








Three weeks of real vocal technique — breath control, part-singing, and a live performance under stage lights on the final Friday. Real skills. Real joy. Real applause.

Breath, pitch, and the sound that's already inside them.
Before harmony, there's a single voice. In Week One, every singer discovers what their instrument can actually do. Instructors use hands-on breathing exercises — balloon breathing, hissing scales, the "book on the belly" drill — to teach diaphragmatic support from the first morning. By Friday, each child can match a pitch on command and sustain a phrase without running out of air.
Skills Taught
Diaphragmatic Breathing
The balloon drill and breath-count exercises build support from day one
Pitch Matching
Call-and-response games train the ear before the page
Vocal Warm-Up Vocabulary
Kids leave knowing lip trills, sirens, and five-note scales by name
Posture & Alignment
Standing tall isn't just aesthetic — it opens the instrument
Rounds, duets, and the moment three parts become one.
Week Two is when the room changes. Singers who arrived humming solo learn to hold their part while someone else holds theirs. Rounds begin Monday — "Row Your Boat" gives way to four-part canons by Thursday. Duet pairs form naturally, and the first three-part chord of the session always lands the same way: a half-second of stunned silence, then laughter.
Skills Taught
Rounds & Canons
From simple two-part rounds to four-voice canons by end of week
Part Independence
Holding your line while another part moves — the core ensemble skill
Ear Training
Interval recognition games build the vocabulary of harmony
Blend & Balance
Learning to listen as much as sing — the secret of great choirs


Blocking, microphones, and forty voices under real lights.
By Week Three, the singers know their parts. Now they learn to perform them. Blocking rehearsals teach spatial awareness and stage presence. Each child steps up to a live microphone — something most have never done — and discovers that the nerves become energy when you breathe from the diaphragm. Friday's concert is fully staged: risers, lighting cues, a program in every seat.
Skills Taught
Stage Blocking
Where to stand, how to enter, how to exit — without looking at your feet
Microphone Technique
Distance, angle, and the difference between singing and performing
Concert Rehearsal
Full run-throughs with lighting and sound from Wednesday onward
Performance Confidence
Breathing exercises repurposed as pre-show rituals that actually work
On the last Friday of each session, forty small voices find a chord together under real stage lights. Families fill the auditorium. Every parent reaches for their phone. Every kid stands two inches taller.

Final Concert · Session 2 · Summer 2025
“The whole auditorium held its breath.”
“I was recording before they even finished the first chord. My son has never stood that straight in his life.”
Priya Mehta
Aarav, age 9 · Austin, TX
“As a choir director, I send every incoming 5th grader here. They arrive in September already knowing how to blend.”

Marcus Williams
Choir Director, Jefferson Elementary · Nashville, TN
“Our homeschool co-op has sent twelve kids over three summers. The technique they teach is the real thing.”

Diane Kowalski
Homeschool co-op coordinator · Columbus, OH
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2026 Sessions
Camp Info
Mon–Fri, 9 am – 12 pm
Westlake Performing Arts Center
Max 20 singers per session
All levels welcome, complete beginners thrive
Led by working musicians
All instructors hold music education degrees and perform professionally. Your child learns from people who live inside music, not just teach it.