Harmony College Northwest 2023: Full Schedule

1:30pm PDT

MUSIC TEAM EARLY CLASS: Nonverbal Communication for Rehearsal Efficiency

Learn techniques to address a variety of issues with your chorus and/or section to improve
rehearsal effectiveness and efficiency.

Faculty

Rob Mance

Faculty, Coach

Robert Mance has been the artistic director of BHS medalist chorus Central Standard since 2011. In 2016, Robert became the founding artistic director of SAI international chorus competitor Vocal Standard. Robert has completed the coursework for a doctoral degree in choral conducting... Read More →

Friday June 16, 2023 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Trimble Forum

Music Leaders, Everyone

3:15pm PDT

"Barber-Rubato"

Conducting barbershop ballads can appear tough! This class will explore an approach toward simplifying the gesture of barbershop ballads, giving you strategies for any rubato piece of music you direct.

Faculty

Rob Mance

Faculty, Coach

Friday June 16, 2023 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
McIntyre-309

Music Leaders

8:15pm PDT

Creating a Successful PVI program

This session is for chorus leaders who would like a structure for creating a Personal Vocal Instruction program. We will discuss how to get it started, what comprises a PVI, options for followups and how a PVI program can help individual singers become stronger chorus and quartet members.

Faculty

Sandy Cahill

Faculty, Coach

A lifelong singer, Master director, Region 13 Music Faculty, chorus and quartet coach, and award-winning quartet and chorus singer, Sandy uses her Music Education degree to learn about and teach barbershop. From the risers to the front of the stage, Sandy's 35-years of barbershop... Read More →

How to Develop a PVI Program pptx

Friday June 16, 2023 8:15pm - 9:30pm PDT
Thompson-171

Music Leaders

8:15pm PDT

Values-Driven Approach to Build an Ensemble

This class will offer some tools and ideas to help people form and maintain a quartet or chorus for reasons other than contest, and discover what their group is really all about at its core. We will draw insights from the Barrett Values Center, the Center for Nonviolent Communication, and other sources to explore what matters most to you.

Faculty

Iain Haukka

Trainer, Growth Point Facilitation, LLC

There’s only one thing that Iain loves as much as ringing chords, and that is connecting deeply with others (he has a sneaking suspicion that whoever reading this does, too). To promote these goals, Iain shares his knowledge of personal development, conflict resolution, & relationship... Read More →

Values Handout pdf

Personal Values Assessment (SAMPLE) pdf

Friday June 16, 2023 8:15pm - 9:30pm PDT
Thompson-391

Music Leaders, Everyone

8:45am PDT

Directors: Focus by Ignoring

Why are so many predators color blind? They can ignore information that is not helpful and focus on what will be their next meal. Barbershop directors: we have ALL stopped and reminded our groups about errors involving an incorrect breath, word, pitch, or move! What if we spoke less and rehearsed more? Why are so many predators color blind? They can ignore information that is not helpful and focus on what will be their next meal. Barbershop directors: we have ALL stopped and reminded our groups about errors involving an incorrect breath, word, pitch, or move! What if we spoke less and rehearsed more?

Donny will introduce S.M.A.R.T. goals to directors (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound), where volunteer students will be both directors and chorus members with the instructor acting as coach. This type of instruction is most successful for adult learners, and will make a 2 hour rehearsal feel like 15 minutes... instead of the other way around.

Faculty

Donny Rose

Faculty, Coach

Donny is a long time music educator and barbershopper, and is very excited to be part of the team that has created VanCity Harmony in Vancouver, BC.

Saturday June 17, 2023 8:45am - 10:15am PDT
Thompson-395

Music Leaders

8:45am PDT

Quartetting in the Chorus

Sharing and exploring ways to incorporate quartet singing within the chorus rehearsal as both a learning tool and a community-building exercise.

Faculty

Robyn Whitmore

Faculty, Coach

Robyn Whitmore first experienced the joy of singing barbershop as a student at the Idaho Youth Barbershop Festival in 2009, and fell in love right away. 10 years later, after finishing a music degree and beginning her teaching career in the orchestra world, she founded and still sings... Read More →

QUARTETTING IN THE CHORUS pdf

Saturday June 17, 2023 8:45am - 10:15am PDT
Howarth-203

Music Leaders, Chorus Growth

8:45am PDT

Servant Leadership

A class on how the concepts of servant leadership can help build a chorus community.

Faculty

Lisa Greenough

Faculty, Coach

Master Director of Gateway Chorus, Approved Visual Communication Judge, and International Faculty Lisa Greenough has been a member of Sweet Adelines International since 1989; a member of Region 26 since 1992; and a Regional Education Faculty Member since 2003, and is the current Region... Read More →

Saturday June 17, 2023 8:45am - 10:15am PDT
Thompson-191

Music Leaders, Chapter Leaders

8:45am PDT

Why’s it So Noisy in Here? Eliminating Noise in Your Chorus/Quartet.

I've found that there are a number of issues that create noise in a quartet or chorus performance of a song. Eliminating those issues (noise) creates a much cleaner vocal performance and is much more satisfying to an audience. FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets

Faculty

Will Fox

Faculty, Coach

Will Fox is a busy music educator, voice and piano teacher, choral, band, and barbershop chorus director, consultant, and coach. Will teaches and directs an award-winning music program at Westside Christian High School in Tigard, Oregon. Both his Concert Choir and Concert Band just... Read More →

Fox Why is it So Noisy in Here Eliminating Noise from Your Chorus Quartet, Student Notes HCNW 2023 pdf

Saturday June 17, 2023 8:45am - 10:15am PDT
McIntyre-303

Music Leaders

10:30am PDT

“Artistic License Panel: Chorus Directors – Leader vs. Arm Waver: an exploration of ideas for chorus development”

Four barbershoppers who have started, sung with, directed, and worked with numerous choruses over the years, will explore a variety of ideas for chorus development.

Faculty

Gabe Caretto

Coach, Artistic License

Rich Brunner

Faculty, Artistic License

Julian Kusnadi

Faculty, Artistic License

Jason Dyer

Faculty, Artistic License

Saturday June 17, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Thompson-383

Music Leaders

1:45pm PDT

Basic Barbershop Coaching

This class (and accompanying manual) is for the person who wishes to coach and desires a structure to provide shape to the endeavor. Information given can be used as a starting point for the beginner, a resource for the apprenctive, and a reminder for the journeyman and a source of possibilities for the master.

Download the attached Barbershop Coaching Manual for this class.

Faculty

Charlie Metzger

Faculty, Coach

I'm a 56-year member blessed with Barbershop Experiences - some negative, mostly positive. It has been a great ride, and I'm happy to share. I have been a director, a Singing Judge, An Internation Board member, and an Evergreen District President This year I will be on the Faculty... Read More →

Barbershop Coaching 2023 pdf

Saturday June 17, 2023 1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
Howarth-203

Music Leaders, Chorus Growth

3:30pm PDT

Beyond Arm Waving

Diving into and considering strategies to all the other areas of a Director's "job description".

Faculty

Lisa Greenough

Faculty, Coach

Saturday June 17, 2023 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Thompson-188

Music Leaders, Chorus Growth

3:30pm PDT

Vocal Techniques for Directors

This course is designed to broaden the director’s toolkit of vocal techniques and exercises for the chorus members. Following the premise that each discrete movement of the vocal tract produces a predictable change in sound, students will learn to isolate and control the major contributors needed to create any desired ensemble sound.

Faculty

Dr. Philip Grant

Faculty, Coach

BHS Singing Judge, Dr. Philip Grant is a highly sought-after teacher, coach, and clinician. In addition to having served on faculty at Harmony University since 2017, he has worked with dozens of BHS, SAI, and HI ensembles and given PVIs to over 200 singers. Philip also serves as the... Read More →

Saturday June 17, 2023 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Thompson-395

Music Leaders

8:45am PDT

Motivation for Chorus Directors

Motivation for Chorus Directors: Most directors have had a night where they come home from rehearsal and ask themselves "Why do I want to be a Chorus Director? How do others make it look so easy? How do I motivate my singers when I have trouble staying motivated myself?" This class will address those issues and more as we delve into the minds and hearts of successful Chorus Directors.

Faculty

Raymond Schwarzkopf

Singer? Teacher? Quartet Guy? Coach? Music Judge? Admitted Computer Geek? Director? and FRIEND! Raymond Schwarzkopf is all of these...and more. His many years in theater, music (both vocal and instrumental), business, and teaching have made him a valuable asset for every group with... Read More →

7HabitsOfHighlyEffectivePeople pdf

Sunday June 18, 2023 8:45am - 10:15am PDT
Thompson-391

Music Leaders

10:30am PDT

Tough Talks

A guided approach to having tough conversations within a volunteer, but competitive organization.

Faculty

Lisa Greenough

Faculty, Coach

Sunday June 18, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Trimble Forum

Music Leaders