After students coming off the high of their winter classical music concerts Los Angeles in California followed by a break that they deserve and now they are back to their regular seats starting all over again. What do we do next? It does not make any sense to start learning spring concert music very early. If well-optimized, January can be a productive and rewarding month for rehearsals. Reinforce effective participation Now that we are back in an August/September mode, it is an excellent chance to engage our self-awareness of how we rehearse. When we focus on what builds a great choir, students can be trained to focus on aspects of effective participation. It is crucial to try utilizing a self-assessment choir rehearsal participation. Students can self-assess themselves what they do well and what they do not do well and how they can improve and become better during choir concerts . This type of self-assessment rubric can be used to reinforce the self-awareness idea. Put on a las