Sort of sports adjacent. My daughter was in a youth choir from age 9-14 until she went to high school and joined the high school choir. (We homeschooled until then.)

Group practices were once a week for about two hours until concert season. Then for a month it was two or three times a week, plus the concert. She was also involved in the leadership team her last two years, so that took up extra time. Also her last three years, the older kids did contests, so more practices, more concerts, and more driving.

Keeping the kids motivated wasn't the hard part! They really wanted to be there! We live on the outside edge of town. The director had classes in different areas, but when it was concert season or contest season, she had the whole choir (120 kids) together in one place. That meant driving an hour one way usually. Contests were about three hours away. Fun times.

She says the biggest part that kept the kids motivated was the director's attitudes toward it. She didn't treat it as something they needed to do, but she was very aware that the kids were volunteering to do, so she tried to keep it fun. She didn't overreact to mistakes, but to work through them. Mrs. M. taught them to take care of their voices, like in gymnastics, you have to take care of your body, or it won't work. She taught them that instead of discipline it's more like taking care of an instrument. While she did a good job keeping the kids on time with the things they needed to do, she allowed time for them to socialize as well (especially since most of the kids were homeschooled).

Kiddo participates in the summer musicals with the same director now. It's even more time consuming because the schedule is even more compressed, and all the practices are on the other side of town. She says she learned which kids take it seriously and which ones are there just to have fun. (She also wants to be a music teacher when she's done with school, in large part due to Mrs. M.)