Once you establish your expectations for your ensemble, how do you enforce them?
There are lots of options:
- Punishment for failure
- Cheerleading positive behavior
- Regular testing for personal effort
- Clear communication of expectations in rehearsal
- Setting a consistent example
- Tirades
- Increasing individual buy-in
- Deadlines
- Encouraging in-ensemble leadership to show more effort
Probably your own methods of enforcement include several of the above. Which do you lean most on? Which do you never use?