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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child can only do it for the music.  Not the subsidy, not the college boost. It is a superb musical education.  It is not only a serious time commitment, it is a serious musical commitment. It is also a family commitment.  Every vacation you take will be determined by the Choir schedule.   I think the commitment is less reasonable for a high school student. I think the commitment and sacrifices are more acceptable for middle school.

The subsidy is not really a factor.  It is 25% of tuition.  Some of the opportunities are nice but much of it is just a really long day singing church music.

I would speak to former chorister parents.  They might be the most honest.[/quote]

When you consider the number of hours put into the commitment, by both the boy and his parents, it comes out to about 10 cents per hour.  No one does it for the money.  You (actually your son) really have to be passionate about choral arts/music and be quite talented to seriously think about it.

You have 2 separate applications.  One to Choristers.  The other for admission to the school.  They really are separate.  I know of many boys who try out for Choristers, do not make the cut, but go to STA anyway.  I also know of talented singers who had the musical skills but nonetheless did not get admitted to STA because they could not make the academic cut.  By the way, the tryout process is also very intense.  [/quote]

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