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Transferring choir leadership

Handing leadership of the choir to another member — what changes as a result and why you can't simply take it back.

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Whether it's a change on the podium, a committee election or simply a stand-in arrangement that's become permanent: choir leadership can be handed to another member at any time. The choir itself stays fully intact — songs, sheet music, appointments and members are unaffected.

Who's allowed to transfer it?

The choir leadership and all admins. Despite what the name suggests, this isn't something only the choir leadership can do — admins can appoint a new lead too.

How to transfer leadership

1
Open the member list

Go to Choir and find the person who is to take over the leadership.

2
Open the menu

Tap or click the ⋮ next to their name.

3
Choose “Appoint as New Lead”

The handover happens immediately. The new choir leadership gets an email from cori.

What changes afterwards

  • That person is now the choir leadership and is the only one who can no longer be removed or demoted.
  • You automatically become an admin. So you don't lose any access — you keep all management rights and can still manage members, songs, appointments and even the subscription.
  • Everything else stays as it was: members, content, appointments, chats and the running subscription.
You can't give the leadership back to yourself

After the handover you're an admin. Admins may indeed appoint a new choir leadership — but transferring it back is a deliberate act and should be agreed on. So settle the change beforehand rather than pushing it back and forth on your own.

When you should transfer it

  • Before you leave the choir. If you're the only person with choir leadership or admin rights, cori won't even let you leave — the handover is then the precondition for you being able to go. See Leaving a choir.
  • When there's a change of conductor or committee, so that responsibility sits where it belongs.
  • Not just to give someone more rights — admin rights are enough for that.

What's next?

More in Choir & members
Roles and permissions in a choir

Choir director, admin and member — who's allowed to do what in cori, and why admin rights mean more than you'd think.

Giving someone admin rights

Make members admins and take the rights away again — and what admins in cori are actually allowed to do.

The choir overview

What's on the choir page — member list, settings, invitation link and, in the app, subscription status and the Drive.

Changing your choir settings

Default appointment confirmation, shared annotations, name and description — where the settings live, who's allowed to change them and what works on which platform.

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