choir monitoring

So you have a choir and the monitor is so loud that you can't hear nothing but it in the choir mics.

Here is something that I actually implemented successfully at the church. We had a small group choir type of thing of 12-16 singers. We purchased a pre-made FM radio transmitter and little FM radios and ear buds made by Koss (had like a foam to create a seal in the ear). I sent a single mix to the transmitter located right underneath where the group stood on risers.

For a church wanting to do this on a larger scale.

I ran into several churches that required dues or even had the choir members purchase their robes so the concept of letting the choir assist financially isn't a new idea. I was suggesting letting each person supply their own radio with the requirement of some sort of earbud (not phones). Since they were bringing a personal radio, they can keep up with the batteries as well. The church is only out the cost of the FM transmitter.

Another take on this.

There are many performance halls around the world that are wired for multiple language translation by putting in a volume control and headphone jack in each seat. Why not create a handrail/safety rail in front of each choir row (traditional churches already have modesty rails in the first row anyway) and putting a headphone jack/volume control in each position where you are powering all the headphones from some sort of central amplifier.

All of these ideas are cheaper than the "professional" buying one IEM transmitter and multiple recievers for a mass quantity of people. The pre-wired rail idea removes battery costs. Basically each choir member would either pay a due to finance a set of earbuds or provide a set themselves.