In preparing a choral score, it’s easy these days to access information instantaneously: composer, piece, chord analysis. But perhaps you are just looking for the “big picture.” Years ago, long before the ease of computers, I would write out basic elements of each choral work I planned to conduct. These would include form, medium, text, keys, tempo/meter, instrumentation, and my many comments.All of that is in this document. My hope is that this will be a useful resource for you. It includes—