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Directors & Asst. Dirs.

Director's Body Language Class # DR109 Sessions: 4 We use words to tell our chorus what we want from them. Often, we have little idea that they are getting other (and sometimes stronger) messages from us, as we use our hands, faces and posture, our entire body. Explore all of the ways that we visually communicate with our chorus. Learn the things that we show that defeat our intentions, and learn the techniques that will reinforce what we say.  Directors' Discussion Group Class # DR110 Sessions: 7 An opportunity to have an open forum with fellow directors. Ask questions about problems you are encountering or concerns you are having. Get a list of resources for directors and music teams. Find out what classes are offered for Directors by the BHS and Evergreen District, and SAI and the Regions.  Problem Solving for Directors Class # DR111 Sessions: 6 "I'm not JUST waving my arms up here!!! Or, am I?" This is a high-level class for Directors, music educators and music team members. We will A) use the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Directors and, B) clarify the mission for you, and for your chorus. Then figure out what you are doing that is helping you achieve the mission, and what is getting in the way. The course will examine the things that you as a director can control, and the things that you can’t. Finally, it will look at the “soft skills” that you can use.  Strategies for Directors Class # DR112 Sessions: 5 A template to use to select repertoire, and then strategies to know and prepare the music for teaching it to the singers. Bring a piece of music you will be teaching to notate for the purpose of mining its riches.  Science of Sound Class # DR113 Sessions: 3 This class will revolve around the Kinesthetic approach to singing. You will experience and learn how to produce different vocal qualities by using your hands and body. The knowledge you will gain is beneficial in both the quartet and chorus atmosphere. This class focuses on how to take individual voices and blend them together as one. Don't plan on sitting in a chair and taking notes the whole time - we will be on our feet doing fun vocal experiments. So stop by and join us for your chance to experience - The Science of Sound!  Arm Waving 101 -- Leading the barbershop chorus Class # DR135 Sessions: 6 As directors we are charged to give clear and direct information to our singers. Everything that we do from our own body alignment to how we breathe to the way we hold our hands has direct impact on the way our singers sing and therefore on how they sound and look. This very practical class will experiment with and experience effective tools for leading a barbershop chorus. While no previous directing experience is required, this class will be valuable for veteran as well as novice directors.  Sound Management Class # DR136 Sessions: 8 Listening skills, teaching tools, and kinesthetic experience. Target audience: directors, section leaders.

Music Team

Foundations of Barbershop

Basic Barbershop Theory ("Non-Theory Theory") Class # FB114 Sessions: 2 This class is focused on the singer who has a FEEL for music, but, maybe doesn't read music or has little understanding of chords and chord structure. We will explore the very basics of how barbershop music works and demystify the circle of fifths, tri-tone movement and other terms we use that make your eyes glaze over! Come FEEL the fun by seeing and hearing and feeling how these barbershop basics work!  Singing in the Barbershop Style Class # FB116 Sessions: 1, 3 "How To Succeed In Barbershopping Without Really Trying! Ok, you have to try a little." This class is for everyone! Just because the chart is arranged "in the barbershop style" doesn't mean you are performing it "in the barbershop style." This class will help you understand what barbershop is and dispel what it is not. Learn how to have a great time singing in the barbershop style and avoid being "note" and "part" singers. Learn to use the style to help your performance come to life.  Theory of Barbershop Harmony, part 1 Class # FB117 Sessions: 2 We all love those barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are chords constructed and how do they function to make the barbershop sound? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales. This class runs through two class sessions.  Theory of Barbershop Harmony, part 2 Class # FB118 Sessions: 3 We all love those barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are chords constructed and how do they function to make the barbershop sound? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales. This class runs through two class sessions.

Coaching Techniques

Coaching Apprentice Program Class # CT106 Sessions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 How to Build on What You Know or Learn from the Master Coaches. Do you want to be a better coach? Are you interested in the psychology of coaching? Would you like to spend the weekend at NCNW immersed in the coaching culture? Then become a coaching apprentice on Saturday. On Friday evening, we'll get together for orientation and introductions and assignments. Then Saturday we'll talk about what coaching sessions are, and how they can be better. Then we'll go on "field trips" to actual coaching sessions and watch how the masters do it, then get back together and share what we've learned. If you're interested in advancing your coaching game, from your current level to a higher one, come join us. Plan on being in this program all of Saturday. Floaters and drop-ins are discouraged. Program will end Saturday evening, so you will be free to take classes on Sunday morning.  How to GivePersonal Vocal Instructions Class # CT107 Sessions: 7 “PVIs are not a contagious disease... but they COULD be a cure!" How to give PVIs to yourself, and to others. This concept is talked about a lot... but few people really know how to use it effectively. Come explore the way to use this method of teaching to get great results. This class is for anyone who is ready to be an active participant.  Self-Coaching Class # CT108 Sessions: 6 Learn how to use this skill with your quartet, your ensemble, your section, or your chorus on a night that the director is not available.

Special

Conversation with Vocal Spectrum Class # SP157 Sessions: Ask them your questions. Four very approachable and enthusiastic champs are willing to share how they got to be champs, and what they learned along the way.  How to Use Barbershop Singing In Your Classroom Class # SP158 Sessions: 6 How do we get our music to young people? In this course we will discuss how to get barbershop harmony into your local choir classrooms. We will give you tools for both men's and women's groups that have produced youth barbershop groups, or at least plant a barbershop seed. This course is intended for people to reach out to local choir teachers, not choir directors (but choir directors are welcome to attend as well!).  Making Learning Tracks Class # SP159 Sessions: 3, 6 Learning Track Producer Tim Waurick will take you through the process of how he creates his learning tracks and how you may be able to do it as well.  Hosting a Convention, Part 1 Class # SP201 Sessions: 5 Learn the ins and outs of hosting a Division, District or International Convention. Find out ways to make your convention a memorable experience for attendees and competitors. This short three hour session will go over the details of getting your chapter involved, putting together a great committee, working with community venues and hotels, coordination with the judging community, incorporating fun and family events, and answering your questions and concerns about what it takes to host a convention. This class runs through two class sessions.  Host a Convention, Part 2 Class # SP202 Sessions: 6 Learn the ins and outs of hosting a Division, District or International Convention. Find out ways to make your convention a memorable experience for attendees and competitors. This short three hour session will go over the details of getting your chapter involved, putting together a great committee, working with community venues and hotels, coordination with the judging community, incorporating fun and family events, and answering your questions and concerns about what it takes to host a convention. This class runs through two class sessions.

Quartets

Quartet Tool Box Class # QT144 Sessions: 7 Q&A and discussion for quartets. How do you get gigs? How much should we charge? What about mikes? How do we more effectively structure our rehearsals? What do we do if a person isn’t working out? How should we select music? Bring your questions, and your notepads. Quartetting will be different when you leave.  Rehearsal Techniques for Quartets, Part 1 Class # QT145 Sessions: 4 The Five “P”s; a guide for successful quartet rehearsals… EVERYTIME! This CLASS SPANS TWO SESSIONS. Learn the 5 “P”s. How to identify important “stuff” and develop a plan to move your quartet towards your goals. Raise your contest scoring level. Also some fun and wacky ways to spice up rehearsals. Creative ways to move forward with every member having a role in achieving the goals of the rehearsal.  Rehearsal Techniques for Quartets, Part 2 Class # QT146 Sessions: 5 The Five “P”s; a guide for successful quartet rehearsals… EVERYTIME! This CLASS SPANS TWO SESSIONS. Putting the rehearsal techniques into practice.  So You’d Like to Be in a Quartet Class # QT147 Sessions: 4 If you’ve ever thought you’d like to try singing in a quartet, here is the opportunity do it away from those folks that you see every week. Supportive and encouraging coaches will give you lots of opportunities to try your hand at quartetting. This class is for men and women. Bring your Polecat Book, if you have one.  QC Roger Mills Class # QT801 Sessions: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8  QC Leeder Class # QT802 Sessions: 1, 2, 4, 5  QC Lamson Class # QT803 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  QC Menefee Class # QT804 Sessions: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8  QC TMetzger Class # QT805 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 6  QC Dallman Class # QT806 Sessions: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8  QC Borden Class # QT807 Sessions: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8  QC Black Class # QT808 Sessions: 1, 3  QC Lapp Class # QT809 Sessions: 1, 2, 4  QC Burri Class # QT810 Sessions: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8  QC Harrison Class # QT811 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8  QC Perry Class # QT812 Sessions: 1, 6, 7, 8  QC Knight Class # QT813 Sessions: 1, 6, 8  QC Lyon Class # QT814 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6  QC Crandall Class # QT815 Sessions: 1, 7, 8  QC Marron Class # QT816 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7  QC Raze Roberts Class # QT817 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 8  QC DRose Class # QT818 Sessions: 2, 3, 5  QC Honrud Class # QT819 Sessions: 2, 4, 5  QC Moroni Class # QT820 Sessions: 2, 4, 5, 6  QC TurnerStiers Class # QT821 Sessions: 2, 3, 4  QC TedStiers Class # QT822 Sessions: 2, 3, 5  QC Hallam Class # QT823 Sessions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  QC AmyRose Class # QT824 Sessions: 2  QC Roses Class # QT825 Sessions: 4  QC Waurick Class # QT826 Sessions: 2, 4, 5  QC DMetzger Class # QT827 Sessions: 3, 5  QC Dalbey Class # QT828 Sessions: 3, 5, 6  QC CMetzger Class # QT829 Sessions: 4, 6  QC Olguin Class # QT830 Sessions: 4, 6  QC Schwartzkopf Class # QT831 Sessions: 5, 8  QC Kahlke Class # QT832 Sessions: 5, 6  QC Roberts Class # QT833 Sessions: 6  QC Rettenmayer Class # QT834 Sessions: 7  QC Swanson Class # QT835 Sessions: 7  QC Townsen Class # QT836 Sessions: 7, 8  QC Patnude Class # QT837 Sessions: 7, 8  QC Beyrodt Class # QT838 Sessions: 8  QC Osterhout Class # QT839 Sessions: 8  QC Watkins Class # QT840 Sessions: 7, 8  QC Buerer Class # QT841 Sessions: 7, 8  QC Liston Class # QT842 Sessions: 8  QC AChamberlain Class # QT843 Sessions: 8  QC Raze Class # QT844 Sessions: 6

Chorus Coaching

Chapter Development

Chapter Leaders One-on-One Class # CD101 Sessions: Special working-lunch sessions for Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurers, and Membership roles.  Membership Tips and Tricks Class # CD103 Sessions: 7 This class will talk about how to get guests in the door, convert guests to members, develop an orientation plan, and keep members energized over the years. Tips will be shared from the “Ready, Set, Sing” program (SAI), the popular Chuck Greene’s workshop, and other great barbershop resources.  Finding the Identity of Your Chorus or Quartet Class # CD104 Sessions: 1 Who are you? Chorus and quartets often don't consider CHOOSING an image for themselves, while highly successful organizations spend millions on marketing, branding, testing, refining, re-branding, and then spend more! In this course we will discuss group culture, rehearsal practices, music selection, lead/director behaviors that help and hurt, and ways to make your quartet or chorus elicit the reaction you wish from an audience and your members.  EBIZ Class # CD900 Sessions: 7

Open

OPEN Class # OP0 Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 OPEN

Lots of Singing

Gospel Sing Class # LS126 Sessions: 7 Join the 2000 International Senior Quartet Champions, Over Time, in a Sunday morning gospel sing. Lots of songs both new and old, and lots of fun too!  Polecats Practice Session Class # LS128 Sessions: After the show is over, Friday evening is the perfect time to polish up or learn some of the popular Polecats.  Tag Singing Class # LS129 Sessions: 5, 8 What more needs to be said? You want tags? Paul has them, and you can sing them.  Woodshedding 101 Class # LS130 Sessions: 6 Come and learn the very basics of this ancient and participatory barbershopping sport. Be ready to sing every part and search for that elusive "Lost Chord".  Learn the Songs of the Weekend Class # LS131 Sessions: 1 Didn’t get a chance to practice? Bring your download of the sheet music, and spend 90 minutes getting up to speed, so that you can enjoy all the fun.

Music

Learning Styles and Strategies for Learning Class # MU132 Sessions: 8 Discover your personal learning styles and strengths, and learn strategies that use those strengths to help you in your Music Learning Process. Learn how to approach that new song more readily in a relaxed manner! Students are encouraged to go to http://www.businessballs.com/howardgardnermultipleintelligences.htm#multiple intelligences tests to take an online assessment of their learning style, before arriving at class.  Learning to Read Music, Level 1 Class # MU133 Sessions: 3, 4 All your life you’ve looked at sheet music, but are you still confused by what it is trying to tell you? Just like you learned your A-B-Cs and how to do math, this class will take what you do know to clear away the confusion and help you gain confidence in reading music. This entry level class is for those who know they do not read music. The class will cover the basics of rhythm, note placement, and beginning sight reading. Bring a pitch pipe, if you have one. Come share in the fun of discovery.  Learning to Read Music, Level 2 Class # MU134 Sessions: 6 Continuing from what was learned in Reading Music, Level 1, this class will help you understand what key the music is in, how to find your part’s starting note, and will apply what you’ve learned to barbershop tags and songs. Bring a pitch pipe, if you have one. Enjoy success in applying these new skills.  Forward Motion Class # MU138 Sessions: 2 Musical "forward motion" – what is it? Why do the judges keep talking about it? How do you get it? What do we do in our directing and singing to kill it, and how can we use simple strategies to achieve it?  Rhythm in My Bones Class # MU139 Sessions: 1, 4 Are you a downbeat or an upbeat person? Straight-time or swing-time? Come and find out! We’ll figure out where the rhythm is in your body. You’ll learn simple tools to feel different time signatures and more complex physical exercises to feel beat subdivisions and syncopations. Got a piece that’s rhythmically challenging for you or your group? Bring it to this class and we’ll figure out how to get that song’s rhythm in your bones!  Synchronization 101 Class # MU140 Sessions: 2 Every time the ensemble is out of sync – starting, ending, or delivering both vowels and consonants at different times – you surrender the opportunity to ring a chord. Learn to recognize and fix sync issues.  Invitation to Songwriting Class # MU141 Sessions: 2 Pique an interest in the pursuit of the craft. With motivation and an appropriate course of study, you could become a songwriter. Start your path toward creating new music that is meaningful to today’s generation of barbershoppers.  Tag Writing Class # MU142 Sessions: 3 Students in the class will actually create two new tags. This class will be different from the songwriting class.

Singing Skills

Ring Chords Like Never Before Class # SS148 Sessions: 5, 7 You’ll walk through some easy adjustments to barbershop singing that will leave you amazed. You’ll be ringing chords like a pro.  Care of the Aging Voice Class # SS149 Sessions: 2 Want to keep singing – in fine form – for another 20 or 30 years? It’s not as far-fetched as you think. Come learn the secrets, and enjoy those years.  Free Body, Free Voice Class # SS150 Sessions: 2, 6 New and improved to bring deeper understanding of 'Vocal Empathy': how your voice can either leave your audience tense and closed or free and open to experience your emotional performance. Want to access your A-level singing voice? There is only one thing that stands between you and your most expressive vocal performance: tension. The cure? Deep body release, from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. With a free body, you can access free breathing, which allows for beautiful, expressive, easy singing. When you leave this class, you’ll have released tension you didn’t know you were carrying around, and your voice will reward you with greater flexibility, stamina and expression. What a great start to a weekend of singing! Wear comfy clothing and bring a yoga mat.  Listen, Learn and Take Action Class # SS151 Sessions: 4 Want to Sing Better? Then Listen, Learn and Take Action. Do you understand the techniques being given to you, but wonder how to consistently apply the tools you've been given? Then, this class is for you! Learn how to be a better performer through your skills as a student (listening and doing) and as a teacher (listening and offering effective feedback). What do you listen for? It’s not just notes and words. Learn how to listen for – and create – rich, open, freely produced sound. Students will work on vocal placement, listening skills, and providing feedback to the singers they just heard. All participants will be used as performer and teacher since the most effective form of learning takes place when teaching. There will be lots of singing in this class. Please, bring a recording device to use as a sword!  Singing Mythbusters Class # SS152 Sessions: 5, 8 Join Tim Marron as we test the various myths and legends of vocal production... what really works, and what is actually snake oil?? Let's figure out how to immediately unlock your singing potential!!!"  Tune It or Die Class # SS153 Sessions: 3, 6 Does pitch matter? It certainly does, if you want to ring chords! Mike Menefee – he of the keen ear – will show you how better tuning makes more exciting chords, and magnificent overtones. High thirds, dirty sevenths, and all of the other great secrets are yours for the taking.  Vocal Production with Eric Dalbey Class # SS154 Sessions: 4 This vocal production class will be geared towards all levels of singers. Eric will combine practical tips for vocal health and singing technique along with analysis of individual voices within the class in a public "mini-voice lesson" format. This class will give an opportunity for the student to not only be vocally evaluated, but will have an interactive format that uses a hands-on approach to vocal technique. We will explore useful warm up techniques, proper posture, common vocal problems and how to reduce vocal tension, as well as how to integrate these subjects into barbershop singing. Be prepared to sing as a group and/or volunteer to be a guinea pig for the class!  Vocal Production with Ron Black Class # SS155 Sessions: 6 Singing well is easier than singing poorly. Change your habits to sing with greater ease and higher quality.  Talent Code Class # SS156 Sessions: 3 How talent is created, and excellence is achieved. If you are hungry to achieve excellence – in barbershop, or in any field – there are some amazing techniques that will get you there. Charlie will walk you through some of the ideas in this recent popular book, and give you a chance to practice them. Note: The approaches to practice and coaching in The Talent Code will be attractive to those who are prepared to struggle to achieve at a high level – not for those less committed.  PVI PerryEdwards Class # SS850 Sessions: 2  PVI Burri Class # SS851 Sessions: 3  PVI Dallman Class # SS852 Sessions: 4  PVI Menefee Class # SS853 Sessions: 5  PVI Hill Class # SS854 Sessions: 6

Visual Focus

Creating an Effective Visual Plan - Part 1 Class # VF160 Sessions: 5 Feel like all your choreo looks the same? Want to learn more about designing movement that supports the music? The first class in this series will focus on the ingredients of a great visual performance. After reviewing some basic definitions and vocabulary, we will talk about face/body involvement, the benefits and pitfalls of planned choreography, and how to keep it all singer-friendly and musically driven. Not just for Choreographers!  Creating an Effective Visual Plan - Part 2 Class # VF161 Sessions: 6 Stuck on what to do for that ballad or up-tune? Need some fresh visual ideas? In the second class in this series, you will have an opportunity to workshop a visual plan! We’ll talk about the basic shape of a song and how to find opportunities for movement. Then we’ll unleash our collective creativity on some actual music. Students are invited to bring a piece of music that needs some visual pop... this works best if you have a recording in addition to the sheet music. Prerequisite: This course will work better for you if you have taken Part 1 – either this year or last year, or if you have more than a little prior experience working with visual plans.  Gestures That Make Sense Class # VF162 Sessions: 2 Don’t fret about trying to remember – and execute – a host of moves befitting the Rockettes. Sometimes, less is more! Roger Mills explains how we use gestures naturally in our speech, and then opens the door to using those same gestures in our songs.

Interpretation

Interpretation of the Song Class # IN119 Sessions: 3 (The Care and Feeding of the Audience) This class is designed to expand your understanding of how to open your heart so that an audience gets truthful entertainment. Whether you plan it or not, you are communicating something! Come learn how to be purposeful, directed, and powerful in your connection with an audience.  CSI: Music- Uncovering the mysteries Class # IN120 Sessions: 5, 8 Students will take close inventory of the choices the composer of the original song made when crafting the song, then look at how the barbershop arranger used his/her skills to help bring the song to life in a barbershop setting. This information will guide us as we interpret a song for performance in the barbershop style. Tempo, rhythmic feel, dynamics, phrase shaping, articulation, diction, etc. will all become evident as we study the original song and arrangement. A good class for chorus directors, assistant directors and quartet members, or any barbershopper for that matter.  Owning the Stage, Part 1 Class # IN122 Sessions: 4 A review of performance concepts from the popular blog of the same name, including how to use "Story" to get authentic performance, and how to tackle stage fright. This class runs through two class sessions.  Owning the Stage, Part 2 Class # IN123 Sessions: 5 A review of performance concepts from the popular blog of the same name, including how to use "Story" to get authentic performance, and how to tackle stage fright. This class runs through two class sessions.  ABC’s of Showmanship! Class # IN124 Sessions: 3 A step by step class showing how to formulate a total visual plan correlating costume, image and attitude, choreography and creativity to effectively present the musical intent of the composer and the arranger and the goals of your ensemble.