ds' singing lessons in secondary school

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Ds has started singing lessons at his new school (in yr 7) -his school is a music specialist college and has massive music dept and is very well regarded.
They are in class time and he has to excuse himself to attend them once a week - all the children learning an instrument do this - his lesson is taken with a singing teacher and a yr 10 girl. He said the other day that he hadn't told anyone that he was having singing lessons specifically as none of the other boys seem to do them and I think he is a little embarrassed ! Does anyone else's secondary boy do singing and do they feel similarly I wonder ?
Incidentally,last night watching the X Factor we saw the 15 yr old boy singing and I think that perked him up !

I think the teacher who runs it is young, dynamic and enthusiastic (and male). I think the group was new last year, and they also have another choir too (which I think is mixed).

On one of the taster days in July they had a performance by the Boys' Singers, which raised the profile for new students.

Lots of choirs and male singers at dcs school (mixed). At the junior school they had separate boys choir which they found encouraged the boys into it. Ds doesn't sing, but would if he wanted to. There doesn't appear to be any stigma, plenty of his (male) friends sing.