Instrument cue names on separate page
In Sibelius, I have a grand choir staff (Soprano & Alto above, Tenor below) where singers pop in and out, and the first time they start singing I want them all announced with their names as cues.
Here’s how I have it laid out when seen in Panorama mode:
Thing is, the start of the choir part coincides with a new section on a new page. So when viewed as pages spread horizontally, the singer names end up on the previous page, like this:
I know little about proper engraving rules and conventions beyond what I’ve gleaned from studying the few sheet music books I have, so I don’t know how to handle this. Should I try to cram the singer names onto the new page? Do I do so, but with their names abbreviated (S., A., T.)? Or is it fine to keep their names on the previous page since their part begins immediately afterwards?
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I definitely would not leave the names hanging out on the previous page, and I don't think it's necessary to announce the parts at all, unless you are planning to have more than two parts per staff.
The treble staff looks fine as is - singers will know how to split those parts without extra instruction.
For the bass staff, I would turn the stems upward to indicate that they are sung by Tenors only, and not Tenors and Basses together (in Sibelius, this is done by selecting your notes and hitting the "x" key). You can make clearer by creating a second voice on that staff and filling it with rests.
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