisa dipaksakan seperti itu, bagaimanapun hafalnya kita akan lagu yang mendadak dipilih ditengah misa, pasti lagu itu tidak akan menjadi lagu yang indah untuk didengar umat. Apalagi banyak yg lipsing...
Apalagi untuk koor paroki yang anggotanya dari berbagai kelompok koor yang bisa menggunakan lagu dengan arrangement yang berbeda dgn yang digunakan koor paroki...
Koor itu melibatkan banyak orang yang pastinya membutuhkan persiapan untuk tampil.
Akan kelihatan sekali perbedaannya antara menyanyi dengan rasa percaya diri dibanding dengan menyanyi yang dadakan tanpa persiapan.
Dan apa mungkin kita membawa semua lagu di setiap misa? ? ?
Mudah2an pendapatku ini bisa menjadi masukan yang berguna untuk kita semua dan tidak ada maksud untuk menyinggung perasaan siapapun.
Qui bene qantat bis orat...
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