Why choirs switch
Eighty voices, one email list, and a concert on Saturday.
Choir logistics change late and often. The sanctuary gets double-booked, the accompanist is sick, the call time moves from 6:00 to 5:15 because the orchestra needs the stage. The director sends an email; a third of the choir reads it. Someone starts a group text; by Friday it is forty messages about who has the black folders and the actual call time has scrolled out of sight.
RallyText gives your choir one dedicated phone number. The Conductor sends from a dashboard or from their own phone by texting a keyword to the choir number. Every singer gets a direct SMS — nothing to mute, nothing to scroll past — and replies come back privately to the staff, not to eighty other phones.
Three nights in a season
What it looks like for a working choir
Tuesday · 3:40 PM · Rehearsal night
The main hall has a booking
The office double-booked the sanctuary for a funeral visitation. Rehearsal is still on, but it is in the choir room downstairs. Twenty-eight singers are about to leave work.
ALL Rehearsal moved to the choir room — main hall has a booking
✓Every singer gets it as a direct SMS. The three who ask about folders land in the inbox, not on twenty-seven other phones.
Thursday · 7:10 PM · Dress rehearsal
The Conductor needs the section leaders early
The tenor entrance in the Hallelujah Chorus is still ragged. The Conductor wants a 30-minute sectional before the full run — a note for the section leaders, not a reason for the whole choir to show up early.
SECTIONS warm-up starts 30 min early — Maestro wants a full run
✓Only the Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, and Section Leaders receive it. Singers never see the channel exists.
Saturday · 1:00 PM · Concert day
A youth soloist needs a note about measure 42
In a youth or school chorus the Conductor should never be texting a fourteen-year-old privately. The note about the solo entrance still has to get to the singer tonight.
SINGER Weston your solo starts on measure 42 tonight
✓The singer, their parent or guardian, and a second adult on staff all receive the same text. The system adds the copies — nobody has to remember.
What you get
Built around how a choir is actually run
Roles that match the choir
Pick "Choir / Chorus" at signup and the roles become Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, Section Leader, Singer, and Parent / Guardian. Events are rehearsals and concerts.
Voice parts as Groups
Sopranos, altos, tenors, basses, accompanists — each a Group with its own SMS keyword. Send the alto divisi note to the altos only. A group can optionally auto-join anyone who texts its keyword, so a new singer lands in the right section in one step.
Section-leader channel
Text SECTIONS and a message to the choir number and only the Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, and Section Leaders receive it. Sectional plans, cuts, and tempo notes stay off the full roster.
Rehearsal and concert reminders
Put the season's rehearsals and concerts on the choir calendar once. A reminder text goes out automatically 24 hours before each one, and singers can subscribe to the live calendar from Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
Parents of youth singers copied
In a youth or school chorus, every direct message to a singer under 18 automatically copies their parent or guardian and a second adult on staff. No setting to remember. Adult community choirs can be marked as adult organizations so it does not apply.
Followers for the congregation
Family and congregation members who want concert announcements but will never sing can text FOLLOW to join as Followers. For choirs, Followers receive your general broadcasts by default, and a Follower can never send or reply.
From the podium
Keywords instead of logins
A Conductor does not need a laptop in the loft. From the phone number on file as staff, start a text to the choir's RallyText number with a keyword and it is routed for you. Each example below is real choir-mode wording.
Greenwood Youth Chorus
(503) 555-0100 · choir number
CHOIR MODE
ALL Rehearsal moved to the choir room — main hall has a booking
SECTIONS warm-up starts 30 min early — Maestro wants a full run
SINGER Weston your solo starts on measure 42 tonight
Got it! Should we bring our folders for the concert pieces?
Parent copy added automatically
The SINGER message above reached the singer, their guardian, and a second adult on staff.
| Text this | Who gets it |
|---|---|
| ALL <message> | Everyone on the choir roster — singers, parents, and staff. |
| SECTIONS <message> | Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, and Section Leaders only. |
| SINGER <firstname> <message> | One singer and their parents, with a second adult copied. |
| ONE CONDUCTOR <name> <message> | One staff member, privately. |
| REHEARSAL SUMMARY <notes> | Logs tonight's rehearsal notes to the dashboard for the rest of the staff. |
Singers who reply without a keyword send a private reply to the staff. The full list is on the keyword cheat sheet.
Pricing
Priced by messages, not by singers
RallyText plans run from $10/mo (broadcast-only); full two-way plans from $29/mo. Every plan includes a dedicated choir phone number and unlimited contacts, so an eighty-voice chorus pays the same as a chamber ensemble that sends the same number of texts. Start with a 3-day free trial — no credit card required. See full pricing →
FAQ
Questions directors ask
No. Every message arrives as a plain SMS from your choir's own phone number. A singer texts your choir code once, answers whether they are a singer, a parent, or a follower, and replies YES to confirm. There is no app, no account, and nothing to install.
Yes. Pick Choir / Chorus as your org type and the roles become Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, Section Leader, Singer, and Parent / Guardian, and events become rehearsals and concerts. An adult community chorus simply has no parents on the roster; a youth or school choir adds them. A church can run the choir as its own RallyText number alongside a congregation-wide one.
Yes. The Conductor or any section leader texts SECTIONS followed by a message to the choir number and only the Choir Director, Conductor, Assistant Conductor, and Section Leaders receive it. The rest of the choir never sees it. Voice parts can also be set up as Groups with their own keywords, so a note to the altos reaches only the altos.
Every direct message to a singer under 18 automatically copies their parent or guardian and a second adult on staff. It is enforced by the system and cannot be switched off. A minor with no guardian on file can only receive group messages, not one-to-one texts. Adult-only choirs can be marked as adult organizations so the parent copy does not apply. How the parent copy works →
Plans run from $10/mo (broadcast-only) with full two-way plans from $29/mo. Every plan includes a dedicated choir phone number and unlimited contacts; plans differ by monthly message credits, not by how many singers you have. There is a 3-day free trial with no credit card required.