Choir Seating Chart Generator

How to make a choir seating chart

1. Choose rows or a semicircle. Use this layout keeps the positions and conductor while removing fictional singers. Start blank also removes the layout.
2. Import your singers and parts. Paste Name and Voice columns, or import CSV or Excel. Check the preview and any assigned-row warning before adding your roster.
3. Choose the layout action. Rows for your choir parts builds new rows. Seat choir parts in this layout keeps the existing positions and matches singers to parts.
4. Adjust and lock positions. Tap a singer and choose a position, or use List view. Check unseated singers and rule warnings. Locks retain positions during arranging.
5. Print and keep an editable copy. Export a Letter or A4 PDF with numbered row lists. Save a plan file to reopen the editable chart in another browser.

Read this SATB choir seating chart from the conductor

The example has 32 fictional singers: eight each in Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass. These are sample counts, not a recommended choir balance. The four part columns run from page-left to page-right in that order.

The conductor is at the bottom, facing up; singers face down toward them. Row 1 is nearest; Row 2 is behind it. Each has four positions per part. Use the whole label, such as Row 1 · Alto, Seat 3. Numbers restart in each block and describe positions, not audition ranks.

A choir riser seating chart labels people and positions

A riser is physical performance equipment; a drawn row is an assignment label. Use these positions to match your actual chairs or risers. Platform levels, capacity and access come from your venue’s setup and equipment documentation. Row 1 does not automatically mean an elevated tier.

Wenger’s seated-riser brochure gives equipment-specific capacities and separately counts an added floor row. Decide which positions exist in your room before adding them here.

Import your singers’ voice parts

Repeat the voice beside every name. Voice part, Section or Part can name the same column. Check the preview before importing. Missing voices and conflicting part tags need attention; the tool does not decide a voice from a singer’s name. Use the four supported SATB parts here rather than treating a divided label such as S1 as an automatic alias.

A preassigned row must match a group of positions in your chart. Resolve unmatched-row warnings before continuing. Other tags can record rehearsal groups; Notes holds private details omitted from shared links.

Keep your semicircle, or build new rows

Seat choir parts in this layout keeps the existing geometry, including the curved example. Part identity stays with the blocks when you rename them. The action checks matching parts, available positions and conflicting locks before seating. Adding a singer does not add a position.

Rows for your choir parts creates straight blocks of up to four singers per part, adding later rows as needed. Unlock choir positions before rebuilding rows. For a mixed arrangement, review or remove the part-zone rules in Arrange first; otherwise Smart arrange and Shuffle keep voices in their assigned blocks.

Change a church choir or rehearsal plan

On a phone, open People, tap a singer and choose a row block, or pick a particular position on the floor plan. List view offers every position with its full label. Choose an occupied position to swap singers, then check any rule warning. Undo reverses an unwanted edit.

Keep a separate plan for another service or concert. Remove absent singers’ assignments, add substitutes explicitly and review the unseated count. The conductor still chooses the arrangement in rehearsal.

Free printable choir seating chart templates

Open the named example in Letter or A4. For a writing copy, choose the blank choir seating chart template in Letter or A4. Blank files keep the labelled positions and numbered block lists. The named PDF adds alphabetical and per-block singer lists for checking names when the drawing is small.

Use this layout keeps a working template; Start blank clears the room too. Save an editable plan file before moving devices. CSV and Excel hold assignments, while the native plan file also preserves rules, locks and room geometry. A share link is a read-only snapshot; create a new one after changes. The seating chart app explains local saving and file transfer.

Planning instrumental sections instead? Use the band tool or orchestra tool for their instrument-specific layouts and chair-order controls.

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