"the best expense our management team ever approved!"

Kathy Earley, coastline show chorus

for directors

One-on-one coaching producing iMMEDIATE results

Jan’s “Coach on Call” program provides one-on-one coaching support and inspiration for directors and is the transformational foundation of the inner coaching process. The purpose behind the individual coaching is to provide the support to help place the chorus director, as the primary person inspiring the chorus’ success, in a personal position of strength, balance and positive leadership. Individual telephone coaching sessions over a 3-6 month period help the director clarify and focus their work, leverage their strengths, identify barriers to success and provide the support needed for them to embrace and implement positive new possibilities. One-on-one coaching will significantly impact the director’s approach and effectiveness as a leader and also create powerful personal change in their life outside rehearsal.  

What directors Say

“A large part of our success as a chorus was the inspiration and direction I received from Jan’s coaching. Speaking to her on chorus rehearsal days really got my mind focused on the task at hand, and helped me to create an atmosphere at rehearsals that allowed the singers to bring all of themselves as individuals to the rehearsal. I was able to put more of my skills to work, and the entire chorus benefited from my sessions with Jan.”

Becki Hine

Master 700 Director, Song of Atlanta Chorus

“I had no idea what a tremendous impact coaching with Jan would have on me and my chorus. The entire chorus is more positive, and we are singing better than ever before!”

Jean Flinn

Master Director, Greater Cleveland Chorus

“Every chorus has its ups and downs, and chorus directors have to be really good at surfing those waves and keeping their balance through it all. I found Jan at a time when my director’s surfboard had just been swamped, and she helped me regain a new sense of balance and love for the sport. I asked her to help me light new pathways for myself as a director, and in the process she has helped me find new pathways for my life.

Julie Starr

Master Director, Bay Area Showcase Chorus

“My one on one sessions with Jan have made a huge impact on my approach to directing and in my everyday life. The support, encouragement and positive messages received are immeasurable.”

Katie Blackwood

Master Director,  Liberty Oak Chorus

“…the work done one on one with me radiated throughout my personal and professional lives. Reframing to focus on the positive, trust of self and others, and “just BE it” were some of the highlights that continue to make me a better musician, director, and human being to this day”

Ryan Heller

Master 700 Director, Pride of Portland Chorus

embrace positive new possibilities!

for leadership teams & Regional Faculty

establish high-functioning,generative Leadership

The Music and Management Leadership Teams are critical to the inner coaching process as they are the ones who are supporting and implementing the chorus vision and the work of the director. Not only are the leadership teams responsible for modeling the behaviors that the chorus will follow, they are also responsible for ensuring that the best possible atmosphere exists for the director and the musical product to go forward unimpeded. The leadership has a huge potential impact and it is essential that everyone in a leadership role has the knowledge and skills and feels confidently empowered to inspire a consistent and positive chorus culture of excellence.

Leadership Team sessions work from the inside out to address the core values that make the team function. Team sessions are customized depending on the needs of each individual chorus with goals of unifying approach, establishing high-functioning team cultures, cohering teams around a common vision, clarifying communication styles, reframing limiting beliefs, eliminating barriers to success and creating conditions for a chorus culture of joy and excellence. Support or companion workshop activities can involve visioning, goal setting, or leadership development.

Transformational work with the Leadership Teams can be done through evening workshops, comprehensive weekend retreats, group conference calls or ZOOM sessions

What leaders Say

“The whole weekend was upbeat and very positive. … this course was very well received and has been very thought-provoking. We look forward to further teachings from Jan. The Regional Management Team of Region 35 is happy to recommend Jan’s sessions to any other groups or organizations as a new and fresh way of moving forward.”

Patricia Veen & Jocosa Bruce

Team Coordinator & Education Coordinator, Region 35
“I would highly recommend Jan to any chorus that is wishing to improve in any area of performing, connecting, changing or enhancing the chorus culture, training leadership and more. It is definitely money well spent!”

Becki Hine

Master 700 Director, Song of Atlanta Chorus
“I can’t say enough how powerfully the coach approach has worked for me when motivating, engaging and encouraging my music team.”

Peggy McBride

Master Director, Alaska Sound Celebration
“Hiring Jan Carley to facilitate our regional faculty training was brilliant, and might possibly be the catalyst for our region in building good communication. By the end of our session, she had us concentrating on the possibilities and what could be achieved. Her enthusiasm for her subject combined with her hands-on approach enlightened, entertained and energized our entire group.” 

Judy Weipert

Education Coord., SAI Region 6

create a chorus culture of joy!

for choruses

Supercharge joy and excellence

Inner Coaching programs for choruses are customized to meet the unique needs of each chorus. Chorus sessions focus on the themes and principles that will create a chorus culture based on the generative Appreciative Approach, which helps create the best environment for learning, growth, joy and possibility, and leverages peak performance potential.

Chorus sessions are customized and take chorus members through a series of experiential exercises that move them through many of the inner coaching concepts such as the power of intention, focus, eliminating limiting beliefs, connecting energy, elimination of the interferences that act as a barrier to peak performance, chorus unity and core beliefs, silencing of the inner critic, the power of acknowledgment and more. More comprehensive weekend retreats can include deeper visioning, team-building and possibility-creation activities.

What choruses Say

“We’ve all been changed by yesterday and we won’t be going back. Your warmth, energy and generosity of spirit are amazing. And your stamina – fantastic!” 

Glenn Chaney

Master Director, Lace City Chorus

“The things I learned from Jan were incredibly valuable.She has helped to shape my rehearsals and coaching sessions into positive learning experiences for everyone, and this has flowed through into my work and my home life as well. Every singer can benefit from attending one of Jan’s workshops and reading her books.”

Glenda Lloyd

Director, Brindabella Chorus, 2018 Harmony Classic Div AA International Champions
“Jan doesn’t just teach – she inspires the entire leadership to apply individual talents they didn’t even know they had, work as a unit that’s more than the sum of the parts, and create a drive in each chorus member to reach far beyond themselves”

Clay Hine

Director, Atlanta Vocal Project

“Thank you for your inspiration. I want to tell you how much I am taking your advice with my new chorus. As director I have been creating a real environment for growth by giving lots of positive reinforcement to all of the members and the results are phenomenal. I see a bright future for the chorus and myself.”

Heather Solomon

Director,
Greater Montreal Chorus

Ignite Possibilities Now!

for quartets

achieve your highest level of excellence

Jan’s Inner Coaching work with quartets is fully customized based on the needs of each quartet which are established in a preliminary meeting or conference call. Jan works from the inside out to help create and support an enhanced mental and emotional quartet unit with a shared goal of achieving their highest level of excellence while being present in a joyful shared experience.

What quartets Say

“Our sessions with Jan were amazing. Her approach to dealing with stress and the pressure of competing in a quartet helped us focus on connecting with the audience and telling the story. She helped us identify our strengths and take credit for what we all bring to the table. We are very proud of our 3rd place Regional finish and because of Jan we are confident that we have the tools we need to move forward.”

Right Now Quartet

2013 Region 26 3rd Place Medalists
“Simply put, we’re ‘Over the Moon’ about Jan Carley. Jan was our ‘inner’ coach on our ramp up to Regional 2010 and she was every bit as important to us as our wonderful vocal coaches. She helped us to set goals – both individually and as a quartet – and stick to them. But more than that, she helped us to ‘believe’!”

Over the Moon Quartet

2010 Region 26 Quartet Champions

enhance your quartet unit now!

books by jan carley

live your full performance potential

The Overtone Effect

Every individual, team and organization has the capacity to create something greater than the sum of its parts and feel the OVERTONE EFFECT. The results? Increased joy, effectiveness, and extraordinary success. Using the phenomenon of overtones as a metaphor for creating results that go well beyond what you ever thought possible, the proven step-by-step "Overtone System" will guide you to hit the high notes and take your personal or organizational performance from predictable to remarkable.

Harmony from the inside out 10th Anniversary Revised Edition

Inspired by the extensive coaching work she has done with high level a cappella choruses worldwide, Jan Carley has written a powerfully insightful book filled with practical concepts and exercises that will shift limiting paradigms and instantly open up infinite possibilities for your work, your team and your life.

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