Ages 6-18 · Book 3, Confidence · 4,299 places
Choir and Singing
The most exposed instrument there is, because it is the child themselves.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Magic Triangle — “Turn fear into confidence, one step at a time.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Read the story and find the wall the child is standing under
- Session 2
Commit out loud, before anybody feels ready — that is step one
- Session 3
Do the reps, count them, and expect them to be ugly
- Session 4
Name what got better, using the count and not a feeling
- Session 5
Confidence is the last step, and it is earned in front of them
Questions leaders ask
Is choir and singing in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is confidence — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 6-18. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
Does this fit around rehearsals and lessons in your area?
Yes. It is designed for the ten minutes before a lesson or the week of a recital, which is exactly when the nerves are real and the teaching lands.
Is this about performance technique?
No. Technique is your teacher's job. This is about what a child does with the part that has nothing to do with technique.
The rules that make it work
Confidence is earned, in that order, every time
Commitment, then competency, then confidence. Almost every adult teaches it backwards by trying to install the feeling first, and children can tell.
Ugly reps are the work, not a warning sign
A child promised that practice feels good quits on the third attempt. Say in advance that it will look bad, and the bad-looking part stops meaning anything.
Praise the count, never the talent
"You're a natural" is a compliment a child cannot use and cannot rebuild from. Sixty reps is a fact they own and can do again.
Nobody is compared to anybody
The count is against last week's count. A room where children are ranked teaches the ones at the bottom to stop starting.
Adults commit out loud too
A coach or a parent naming a thing they are bad at and are practising anyway is worth more than any session on effort.
This is a character story, not a performance program
Technique belongs to the coach and the teacher. This handles the part that has nothing to do with technique, and never scores a child on either.
Choir and Singing by metro area
Northeast
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- Choir and Singing — Worcester, MA
- Choir and Singing — Allentown, PA
- Choir and Singing — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Choir and Singing — Syracuse, NY
- Choir and Singing — Harrisburg, PA
- Choir and Singing — New Haven, CT
- Choir and Singing — Portland, ME
- Choir and Singing — Scranton, PA
- Choir and Singing — Lancaster, PA
- Choir and Singing — York, PA
- Choir and Singing — Springfield, MA
- Choir and Singing — Waterbury, CT
- Choir and Singing — Reading, PA
- Choir and Singing — Manchester, NH
- Choir and Singing — Trenton, NJ
- Choir and Singing — Atlantic City, NJ
- Choir and Singing — Utica, NY
- Choir and Singing — Norwich, CT
- Choir and Singing — Erie, PA
- Choir and Singing — Binghamton, NY
- Choir and Singing — Barnstable, MA
- Choir and Singing — Burlington, VT
- Choir and Singing — Kingston, NY
- Choir and Singing — Amherst, MA
- Choir and Singing — Chambersburg, PA
- Choir and Singing — Bangor, ME
- Choir and Singing — State College, PA
- Choir and Singing — Vineland, NJ
- Choir and Singing — Lebanon, PA
- Choir and Singing — Johnstown, PA
- Choir and Singing — Pittsfield, MA
- Choir and Singing — Glens Falls, NY
- Choir and Singing — Altoona, PA
- Choir and Singing — Lewiston, ME
- Choir and Singing — Williamsport, PA
- Choir and Singing — Watertown, NY
- Choir and Singing — Gettysburg, PA
- Choir and Singing — Ithaca, NY
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Midwest
- Choir and Singing — Chicago, IL
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- Choir and Singing — Omaha, NE
- Choir and Singing — Dayton, OH
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- Choir and Singing — Akron, OH
- Choir and Singing — Wichita, KS
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- Choir and Singing — Springfield, MO
- Choir and Singing — Lansing, MI
- Choir and Singing — Fort Wayne, IN
- Choir and Singing — Youngstown, OH
- Choir and Singing — Flint, MI
- Choir and Singing — Canton, OH
- Choir and Singing — Davenport, IA
- Choir and Singing — Ann Arbor, MI
- Choir and Singing — Peoria, IL
- Choir and Singing — Lincoln, NE
- Choir and Singing — Rockford, IL
- Choir and Singing — Green Bay, WI
- Choir and Singing — South Bend, IN
- Choir and Singing — Sioux Falls, SD
- Choir and Singing — Duluth, MN
- Choir and Singing — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Choir and Singing — Evansville, IN
- Choir and Singing — Fargo, ND
- Choir and Singing — Kalamazoo, MI
- Choir and Singing — Appleton, WI
- Choir and Singing — Champaign, IL
- Choir and Singing — Topeka, KS
- Choir and Singing — Rochester, MN
- Choir and Singing — Lafayette, IN
- Choir and Singing — Columbia, MO
- Choir and Singing — Joplin, MO
- Choir and Singing — Elkhart, IN
- Choir and Singing — Springfield, IL
- Choir and Singing — St. Cloud, MN
- Choir and Singing — Racine, WI
- Choir and Singing — Saginaw, MI
- Choir and Singing — Iowa City, IA
- Choir and Singing — Muskegon, MI
- Choir and Singing — Eau Claire, WI
- Choir and Singing — Oshkosh, WI
- Choir and Singing — Bloomington, IL
- Choir and Singing — La Crosse, WI
- Choir and Singing — Terre Haute, IN
- Choir and Singing — Waterloo, IA
- Choir and Singing — Kenosha, WI
- Choir and Singing — Janesville, WI
- Choir and Singing — Bloomington, IN
- Choir and Singing — Jackson, MI
- Choir and Singing — Traverse City, MI
- Choir and Singing — Rapid City, SD
- Choir and Singing — Monroe, MI
- Choir and Singing — Jefferson City, MO
- Choir and Singing — Niles, MI
- Choir and Singing — Sioux City, IA
- Choir and Singing — Bismarck, ND
- Choir and Singing — Wausau, WI
- Choir and Singing — Manhattan, KS
- Choir and Singing — Springfield, OH
- Choir and Singing — Battle Creek, MI
- Choir and Singing — Ames, IA
- Choir and Singing — Mansfield, OH
- Choir and Singing — Lawrence, KS
- Choir and Singing — St. Joseph, MO
- Choir and Singing — Sheboygan, WI
- Choir and Singing — Muncie, IN
- Choir and Singing — Sandusky, OH
- Choir and Singing — Michigan City, IN
- Choir and Singing — Kankakee, IL
- Choir and Singing — Grand Forks, ND
- Choir and Singing — Mankato, MN
- Choir and Singing — Fond du Lac, WI
- Choir and Singing — Bay City, MI
- Choir and Singing — Lima, OH
- Choir and Singing — Dubuque, IA
- Choir and Singing — Decatur, IL
- Choir and Singing — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Choir and Singing — Columbus, IN
- Choir and Singing — Kokomo, IN
- Choir and Singing — Midland, MI
- Choir and Singing — Grand Island, NE
- Choir and Singing — Minot, ND
South
- Choir and Singing — Dallas, TX
- Choir and Singing — Houston, TX
- Choir and Singing — Atlanta, GA
- Choir and Singing — Washington, DC
- Choir and Singing — Miami, FL
- Choir and Singing — Tampa, FL
- Choir and Singing — Orlando, FL
- Choir and Singing — Charlotte, NC
- Choir and Singing — Baltimore, MD
- Choir and Singing — San Antonio, TX
- Choir and Singing — Austin, TX
- Choir and Singing — Nashville, TN
- Choir and Singing — Virginia Beach, VA
- Choir and Singing — Jacksonville, FL
- Choir and Singing — Raleigh, NC
- Choir and Singing — Oklahoma City, OK
- Choir and Singing — Louisville, KY
- Choir and Singing — Richmond, VA
- Choir and Singing — Memphis, TN
- Choir and Singing — Birmingham, AL
- Choir and Singing — Tulsa, OK
- Choir and Singing — Greenville, SC
- Choir and Singing — New Orleans, LA
- Choir and Singing — Knoxville, TN
- Choir and Singing — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Choir and Singing — McAllen, TX
- Choir and Singing — Charleston, SC
- Choir and Singing — Baton Rouge, LA
- Choir and Singing — El Paso, TX
- Choir and Singing — Columbia, SC
- Choir and Singing — Cape Coral, FL
- Choir and Singing — Lakeland, FL
- Choir and Singing — Greensboro, NC
- Choir and Singing — Little Rock, AR
- Choir and Singing — Deltona, FL
- Choir and Singing — Winston-Salem, NC
- Choir and Singing — Palm Bay, FL
- Choir and Singing — Augusta, GA
- Choir and Singing — Durham, NC
- Choir and Singing — Fayetteville, AR
- Choir and Singing — Jackson, MS
- Choir and Singing — Chattanooga, TN
- Choir and Singing — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Choir and Singing — Huntsville, AL
- Choir and Singing — Pensacola, FL
- Choir and Singing — Lexington, KY
- Choir and Singing — Killeen, TX
- Choir and Singing — Wilmington, NC
- Choir and Singing — Corpus Christi, TX
- Choir and Singing — Ocala, FL
- Choir and Singing — Savannah, GA
- Choir and Singing — Brownsville, TX
- Choir and Singing — Gulfport, MS
- Choir and Singing — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Choir and Singing — Lafayette, LA
- Choir and Singing — Asheville, NC
- Choir and Singing — Naples, FL
- Choir and Singing — Mobile, AL
- Choir and Singing — Spartanburg, SC
- Choir and Singing — Beaumont, TX
- Choir and Singing — Tallahassee, FL
- Choir and Singing — Fayetteville, NC
- Choir and Singing — Montgomery, AL
- Choir and Singing — Shreveport, LA
- Choir and Singing — Hickory, NC
- Choir and Singing — Lubbock, TX
- Choir and Singing — Huntington, WV
- Choir and Singing — Gainesville, FL
- Choir and Singing — Clarksville, TN
- Choir and Singing — Columbus, GA
- Choir and Singing — Roanoke, VA
- Choir and Singing — Hagerstown, MD
- Choir and Singing — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Choir and Singing — Kingsport, TN
- Choir and Singing — Waco, TX
- Choir and Singing — Longview, TX
- Choir and Singing — College Station, TX
- Choir and Singing — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Choir and Singing — Laredo, TX
- Choir and Singing — Slidell, LA
- Choir and Singing — Amarillo, TX
- Choir and Singing — Lynchburg, VA
- Choir and Singing — Daphne, AL
- Choir and Singing — Tyler, TX
- Choir and Singing — Lake Charles, LA
- Choir and Singing — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Choir and Singing — Macon, GA
- Choir and Singing — Fort Smith, AR
- Choir and Singing — Panama City, FL
- Choir and Singing — Charlottesville, VA
- Choir and Singing — Gainesville, GA
- Choir and Singing — Athens, GA
- Choir and Singing — Monroe, LA
- Choir and Singing — Punta Gorda, FL
- Choir and Singing — Jacksonville, NC
- Choir and Singing — Johnson City, TN
- Choir and Singing — Lexington Park, MD
- Choir and Singing — Warner Robins, GA
- Choir and Singing — Auburn, AL
- Choir and Singing — Florence, SC
- Choir and Singing — Charleston, WV
- Choir and Singing — Houma, LA
- Choir and Singing — Bowling Green, KY
- Choir and Singing — Dover, DE
- Choir and Singing — Midland, TX
- Choir and Singing — Burlington, NC
- Choir and Singing — Abilene, TX
- Choir and Singing — Jackson, TN
- Choir and Singing — Greenville, NC
- Choir and Singing — Blacksburg, VA
- Choir and Singing — Odessa, TX
- Choir and Singing — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Choir and Singing — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Choir and Singing — Decatur, AL
- Choir and Singing — Hattiesburg, MS
- Choir and Singing — The Villages metro area, FL
- Choir and Singing — Florence, AL
- Choir and Singing — Dothan, AL
- Choir and Singing — Sherman, TX
- Choir and Singing — Valdosta, GA
- Choir and Singing — Winchester, VA
- Choir and Singing — Wichita Falls, TX
- Choir and Singing — Rocky Mount, NC
- Choir and Singing — Alexandria, LA
- Choir and Singing — Dalton, GA
- Choir and Singing — Texarkana, TX
- Choir and Singing — Albany, GA
- Choir and Singing — Morgantown, WV
- Choir and Singing — Hammond, LA
- Choir and Singing — Harrisonburg, VA
- Choir and Singing — Jonesboro, AR
- Choir and Singing — Wheeling, WV
- Choir and Singing — Cleveland, TN
- Choir and Singing — Salisbury, MD
- Choir and Singing — Staunton, VA
- Choir and Singing — Morristown, TN
- Choir and Singing — Elizabethtown, KY
- Choir and Singing — Lawton, OK
- Choir and Singing — Goldsboro, NC
- Choir and Singing — San Angelo, TX
- Choir and Singing — Brunswick, GA
- Choir and Singing — Anniston, AL
- Choir and Singing — Owensboro, KY
- Choir and Singing — Steubenville, WV
- Choir and Singing — Sebring, FL
- Choir and Singing — Pinehurst, NC
- Choir and Singing — Beckley, WV
- Choir and Singing — Sumter, SC
- Choir and Singing — Gadsden, AL
- Choir and Singing — Paducah, KY
- Choir and Singing — Rome, GA
- Choir and Singing — Victoria, TX
- Choir and Singing — Hot Springs, AR
- Choir and Singing — Hinesville, GA
- Choir and Singing — Parkersburg, WV
- Choir and Singing — Enid, OK
- Choir and Singing — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Choir and Singing — Los Angeles, CA
- Choir and Singing — Phoenix, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Riverside, CA
- Choir and Singing — San Francisco, CA
- Choir and Singing — Seattle, WA
- Choir and Singing — San Diego, CA
- Choir and Singing — Denver, CO
- Choir and Singing — Portland, OR
- Choir and Singing — Sacramento, CA
- Choir and Singing — Las Vegas, NV
- Choir and Singing — San Jose, CA
- Choir and Singing — Salt Lake City, UT
- Choir and Singing — Fresno, CA
- Choir and Singing — Tucson, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Honolulu, HI
- Choir and Singing — Bakersfield, CA
- Choir and Singing — Albuquerque, NM
- Choir and Singing — Boise, ID
- Choir and Singing — Oxnard, CA
- Choir and Singing — Stockton, CA
- Choir and Singing — Colorado Springs, CO
- Choir and Singing — Provo, UT
- Choir and Singing — Ogden, UT
- Choir and Singing — Spokane, WA
- Choir and Singing — Reno, NV
- Choir and Singing — Modesto, CA
- Choir and Singing — Santa Rosa, CA
- Choir and Singing — Visalia, CA
- Choir and Singing — Vallejo, CA
- Choir and Singing — Salem, OR
- Choir and Singing — Santa Maria, CA
- Choir and Singing — Salinas, CA
- Choir and Singing — Anchorage, AK
- Choir and Singing — Eugene, OR
- Choir and Singing — Greeley, CO
- Choir and Singing — Fort Collins, CO
- Choir and Singing — Boulder, CO
- Choir and Singing — Kennewick, WA
- Choir and Singing — Olympia, WA
- Choir and Singing — Merced, CA
- Choir and Singing — Bremerton, WA
- Choir and Singing — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Choir and Singing — Bend, OR
- Choir and Singing — Yakima, WA
- Choir and Singing — Santa Cruz, CA
- Choir and Singing — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Bellingham, WA
- Choir and Singing — Las Cruces, NM
- Choir and Singing — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Yuma, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Medford, OR
- Choir and Singing — St. George, UT
- Choir and Singing — Chico, CA
- Choir and Singing — Billings, MT
- Choir and Singing — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Choir and Singing — Yuba City, CA
- Choir and Singing — Redding, CA
- Choir and Singing — El Centro, CA
- Choir and Singing — Idaho Falls, ID
- Choir and Singing — Pueblo, CO
- Choir and Singing — Grand Junction, CO
- Choir and Singing — Logan, UT
- Choir and Singing — Maui, HI
- Choir and Singing — Santa Fe, NM
- Choir and Singing — Hanford, CA
- Choir and Singing — Flagstaff, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Mount Vernon, WA
- Choir and Singing — Napa, CA
- Choir and Singing — Albany, OR
- Choir and Singing — Bozeman, MT
- Choir and Singing — Missoula, MT
- Choir and Singing — Wenatchee, WA
- Choir and Singing — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Choir and Singing — Twin Falls, ID
- Choir and Singing — Farmington, NM
- Choir and Singing — Longview, WA
- Choir and Singing — Cheyenne, WY
- Choir and Singing — Corvallis, OR
- Choir and Singing — Helena, MT
- Choir and Singing — Fairbanks, AK
- Choir and Singing — Pocatello, ID
- Choir and Singing — Grants Pass, OR
- Choir and Singing — Great Falls, MT
- Choir and Singing — Casper, WY
- Choir and Singing — Lewiston, ID
- Choir and Singing — Walla Walla, WA
- Choir and Singing — Carson City, NV
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