Choir director kneeling beside a young girl to adjust her singing posture
Circle of children clapping a rhythm game with joyful expressions
Small hands holding highlighted lyric sheets during rehearsal
Wide stage shot from the wings showing children performing in concert
Children in a singing workshop focusing intently on their instructor
Group of young singers performing together on stage under bright lights
Instructor demonstrating diaphragm breathing technique to a group of kids
Two children practicing a duet with sheet music between them
Proud young performer taking a bow after the final Friday concert
Ages 6–14 · Summer 2026 · 3 Sessions Available

They’ll walk in humming.
They’ll walk out harmonizing.

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.

4.9/5 from 340 families8 summers running600+ kids performed
A choir instructor kneeling beside a young girl, gently adjusting her posture during a breath control exercise
Week 1
Week 1 · Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice

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

Week 2 · Singing Together

Singing Together

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

A circle of children clapping a rhythm game together, faces lit with concentration and joy
Week 2
Young singers standing on risers during a dress rehearsal, holding lyric sheets with highlighted passages
Week 3
Week 3 · The Stage

The Stage

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

The Final Friday Concert

The air in the room changes.

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.

Wide stage view from the wings showing forty young singers performing in concert under warm stage lights

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.

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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.

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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.

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Diane Kowalski

Homeschool co-op coordinator · Columbus, OH

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Program Details

Everything you need to know before you register.

2026 Sessions

Session 1Ages 6–10

June 23 – July 11, 2026

4 spots left

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Session 2Ages 6–14

July 14 – Aug 1, 2026

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Session 3Ages 9–14

Aug 4 – Aug 22, 2026

11 spots left

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Camp Info

Schedule

Mon–Fri, 9 am – 12 pm

Location

Westlake Performing Arts Center

Group Size

Max 20 singers per session

No Experience Needed

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.