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[quote=Anonymous]DD has a strong background as a cellist but also has a lovely singing voice.  She doesn’t do a lot of musicals due to the time commitment but her school offers  either choir or orchestra.  As a former orchestra musician myself, I know that orchestra can provide a lot of fun group activities and it was a good fit for my nerdy personality.  She is also a geek like me, but she doesn’t love to practice so I don’t see her excelling and getting picked for the elite string activities that require extensive practice and also lead to deep friendships. For instance, I was a member of a string quartet in high school and we played at weddings etc in addition to going to school orchestra trips and all region etc.

I guess I am wondering whether there could be benefits to steering her to choir based on her natural vocal talents and her disinclination to seriously practice her string instrument? I feel like it’s less competitive and could be more fun for her to participate in singing groups.   On the other hand, she already has friends in the orchestra group and so seems to be going down that path.  She seems to enjoy singing more: she has taken musical theater classes but we haven’t had her take voice lessons due to her other commitments.[/quote]

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