2018 Class Descriptions
You can jump to various sessions by using the quick links below and if you need a quick overview of what's offered and when. View/download our 2018 SCHEDULE.
DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE TO BARBERSHOPPERS
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Finale, version 25 by MakeMusic
$350 (almost 50% off) (say that you belong to BHS or SAI, for the discount) $99 for current university and college students |
SmartScore by Musitek
(class will use SmartScore X2 Piano Edition) 20% discount if you say that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI |
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES
HCNW has numerous private instruction opportunities.
QUARTET COACHING
Quartet Coaching is available for your quartet. You can sign up for quartet coaching in any session and may have as many sessions as you like. Email ValorieHCNW@Live.com for more information.
STANDING OVATION REVIEWS - Join Bobby Huber during Saturday's lunch in Wheelock!
Do you know what the Standing Ovation Review request is all about ?? It is a BHS designed program available to all chapters / choruses. Get a FREE evaluation of your annual show, cabaret, or special performance with only positive feedback on how to do it even better the next time to get that elusive "Standing O" from your audiences. The only cost to you is a couple tickets and afterglow for the show, and a few minutes of your time with the show chair and/or President , or music person to go over the presentation after the performance. Any other expenses are borne by the District. So - how 'bout getting a quick refresher with Bobby Huber just after lunch on Saturday at HCNW to see how it works and what the criteria is to help your chapter get a real boost to improving your next performance?
HCNW has numerous private instruction opportunities.
- PVIs (Private Vocal Instruction) are offered around the Saturday dinner hour, and have been lengthened to 20 minutes.
- Faculty members will be providing private 40-minute Vocal Lessons during some class sessions.
QUARTET COACHING
Quartet Coaching is available for your quartet. You can sign up for quartet coaching in any session and may have as many sessions as you like. Email ValorieHCNW@Live.com for more information.
STANDING OVATION REVIEWS - Join Bobby Huber during Saturday's lunch in Wheelock!
Do you know what the Standing Ovation Review request is all about ?? It is a BHS designed program available to all chapters / choruses. Get a FREE evaluation of your annual show, cabaret, or special performance with only positive feedback on how to do it even better the next time to get that elusive "Standing O" from your audiences. The only cost to you is a couple tickets and afterglow for the show, and a few minutes of your time with the show chair and/or President , or music person to go over the presentation after the performance. Any other expenses are borne by the District. So - how 'bout getting a quick refresher with Bobby Huber just after lunch on Saturday at HCNW to see how it works and what the criteria is to help your chapter get a real boost to improving your next performance?
SESSION 1: Friday, June 15, 2018 3:15-4:45 pm
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
DCP Testing
Participants in the Sweet Adelines' Director Certification Program will be able take one or more of the module tests during this session. Region 13's DCP Coordinator will supervise the testing.
Faculty: Judy Beckman
How to Build Better Habits (when you don’t want to)
Understand your Inner Child and the roll they play in your attitude towards food, chores, relationships, and life. As singers, our physical health in an important component in our ability to sing well, and many people suffer from acid reflux which can be caused by extra weight. Change is hard but humor helps. Pam will share her hilarious adventure losing 35 pounds when she enlisted the help of her inner child. Her book “The Mouth Trap: the butt stops here!” is the framework for this enlightening workshop. Pam focuses on eating habits but the techniques will help with any habits.
FACULTY: Pam Young TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to Teach Tags
Ahhh, tags...those exceedingly excellent, enjoyable, and entertaining ear-candy endings of embellishments and echoes, eliciting extensive elation and ecstasy! But what to do when there are no Tagmasters in tow to teach tunes? This course will teach you methods and strategies for teaching tags, and teach you how and why world domination through barbershop harmony can be achieved with this humble musical device. Come, Harmony-walker, and begin your journey to becoming a Tag Jedi!!
FACULTY: John Burri TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
LaxVOX and SOVT Vocal Development Exercises
Does your voice get tired easily when singing in rehearsals or performances, or during home practice? Have you been told you need to sing with more consistency? Do you have issues with “nasal” singing, or have been told to raise your soft palate?
Originally developed in Finland as a vocal therapy device to help patients recover from serious vocal issues such as vocal nodules/polyps, frozen vocal cords, significant muscular interference and so forth, LaxVOX (the KING of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract exercises, such as humming, lip trills, and skinny straws) is ideally suited as a tool for those who use their voice extensively as a singer or public speaker [Barbershoppers and Sweet Adelines, for example!!] – and it addresses all the issues and more. Offered in sessions 1 and 6.
In this 90-minute workshop:
Rehearsal Techniques
From warm-ups to ways to cope with long-distance rehearsals, we cover some important ground in this class! Discover some tricks to matching synch, resonance, and vowels from the beginning of rehearsals as well as what to watch out for. Learn new techniques to help both the unit sound and your individual instrument, and discover some solutions for rehearsing when your quartet (or coach) can't all meet in the same place.
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Rhythm Basics
Feel the groove! This class will help you expand your rhythmic vocabulary - including note values, rests, and different meters - and introduce practical tips for reading and ‘hearing’ rhythms before you sing them. We will discuss tempo driven songs– fast and slow - and identify ways to sing them without speeding up or slowing down. Come ready to clap, tap and stomp your way through quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets… and learn the importance of subdivisions and feeling the pulse. Basic music reading skill will enhance your experience in this class. Offered in sessions 1 and 7.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Setting and Achieving Goals
Why do goals fail? Learn the principles of goal setting. Learn the SMART goal-setting process that supports your strategy and objectives. Understand the benefits, obstacles, actions; measure your success using the right metric. This process works for individuals, quartets, teams, committees and chapters. Write a goal for your chapter.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Shop Culture
How does pop culture's portrayal of barbershop further our mission? Break out the popcorn for a session in which we'll watch and discuss the role of barbershop in movies, TV, and advertising.
FACULTY: Duncan Gilman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Sight-singing: Beginning
If you want to be able to sing directly from the sheet music, but have no musical knowledge, this is the class for you. Explanations interspersed with unison class singing will have you successfully sight-singing in minutes. This class covers scale notes in all keys and rhythms including eighth notes. Accidentals and more advanced rhythms will be covered in the Advanced Sight-Singing class in session 2.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Newbies
So You Want to Be in a Quartet
WANTED: singers with little or no experience singing in a quartet, but who would like to try quartetting, in a safe environment. People will be available to help you with your part, but the goal is for you to handle your part on your own. Don’t worry about “It won’t be pretty.” It never was, for any of us. But this is a great way to experience the thrill of making chords happen, just because of you. (The thrill is not unlike the thrill you had your first time pedaling your bike without the training wheels.) There will be lots of do-overs, and lots of support. Come try it; it might just be your next step on your barbershop journey.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
What NOT to do - Mistakes we make and how to avoid them
Here's your opportunity to learn from the best about making mistakes. Erm, learn how to avoid the mistakes he's made. Really, it's an opportunity to understand the natural mistakes we all tend to make in hopes that you can learn from his failures. TIL: have someone else write my class descriptions
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
DCP Testing
Participants in the Sweet Adelines' Director Certification Program will be able take one or more of the module tests during this session. Region 13's DCP Coordinator will supervise the testing.
Faculty: Judy Beckman
How to Build Better Habits (when you don’t want to)
Understand your Inner Child and the roll they play in your attitude towards food, chores, relationships, and life. As singers, our physical health in an important component in our ability to sing well, and many people suffer from acid reflux which can be caused by extra weight. Change is hard but humor helps. Pam will share her hilarious adventure losing 35 pounds when she enlisted the help of her inner child. Her book “The Mouth Trap: the butt stops here!” is the framework for this enlightening workshop. Pam focuses on eating habits but the techniques will help with any habits.
FACULTY: Pam Young TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to Teach Tags
Ahhh, tags...those exceedingly excellent, enjoyable, and entertaining ear-candy endings of embellishments and echoes, eliciting extensive elation and ecstasy! But what to do when there are no Tagmasters in tow to teach tunes? This course will teach you methods and strategies for teaching tags, and teach you how and why world domination through barbershop harmony can be achieved with this humble musical device. Come, Harmony-walker, and begin your journey to becoming a Tag Jedi!!
FACULTY: John Burri TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
LaxVOX and SOVT Vocal Development Exercises
Does your voice get tired easily when singing in rehearsals or performances, or during home practice? Have you been told you need to sing with more consistency? Do you have issues with “nasal” singing, or have been told to raise your soft palate?
Originally developed in Finland as a vocal therapy device to help patients recover from serious vocal issues such as vocal nodules/polyps, frozen vocal cords, significant muscular interference and so forth, LaxVOX (the KING of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract exercises, such as humming, lip trills, and skinny straws) is ideally suited as a tool for those who use their voice extensively as a singer or public speaker [Barbershoppers and Sweet Adelines, for example!!] – and it addresses all the issues and more. Offered in sessions 1 and 6.
In this 90-minute workshop:
- Singers will learn a set of basic recommended daily LaxVOX exercises and how to do them each correctly for maximum vocal health and development - and as a basic warm up routine prior to rehearsals and performances.
- Singers will learn to find and use their "TARGET VOICE" - the best, most “natural” voice within the singer’s anatomic and physiologic capabilities.
- Each participant who needs one, will receive a simple LaxVOX Tube device and a bottle of water at no cost. Though not required, those interested, may want to consider purchasing commercial LaxVOX tubes, PocketVOX or PocketVOX/MaskVOX – available near registration at the Sing-Gevity booth (the only US distributor of these Turkish-made devices) this weekend!
Rehearsal Techniques
From warm-ups to ways to cope with long-distance rehearsals, we cover some important ground in this class! Discover some tricks to matching synch, resonance, and vowels from the beginning of rehearsals as well as what to watch out for. Learn new techniques to help both the unit sound and your individual instrument, and discover some solutions for rehearsing when your quartet (or coach) can't all meet in the same place.
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Rhythm Basics
Feel the groove! This class will help you expand your rhythmic vocabulary - including note values, rests, and different meters - and introduce practical tips for reading and ‘hearing’ rhythms before you sing them. We will discuss tempo driven songs– fast and slow - and identify ways to sing them without speeding up or slowing down. Come ready to clap, tap and stomp your way through quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets… and learn the importance of subdivisions and feeling the pulse. Basic music reading skill will enhance your experience in this class. Offered in sessions 1 and 7.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Setting and Achieving Goals
Why do goals fail? Learn the principles of goal setting. Learn the SMART goal-setting process that supports your strategy and objectives. Understand the benefits, obstacles, actions; measure your success using the right metric. This process works for individuals, quartets, teams, committees and chapters. Write a goal for your chapter.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Shop Culture
How does pop culture's portrayal of barbershop further our mission? Break out the popcorn for a session in which we'll watch and discuss the role of barbershop in movies, TV, and advertising.
FACULTY: Duncan Gilman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Sight-singing: Beginning
If you want to be able to sing directly from the sheet music, but have no musical knowledge, this is the class for you. Explanations interspersed with unison class singing will have you successfully sight-singing in minutes. This class covers scale notes in all keys and rhythms including eighth notes. Accidentals and more advanced rhythms will be covered in the Advanced Sight-Singing class in session 2.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Newbies
So You Want to Be in a Quartet
WANTED: singers with little or no experience singing in a quartet, but who would like to try quartetting, in a safe environment. People will be available to help you with your part, but the goal is for you to handle your part on your own. Don’t worry about “It won’t be pretty.” It never was, for any of us. But this is a great way to experience the thrill of making chords happen, just because of you. (The thrill is not unlike the thrill you had your first time pedaling your bike without the training wheels.) There will be lots of do-overs, and lots of support. Come try it; it might just be your next step on your barbershop journey.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
What NOT to do - Mistakes we make and how to avoid them
Here's your opportunity to learn from the best about making mistakes. Erm, learn how to avoid the mistakes he's made. Really, it's an opportunity to understand the natural mistakes we all tend to make in hopes that you can learn from his failures. TIL: have someone else write my class descriptions
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
SESSION 2: Friday, June 15, 2018 7:45-9:15 pm
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
A Character Driven Performance
A Character Driven Performance ain't nuttin' to clown around about! Join us and explore the ins and outs of a good, character-driven performance. This is no joke! You will laugh, you will cry…oh! Wait a minute… THEY will laugh, they will cry. You can give them a performance that touches their souls. Learn how. This is a physically interactive class.
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets
Breathing 101: I need more AIR!!!
A brief explanation with visuals of how to stand properly so you can breathe properly as well as learning some exercises you can do at home to help your breath supply.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartet
Chorus Outreach
This class by the highly entertaining Jim Clark will focus on how to work with your local community, your local schools, and the local choruses to make a stronger community that supports each other. Of course, if you get the word out that you are friendly, they just might come to your chorus to see what you do. Yup, this class is about sneaking your way into people's hearts and psyches so you can take over the world with barbershop chords.
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Coaching Under Glass with Brian Barford and The Newfangled Four Quartet
Learn what processes go through a Singing Judge's brain while coaching a quartet and see what works!
FACULTY: Brian Barford and The NewFangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1 - Fox
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director 1-on-1 - Knight
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
How to Give PVIs
Learn how to determine what to work on and how to maintain positivity while giving critical feedback.
FACULTY: Jean Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Section Leaders, Quartets
Inner Game of Music
Would you like to discover ways of maximizing your singing and performing potential? Would you like to learn ways of managing performance jitters, or perhaps learning different ways to enhance an aspect of your singing? Through the tools of awareness, will, and trust, you will discover new approaches to music that will help you in countless ways. These ideas are based on the hugely successful "Inner Game" series. This course is of extreme value to both the beginner and championship performer as a quartet member, chorus singer or director. This is a highly participative class, so bring a performance item to work on!
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Learn Music FAST!!!!
So, you've been singing the same songs for the past years... and you still don't know them? Maybe you need to apply some whole-brain, power-learning methodss??? Whether your goal is to learn 3 or 30 songs this year, come join us as we explore how to learn music quickly and effectively.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Performance Anxiety - It's Natural
If you struggle with performance anxiety, this class is for you! We will break down what performance anxiety does to your body and why and discuss what you can do to break the cycle of stage fright.
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Reading Music
If you’ve never gotten around to learning how to read music as well as you’d like, join us as we learn the basic building blocks of music: note names, scales, notation, key signatures, time signatures, and more. Recognize melodic movement, intervals, rhythms, and scales to help you ‘hear’ the music before you sing it. By applying a practical application of music reading you can enhance your singing experience and musicianship. Offered in sessions 2 and 5.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Rehearsal Planning and Techniques
When rehearsal is only a few hours a week, we need to make the most of the time we have with our chorus members. We will look at ways to manage time wisely during rehearsal and how to plan a series of rehearsals in preparation for an event (ex. chorus show). We’ll also look at different rehearsal techniques that will keep your rehearsals interesting, challenging, and educational for your members.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Sight-singing: Advanced
This class is a continuation of the Beginning Sight-Singing class in session 1. The class will sing through exercises involving accidentals, solfege, sixteenth and shorter notes, minor keys, key changes, and unusual meters. If you can't confidently read diatonic melodies (without accidentals), you should take the session 1 class first.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Newbies
Social Media Marketing for Choruses and Quartets
Too many tools to learn and not enough time to use them? We'll cover the essentials for promoting your group on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube and how to get the most bang for your marketing buck.
FACULTY: Duncan Gilman TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Tag Singing A
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Techniques
This class is designed for all students to learn singing and performing techniques. It will draw heavily upon principles of anatomy, physiology, and acoustics. Masterclass-style format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vowel Targets and Practical Application
Focus on a like approach to word pronunciation using targets with each syllable. Apply these sounds to a song or tag provided and work toward the goal of singing with the carefully matched sounds.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartet
Warm-ups Sharing
Bring your favorite warmup (singing or physical) and teach it to the class. Bring copies of the warmup to share with the teacher and afterwards, the warmups will be collected and published as class notes on the HCNW website.
FACULTY: Judy Beckman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
What’s Your Vision?
Has your chapter lost its way? Is it difficult to explain why your chapter exists, what it does, and why someone would want to join? It may be time to revisit your Vision and Mission. We’ll review the purpose of a Vision and Mission, how to brainstorm and define them, and how they impact chapter culture. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to the world) and how that helps or hurts. Back home, you’ll have the skills needed to take your chapter leadership through a Vision/Mission brainstorming exercise.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Back to top ___________________
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
A Character Driven Performance
A Character Driven Performance ain't nuttin' to clown around about! Join us and explore the ins and outs of a good, character-driven performance. This is no joke! You will laugh, you will cry…oh! Wait a minute… THEY will laugh, they will cry. You can give them a performance that touches their souls. Learn how. This is a physically interactive class.
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets
Breathing 101: I need more AIR!!!
A brief explanation with visuals of how to stand properly so you can breathe properly as well as learning some exercises you can do at home to help your breath supply.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartet
Chorus Outreach
This class by the highly entertaining Jim Clark will focus on how to work with your local community, your local schools, and the local choruses to make a stronger community that supports each other. Of course, if you get the word out that you are friendly, they just might come to your chorus to see what you do. Yup, this class is about sneaking your way into people's hearts and psyches so you can take over the world with barbershop chords.
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Coaching Under Glass with Brian Barford and The Newfangled Four Quartet
Learn what processes go through a Singing Judge's brain while coaching a quartet and see what works!
FACULTY: Brian Barford and The NewFangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1 - Fox
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director 1-on-1 - Knight
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
How to Give PVIs
Learn how to determine what to work on and how to maintain positivity while giving critical feedback.
FACULTY: Jean Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Section Leaders, Quartets
Inner Game of Music
Would you like to discover ways of maximizing your singing and performing potential? Would you like to learn ways of managing performance jitters, or perhaps learning different ways to enhance an aspect of your singing? Through the tools of awareness, will, and trust, you will discover new approaches to music that will help you in countless ways. These ideas are based on the hugely successful "Inner Game" series. This course is of extreme value to both the beginner and championship performer as a quartet member, chorus singer or director. This is a highly participative class, so bring a performance item to work on!
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Learn Music FAST!!!!
So, you've been singing the same songs for the past years... and you still don't know them? Maybe you need to apply some whole-brain, power-learning methodss??? Whether your goal is to learn 3 or 30 songs this year, come join us as we explore how to learn music quickly and effectively.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Performance Anxiety - It's Natural
If you struggle with performance anxiety, this class is for you! We will break down what performance anxiety does to your body and why and discuss what you can do to break the cycle of stage fright.
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Reading Music
If you’ve never gotten around to learning how to read music as well as you’d like, join us as we learn the basic building blocks of music: note names, scales, notation, key signatures, time signatures, and more. Recognize melodic movement, intervals, rhythms, and scales to help you ‘hear’ the music before you sing it. By applying a practical application of music reading you can enhance your singing experience and musicianship. Offered in sessions 2 and 5.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Rehearsal Planning and Techniques
When rehearsal is only a few hours a week, we need to make the most of the time we have with our chorus members. We will look at ways to manage time wisely during rehearsal and how to plan a series of rehearsals in preparation for an event (ex. chorus show). We’ll also look at different rehearsal techniques that will keep your rehearsals interesting, challenging, and educational for your members.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Sight-singing: Advanced
This class is a continuation of the Beginning Sight-Singing class in session 1. The class will sing through exercises involving accidentals, solfege, sixteenth and shorter notes, minor keys, key changes, and unusual meters. If you can't confidently read diatonic melodies (without accidentals), you should take the session 1 class first.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Newbies
Social Media Marketing for Choruses and Quartets
Too many tools to learn and not enough time to use them? We'll cover the essentials for promoting your group on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube and how to get the most bang for your marketing buck.
FACULTY: Duncan Gilman TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Tag Singing A
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Techniques
This class is designed for all students to learn singing and performing techniques. It will draw heavily upon principles of anatomy, physiology, and acoustics. Masterclass-style format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vowel Targets and Practical Application
Focus on a like approach to word pronunciation using targets with each syllable. Apply these sounds to a song or tag provided and work toward the goal of singing with the carefully matched sounds.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartet
Warm-ups Sharing
Bring your favorite warmup (singing or physical) and teach it to the class. Bring copies of the warmup to share with the teacher and afterwards, the warmups will be collected and published as class notes on the HCNW website.
FACULTY: Judy Beckman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
What’s Your Vision?
Has your chapter lost its way? Is it difficult to explain why your chapter exists, what it does, and why someone would want to join? It may be time to revisit your Vision and Mission. We’ll review the purpose of a Vision and Mission, how to brainstorm and define them, and how they impact chapter culture. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to the world) and how that helps or hurts. Back home, you’ll have the skills needed to take your chapter leadership through a Vision/Mission brainstorming exercise.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Back to top ___________________
SESSION 3: Saturday, June 16, 2018 8:45-10:15 am
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Leontovich
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Adrian Leontovich TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Barbershop in our Changing World
Is your chapter aging and struggling to grow? Is your audience shrinking? Generational and societal changes over the last 50 years have had dramatic impacts on non-profit and fraternal organizations, and barbershop is no exception. We'll examine these changes and their effects on your chapter, then learn specific strategies to use them for your advantage.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Barbershop Language: Tools for Singing
Barbershop is a unique style of music in that we can enjoy a beautiful melody, and yet tell a compelling and exciting story along the way! Some have called this "Singlish"! In this class, we will review the most important singing language rules and apply them to a song example. We will also discuss the new Vocal Expression element in the Singing Category, and how it is affected by proper use of the barbershop language rules.
FACULTY: Brian Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Comedy Coaching Under Glass with Jim Clark and The NewFangled Four
Join The Newfangled Four as they get coached by Jim Clark. It's a guaranteed belly work-out as they work on the nuances of humor, making it bigger and better.
FACULTY: Jim Clark, The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director's Toolkit
What tools does a director need? Once a director has identified a problem, what tools can s/he bring to address the problem? Come get a list of tips and tricks of ways to approach possible solutions.
FACULTY: Gary Steinkamp TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors
Five Leadership Practices
The difference between thriving and surviving organizations is leadership; leaders have a vision and the ability to translate that vision into reality. Learn about the practices of leaders: Leaders have a driving passion to realize the vision, build relationships of trust, unleash the motivation of members, act as a social architect, and act from a positive belief about people. Be the leader your chapter needs and plan actions.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
How to Be a Great Small Chorus
We often put limits on ourselves, as a small chorus, thinking we can’t do what the bigger choruses do. Learn about ways you can work as a group to be a great chorus, no matter your size.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to Sing a Good Line
There are lots of ways to sing a line of music. We'll explore different approaches to convey different emotions or stories as well as tips and tricks to sing beautifully.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Intro to Directing Techniques
This class is designed for non-directors who seek to gain a basic understanding of directing techniques, both verbal and non-verbal. Workshop-style.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Many of us have received well-intentioned advice about selling the song through use of faces and bodies. Too often, this results in too much hand movement to the point of distracting the audience. This class will explore what we as barbershop performers are trying to do on stage, and then see if it is possible to succeed in our purpose without the use of our hands. Class will include interaction, discussion and experimentation. Class offered twice.
FACULTY: Roger Mills TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Music Theory: Advanced Part 1 of 2
Part 1 is in Session 3, followed by Part 2 in Session 4. Enjoy 180 minutes of solid and continuous material. We all love barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are the chords constructed and how do they contribute to the barbershop sounds? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales, chords, and barbershop terminology.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Arrangers
Original Polecats I
Learn - or improve - the Original Polecats, (Vol 1) If you know your part on the Polecats, you get to join in on lots of fun at HCNW: late night singing, and even some in-class singing. If you need to brush up on a few Polecat songs, or even learn some, come to this class and get up to speed. It will be a great foundation for you to join in the singing, and have even more fun this weekend. Bring your Polecat book. If you can’t find yours, a few copies will be available for purchase at HCNW.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Recognizing Basic Chords
Do you want to be able to balance your singing with the other parts in your group, but you lack the knowledge to identify the chord and your part in it? This class will assume only minimal knowledge of music, and will start at the beginning in helping you learn what the chord is at any point, and which voice has which note. We'll also show why certain chord notes should be emphasized over others. Focus will be on the most common chord types, tonic triads and dominant seventh chords, with variations. You can take this knowledge into session 4 by taking LoveNote's "Chord Balancing" class.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Arrangers
Take Me to Your (Section) Leader
If you are a Section Leader (or interested in becoming one), you’ll have an opportunity to assess your skills and challenges, then develop your own job description, explore quality control programs that work for your chorus, engage the adult learners and diverse personalities within your section, and share ways to support your director.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth and Kathy Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Directors, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Teaching Warm-ups
Come learn best practices for teaching warmups, both physical and singing. This class will also talk about the pacing of warmups and choosing warmups to get the chorus into the right space and place to sing. Feel free to bring a warmup to share so you can get feedback your presentation.
FACULTY: Judy Beckman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Techno-Tuning
Back by popular demand! Why does tuning matter so much in barbershop? What is actually going on with those sound waves, anyway? I’ll SHOW you!! Thanks to a plethora of modern technology, we can experience sound like never before – and apply that new awareness to our quartet and chorus singing. Prepare to be AMAZED!
FACULTY: Ted Chamberlain TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
The Overtone Effect or How to Live Your Life on a High Note
The "Inner Coach of Barbershop," Jan Carley, uses the phenomenon of overtones as a metaphor for creating results that go well beyond what you ever thought possible. In this class you will be introduced Jan’s signature personal mastery “Overtone System” as outlined in her new book, THE OVERTONE EFFECT. You will learn the foundational generative approach that will keep you mentally focused on moving forward instead of mired in problem-solving. We’ll talk about the brain, and you’ll see how even 2 simple words can shift your mindset from tunnel thinking to growth, creativity and insight. You will leave with practical concepts and tools to immediately implement for positive change. Jan’s unique mindset mastery work has transformed the singing and chorus experiences of thousands of barbershoppers worldwide. Come and find out why!
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 1/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Leontovich
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Adrian Leontovich TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Barbershop in our Changing World
Is your chapter aging and struggling to grow? Is your audience shrinking? Generational and societal changes over the last 50 years have had dramatic impacts on non-profit and fraternal organizations, and barbershop is no exception. We'll examine these changes and their effects on your chapter, then learn specific strategies to use them for your advantage.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Barbershop Language: Tools for Singing
Barbershop is a unique style of music in that we can enjoy a beautiful melody, and yet tell a compelling and exciting story along the way! Some have called this "Singlish"! In this class, we will review the most important singing language rules and apply them to a song example. We will also discuss the new Vocal Expression element in the Singing Category, and how it is affected by proper use of the barbershop language rules.
FACULTY: Brian Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Comedy Coaching Under Glass with Jim Clark and The NewFangled Four
Join The Newfangled Four as they get coached by Jim Clark. It's a guaranteed belly work-out as they work on the nuances of humor, making it bigger and better.
FACULTY: Jim Clark, The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director's Toolkit
What tools does a director need? Once a director has identified a problem, what tools can s/he bring to address the problem? Come get a list of tips and tricks of ways to approach possible solutions.
FACULTY: Gary Steinkamp TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors
Five Leadership Practices
The difference between thriving and surviving organizations is leadership; leaders have a vision and the ability to translate that vision into reality. Learn about the practices of leaders: Leaders have a driving passion to realize the vision, build relationships of trust, unleash the motivation of members, act as a social architect, and act from a positive belief about people. Be the leader your chapter needs and plan actions.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
How to Be a Great Small Chorus
We often put limits on ourselves, as a small chorus, thinking we can’t do what the bigger choruses do. Learn about ways you can work as a group to be a great chorus, no matter your size.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to Sing a Good Line
There are lots of ways to sing a line of music. We'll explore different approaches to convey different emotions or stories as well as tips and tricks to sing beautifully.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Intro to Directing Techniques
This class is designed for non-directors who seek to gain a basic understanding of directing techniques, both verbal and non-verbal. Workshop-style.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Many of us have received well-intentioned advice about selling the song through use of faces and bodies. Too often, this results in too much hand movement to the point of distracting the audience. This class will explore what we as barbershop performers are trying to do on stage, and then see if it is possible to succeed in our purpose without the use of our hands. Class will include interaction, discussion and experimentation. Class offered twice.
FACULTY: Roger Mills TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Music Theory: Advanced Part 1 of 2
Part 1 is in Session 3, followed by Part 2 in Session 4. Enjoy 180 minutes of solid and continuous material. We all love barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are the chords constructed and how do they contribute to the barbershop sounds? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales, chords, and barbershop terminology.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Arrangers
Original Polecats I
Learn - or improve - the Original Polecats, (Vol 1) If you know your part on the Polecats, you get to join in on lots of fun at HCNW: late night singing, and even some in-class singing. If you need to brush up on a few Polecat songs, or even learn some, come to this class and get up to speed. It will be a great foundation for you to join in the singing, and have even more fun this weekend. Bring your Polecat book. If you can’t find yours, a few copies will be available for purchase at HCNW.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Recognizing Basic Chords
Do you want to be able to balance your singing with the other parts in your group, but you lack the knowledge to identify the chord and your part in it? This class will assume only minimal knowledge of music, and will start at the beginning in helping you learn what the chord is at any point, and which voice has which note. We'll also show why certain chord notes should be emphasized over others. Focus will be on the most common chord types, tonic triads and dominant seventh chords, with variations. You can take this knowledge into session 4 by taking LoveNote's "Chord Balancing" class.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Arrangers
Take Me to Your (Section) Leader
If you are a Section Leader (or interested in becoming one), you’ll have an opportunity to assess your skills and challenges, then develop your own job description, explore quality control programs that work for your chorus, engage the adult learners and diverse personalities within your section, and share ways to support your director.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth and Kathy Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Directors, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Teaching Warm-ups
Come learn best practices for teaching warmups, both physical and singing. This class will also talk about the pacing of warmups and choosing warmups to get the chorus into the right space and place to sing. Feel free to bring a warmup to share so you can get feedback your presentation.
FACULTY: Judy Beckman TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Techno-Tuning
Back by popular demand! Why does tuning matter so much in barbershop? What is actually going on with those sound waves, anyway? I’ll SHOW you!! Thanks to a plethora of modern technology, we can experience sound like never before – and apply that new awareness to our quartet and chorus singing. Prepare to be AMAZED!
FACULTY: Ted Chamberlain TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
The Overtone Effect or How to Live Your Life on a High Note
The "Inner Coach of Barbershop," Jan Carley, uses the phenomenon of overtones as a metaphor for creating results that go well beyond what you ever thought possible. In this class you will be introduced Jan’s signature personal mastery “Overtone System” as outlined in her new book, THE OVERTONE EFFECT. You will learn the foundational generative approach that will keep you mentally focused on moving forward instead of mired in problem-solving. We’ll talk about the brain, and you’ll see how even 2 simple words can shift your mindset from tunnel thinking to growth, creativity and insight. You will leave with practical concepts and tools to immediately implement for positive change. Jan’s unique mindset mastery work has transformed the singing and chorus experiences of thousands of barbershoppers worldwide. Come and find out why!
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 1/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
SESSION 4: Saturday, June 16, 2018 10:30am-12:00 noon
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Fox
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Bodacious Barbershop Basics
This class is focused on the singer who has a feel for the music but might not read music very well or understand the structure of the chords. We will explore the basics of how barbershop music works and demystify the circle of fifths, tri-tone movement, and other terms that make your eyes glaze over! Come feel the fun of barbershop chords and melody lines while seeing and hearing how these barbershop basics work.
FACULTY: Lisa and Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Chord Balancing
Barbershop is built on specific chords and singers often talk about Pythagorean tuning in order to make those chords ring, but people often ask how to apply Pythagorean tuning when they sing. We will talk about two different ways to apply Pythagorean tuning, but mainly focus on teaching how to balance single chords to really make them lock and ring. We will also demonstrate the use of Pythagorean tuning in action!
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Directing Techniques
This class is designed for directors and assistant directors to refine their communication techniques, both verbal and non-verbal. Workshop-style format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Do Less and Sing More
Is your chapter spending more time on non-singing “jobs” than on singing? Is it getting harder to find volunteers for those jobs? We’ll review ways in which you can increase member and audience satisfaction by doing less and singing more, and how to get off the “financial hamster wheel” so that decisions are not driven by chapter financial needs. We’ll look at free and low-cost resources available to aid with chapter operations, performance, marketing, and other needs, and we’ll review tools, services, and other solutions that you can begin using immediately.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Finale - Basic
This class will introduce you to using Finale. This program is quite powerful but can be intimidating. We'll walk through some of the things it can do and show how to use the most important parts. You'll need to bring your computer, your copy of Finale, and a basic understanding of music notation (See "Beginning Sight-Singing" in session 1 or "Music Reading Basics" in session 2 if you need a tune-up!). A numberpad is necessary, and a mouse is very helpful, f your laptop doesn’t have a numberpad, a USB pad is inexpensive.
For software, you will need Finale v25, from www.makemusic.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a substantial discount by saying that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI: $350 (almost 50% off) or $99 for current university and college students. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer when you get here to save a lot of time. If you just want to sit and watch, that’s fine, too.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Getting into the Zone
This experiential session gives participants insights in Peak Performance preparation… a process used by elite athletes and performers in various milieus. The Zone experience gives participants a method to recreate their peak performance state, personally, or collectively with other members of an ensemble.
FACULTY: Marty Lovick with The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartet, Everyone
How to Get Yourself to Declutter and Organize (when you don't want to)
A common complaint heard is "I know I have the music somewhere, but I don't know where!" The backbone of information in this class is Pam’s book “Sidetracked Home Executives: from pigpen to paradise” which has sold more than a million and a half copies and is still available in bookstores today after 40 years. The 3x5 card file system in the book has helped hundreds of thousands to organize household chores and will be shared in this class.
Pam says, “You can’t organize clutter…well you can but your home will look and smell like a Goodwill store.” She’ll inspire you to go home and look at your stuff with new eyes. Clutter causes chaos and clutter in the living areas of the home are in direct relationship to how organized your closets, cupboards and drawers are. She’ll help you reduce your stash of stuff by sharing stories from Project CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome) where she went into over a hundred homes across the country sponsored by local newspapers and television.
FACULTY: Pam Young TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
LaxVOX and SOVT Vocal Development Exercises
Does your voice get tired easily when singing in rehearsals or performances, or during home practice? Have you been told you need to sing with more consistency? Do you have issues with “nasal” singing, or have been told to raise your soft palate?
Originally developed in Finland as a vocal therapy device to help patients recover from serious vocal issues such as vocal nodules/polyps, frozen vocal cords, significant muscular interference and so forth, LaxVOX (the KING of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract exercises, such as humming, lip trills, and skinny straws) is ideally suited as a tool for those who use their voice extensively as a singer or public speaker [Barbershoppers and Sweet Adelines, for example!!] – and it addresses all the issues and more. Offered in sessions 1 and 6.
In this 90-minute workshop:
Leadership is Empowering and Contagious
The long-term success of any chapter is based on leadership. Learn what motivates our volunteer members; Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Match the levels of participation to the task and learn the 6 contracts of delegation to empower them to support the chapter’s purpose and become a contagious leader! Practice an empowering conversation.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Make'em Laugh
What IS funny? Comedy is a serious business, and figuring out the line between funny, hurtful, playful, or political suicide is challenging. How long can you wait for the zinger that seals the laughter and how can you give your audience time to follow your comedy while keeping up the energy? It's going to be a fun class on a very serious topic.
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Motivation: The ABC Model and Why You Care
This class presents the psychological understanding of the motivation of your singers and how to reframe your mindset about motivating your singers.
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Directors
Music Theory: Advanced, Part 2 of 2
Part 1 is in Session 3, followed by Part 2 in Session 4. Enjoy 180 minutes of solid and continuous material. We all love barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are the chords constructed and how do they contribute to the barbershop sounds? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales, chords, and barbershop terminology.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone who attended Part 1
Original Polecats 2
Learn - or improve - the Original Polecats, (Vol 1) If you know your part on the Polecats, you get to join in on lots of fun at HCNW: late night singing, and even some in-class singing. If you need to brush up on a few Polecat songs, or even learn some, come to this class and get up to speed. It will be a great foundation for you to join in the singing, and have even more fun this weekend. Bring your Polecat book. If you can’t find yours, a few copies will be available for purchase at HCNW.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Ring Chords Like Never Before
You’ll walk through the crucial elements of barbershop singing that will leave you amazed. We approach the three elements of voice timbre, vowels, and tuning in some new ways. You’ll be ringing chords like a pro. Offered in sessions 2 and 8.
FACULTY: Ron Black TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
The Overtone of Leadership: How to Inspire and SOAR (not Perspire and Bore)
As a chorus leader in any capacity, you are a critical influencer. Not only are you responsible for modeling the behaviors that the chorus will follow, you are also responsible for ensuring that the best possible atmosphere exists for the director and the musical product to go forward unimpeded. And, there is also a heckuva lot of work to be done as well.
So what about You? Who are you in this? What is your role as leader really? What do you need to be able to lead effectively? We will dive into your role as leader, how to set you up for success, and talk about the new style legacy leadership that is collaborative and sustainable. Learn the tools you need as a leader to inspire your chorus from the inside out. Practice the critical tools of giving and receiving feedback, giving deep acknowledgment, and learn how to build trust and resiliency in you and your teams. You will leave empowered and encouraged about your important leadership contribution.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus leadership, section leaders, and wanna-bes
Vocal Exercises for Your Sectionals using the Clues in the Music
Using the song "One Song at a Time", this class is designed for Directors, Section Leaders and Quartet singers. The information on the music gives you some hints and a roadmap for learning the song. Following this class, the singer will be able to identify ways to work through the trouble spots of a song by developing vocal exercises to use to make learning and performing the song more successful.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Assistant Directors, Quartets, Wanna-bes
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Basic
Learn and implement basic vocal production skills utilizing science to explain the whys and hows of healthy singing. Class covers posture, breathing, phonation, registers, and articulation.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 2/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Fox
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Bodacious Barbershop Basics
This class is focused on the singer who has a feel for the music but might not read music very well or understand the structure of the chords. We will explore the basics of how barbershop music works and demystify the circle of fifths, tri-tone movement, and other terms that make your eyes glaze over! Come feel the fun of barbershop chords and melody lines while seeing and hearing how these barbershop basics work.
FACULTY: Lisa and Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Chord Balancing
Barbershop is built on specific chords and singers often talk about Pythagorean tuning in order to make those chords ring, but people often ask how to apply Pythagorean tuning when they sing. We will talk about two different ways to apply Pythagorean tuning, but mainly focus on teaching how to balance single chords to really make them lock and ring. We will also demonstrate the use of Pythagorean tuning in action!
FACULTY: LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Directing Techniques
This class is designed for directors and assistant directors to refine their communication techniques, both verbal and non-verbal. Workshop-style format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Do Less and Sing More
Is your chapter spending more time on non-singing “jobs” than on singing? Is it getting harder to find volunteers for those jobs? We’ll review ways in which you can increase member and audience satisfaction by doing less and singing more, and how to get off the “financial hamster wheel” so that decisions are not driven by chapter financial needs. We’ll look at free and low-cost resources available to aid with chapter operations, performance, marketing, and other needs, and we’ll review tools, services, and other solutions that you can begin using immediately.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Finale - Basic
This class will introduce you to using Finale. This program is quite powerful but can be intimidating. We'll walk through some of the things it can do and show how to use the most important parts. You'll need to bring your computer, your copy of Finale, and a basic understanding of music notation (See "Beginning Sight-Singing" in session 1 or "Music Reading Basics" in session 2 if you need a tune-up!). A numberpad is necessary, and a mouse is very helpful, f your laptop doesn’t have a numberpad, a USB pad is inexpensive.
For software, you will need Finale v25, from www.makemusic.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a substantial discount by saying that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI: $350 (almost 50% off) or $99 for current university and college students. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer when you get here to save a lot of time. If you just want to sit and watch, that’s fine, too.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Getting into the Zone
This experiential session gives participants insights in Peak Performance preparation… a process used by elite athletes and performers in various milieus. The Zone experience gives participants a method to recreate their peak performance state, personally, or collectively with other members of an ensemble.
FACULTY: Marty Lovick with The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartet, Everyone
How to Get Yourself to Declutter and Organize (when you don't want to)
A common complaint heard is "I know I have the music somewhere, but I don't know where!" The backbone of information in this class is Pam’s book “Sidetracked Home Executives: from pigpen to paradise” which has sold more than a million and a half copies and is still available in bookstores today after 40 years. The 3x5 card file system in the book has helped hundreds of thousands to organize household chores and will be shared in this class.
Pam says, “You can’t organize clutter…well you can but your home will look and smell like a Goodwill store.” She’ll inspire you to go home and look at your stuff with new eyes. Clutter causes chaos and clutter in the living areas of the home are in direct relationship to how organized your closets, cupboards and drawers are. She’ll help you reduce your stash of stuff by sharing stories from Project CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome) where she went into over a hundred homes across the country sponsored by local newspapers and television.
FACULTY: Pam Young TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
LaxVOX and SOVT Vocal Development Exercises
Does your voice get tired easily when singing in rehearsals or performances, or during home practice? Have you been told you need to sing with more consistency? Do you have issues with “nasal” singing, or have been told to raise your soft palate?
Originally developed in Finland as a vocal therapy device to help patients recover from serious vocal issues such as vocal nodules/polyps, frozen vocal cords, significant muscular interference and so forth, LaxVOX (the KING of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract exercises, such as humming, lip trills, and skinny straws) is ideally suited as a tool for those who use their voice extensively as a singer or public speaker [Barbershoppers and Sweet Adelines, for example!!] – and it addresses all the issues and more. Offered in sessions 1 and 6.
In this 90-minute workshop:
- Singers will learn a set of basic recommended daily LaxVOX exercises and how to do them each correctly for maximum vocal health and development - and as a basic warm up routine prior to rehearsals and performances.
- Singers will learn to find and use their "TARGET VOICE" - the best, most “natural” voice within the singer’s anatomic and physiologic capabilities.
- Each participant who needs one, will receive a simple LaxVOX Tube device and a bottle of water at no cost. Though not required, those interested, may want to consider purchasing commercial LaxVOX tubes, PocketVOX or PocketVOX/MaskVOX – available near registration at the Sing-Gevity booth (the only US distributor of these Turkish-made devices) this weekend!
Leadership is Empowering and Contagious
The long-term success of any chapter is based on leadership. Learn what motivates our volunteer members; Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Match the levels of participation to the task and learn the 6 contracts of delegation to empower them to support the chapter’s purpose and become a contagious leader! Practice an empowering conversation.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Make'em Laugh
What IS funny? Comedy is a serious business, and figuring out the line between funny, hurtful, playful, or political suicide is challenging. How long can you wait for the zinger that seals the laughter and how can you give your audience time to follow your comedy while keeping up the energy? It's going to be a fun class on a very serious topic.
FACULTY: Jim Clark TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Motivation: The ABC Model and Why You Care
This class presents the psychological understanding of the motivation of your singers and how to reframe your mindset about motivating your singers.
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Directors
Music Theory: Advanced, Part 2 of 2
Part 1 is in Session 3, followed by Part 2 in Session 4. Enjoy 180 minutes of solid and continuous material. We all love barbershop chords; now find out WHY we do. How are the chords constructed and how do they contribute to the barbershop sounds? This class is open to those who comfortably read music and understand scales, chords, and barbershop terminology.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone who attended Part 1
Original Polecats 2
Learn - or improve - the Original Polecats, (Vol 1) If you know your part on the Polecats, you get to join in on lots of fun at HCNW: late night singing, and even some in-class singing. If you need to brush up on a few Polecat songs, or even learn some, come to this class and get up to speed. It will be a great foundation for you to join in the singing, and have even more fun this weekend. Bring your Polecat book. If you can’t find yours, a few copies will be available for purchase at HCNW.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Ring Chords Like Never Before
You’ll walk through the crucial elements of barbershop singing that will leave you amazed. We approach the three elements of voice timbre, vowels, and tuning in some new ways. You’ll be ringing chords like a pro. Offered in sessions 2 and 8.
FACULTY: Ron Black TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
The Overtone of Leadership: How to Inspire and SOAR (not Perspire and Bore)
As a chorus leader in any capacity, you are a critical influencer. Not only are you responsible for modeling the behaviors that the chorus will follow, you are also responsible for ensuring that the best possible atmosphere exists for the director and the musical product to go forward unimpeded. And, there is also a heckuva lot of work to be done as well.
So what about You? Who are you in this? What is your role as leader really? What do you need to be able to lead effectively? We will dive into your role as leader, how to set you up for success, and talk about the new style legacy leadership that is collaborative and sustainable. Learn the tools you need as a leader to inspire your chorus from the inside out. Practice the critical tools of giving and receiving feedback, giving deep acknowledgment, and learn how to build trust and resiliency in you and your teams. You will leave empowered and encouraged about your important leadership contribution.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus leadership, section leaders, and wanna-bes
Vocal Exercises for Your Sectionals using the Clues in the Music
Using the song "One Song at a Time", this class is designed for Directors, Section Leaders and Quartet singers. The information on the music gives you some hints and a roadmap for learning the song. Following this class, the singer will be able to identify ways to work through the trouble spots of a song by developing vocal exercises to use to make learning and performing the song more successful.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Assistant Directors, Quartets, Wanna-bes
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Basic
Learn and implement basic vocal production skills utilizing science to explain the whys and hows of healthy singing. Class covers posture, breathing, phonation, registers, and articulation.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 2/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
SESSION 5: Saturday, June 16, 2018 1:15-2:45 pm
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Fox
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Coaching Under Glass with LoveNotes, Brian Barford, and Jean Barford
Winning the contest doesn't stop the learning. Watch the 2014 Queens of Harmony, LoveNotes, get coached and learn the skills and techniques to improve your chorus or quartet. Questions encouraged!
FACULTY: Jean Barford, Brian Barford, LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director's Roundtable
Share ideas and strategies. Investigate barriers and frustrations. Develop a new network of peers and friends who want you to succeed as a director.
Discussion Leader: Gary Steinkamp TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors
Eliminating Mental Interference: How to Get Your Mind Working FOR You
What’s the biggest thing standing in the way of your peak performance (in life and onstage)…That’s right – YOU! Learn how to easily adopt a generative mindset that will support your growth instead of holding you back. This session with Inner Coach of Barbershop Jan Carley will tackle the pesky mental stuff that interferes with your success, confidence and joy. Learn a simple method to monitor self-talk, learn how to reframe limiting beliefs that are holding you back. And once and for all – learn how to turn your crippling inner critic into a supporting inner “coach”. These Mindset Mastery tools will positively impact both your chorus and non-chorus life.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Finale - Advanced
Learn to use some of the more powerful parts of Finale and get your questions answered. You'll need your computer, your copy of Finale, and a passing familiarity with Finale. A numberpad is necessary, and a mouse is very helpful, f your laptop doesn’t have a numberpad, a USB pad is inexpensive.
For software, you will need Finale v25, from www.makemusic.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a substantial discount by saying that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI: $350 (almost 50% off) or $99 for current university and college students. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer when you get here to save a lot of time.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Getting Beyond Scoresheets
Instead of using your score to judge how well you are succeeding, use two alternate yardsticks: The Comfort of the Audience and The Believability of Your Song. The target audience for this class is singers who care about getting better and who have worked at it but are frustrated that the effort-to-reward ratio has been so meager. Linear thinkers and logical rational sequential doers are prized students.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to be Funny - Making do with What You've Got
The Newfangled Four Quartet is often the highlight of many shows thanks in some small part to the humor they provide. How do they come up with what works comedically and how do they ensure it stays fresh for each performance?
FACULTY: The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Inclusion In Barbershop
Most barbershop chapters do not reflect the diversity of the communities in which they rehearse and perform. We’ll review the history of minority involvement in barbershop, intentional and unintentional exclusionary practices, and the state of diversity in barbershop today. We’ll examine the differences between Tolerance, Acceptance, and Inclusion, and outline the facets of an inclusive chapter. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to the world) and how that helps or hurts your efforts at inclusion. We’ll review outreach and partnering solutions that can help your chapter increase diversity, both in audience and membership.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Leading Team Culture – one person at a time!
How do you deal with poor attitude, low buy-in and low performance in your chapter? Influence poor behavior and performance with professionalism. Is it a question of “want to and can’t” or is it “won’t”? What are chapter values, expectations and standards? Re-set expectations and build trust in a two-way conversation.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Music Theory for Better Singing
What does it mean when an arrangement is considered "square"? How do you balance a chord when it's inverted? As you become a better singer, learning a bit more music theory can help you understand why and how some chords work better and strategies you can use when it's just not working. We'll start by covering the few chords that comprise 90% of all barbershop songs and then learn strategies for singing them so they ring better.
FACULTY: John Burri TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartet, Everyone
Reading Music
If you’ve never gotten around to learning how to read music as well as you’d like, join us as we learn the basic building blocks of music: note names, scales, notation, key signatures, time signatures, and more. Recognize melodic movement, intervals, rhythms, and scales to help you ‘hear’ the music before you sing it. By applying a practical application of music reading you can enhance your singing experience and musicianship. Offered in sessions 2 and 5.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Science Behind Riser Spacing and Placement
A singer's job is not to blend, but to sing with their best resonance. Come learn what current research says about riser spacing and voice matching and learn whose job it is to blend. Demonstration masterclass format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Everyone
Section Bonding and Unity
Musical Unity & non-musical unity can help your section or your quartet become a tighter unit. Find ways to have fun while building a bond of trust and fun.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Directors, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Storytelling - the Vocal Art Form
Once upon a time…Songs were made up of words and the words told a story…. We can develop great vocal skills, but if we don’t use those skills and others to move our audience, it’s a lost opportunity. Story telling is an art and you are the artist. Vocal inflection, word sounds, dynamics, vocal tone even silence are some of the tools you can use to paint your picture and leave a lasting impression. Come…storytellers and storyteller- wanna-bes. Come meet your people.
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Successes and Struggles for Small Choruses
Being a small chorus has it's perks. For one, you actually know the names of ALL the members standing on the risers with you. However, being small also has it's challenges. Come ready to share the successes and challenges of your small chorus. You may find that you're not alone in your struggles. We'll brainstorm ideas that can help us through these challenges and we'll also celebrate each other's successes (and, of course, borrow great ideas from them!)
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Tag Singing B
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Understanding your Music: How to Read the Mind of the Composer and the Arranger
This class will help you understand why the composer and the arranger made the choices they did to create the music you are trying to sing. Understanding how to tell when your music is asking for dynamic changes or mood changes can help a great deal when you are presenting your music to others.
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Intermediate
Building on the skills you learned in Basic Vocal Pedagogy in session 4, this class will fine tune your vocal production skills.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 3/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
You Are In Charge Of You!
Every director would be delirious with joy if each chorus member would take personal responsibility for the skills that singers can do individually. Take this opportunity to list and practice them and achieve mastery on your own!
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Borden
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Fox
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Coaching Under Glass with LoveNotes, Brian Barford, and Jean Barford
Winning the contest doesn't stop the learning. Watch the 2014 Queens of Harmony, LoveNotes, get coached and learn the skills and techniques to improve your chorus or quartet. Questions encouraged!
FACULTY: Jean Barford, Brian Barford, LoveNotes Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Director's Roundtable
Share ideas and strategies. Investigate barriers and frustrations. Develop a new network of peers and friends who want you to succeed as a director.
Discussion Leader: Gary Steinkamp TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors
Eliminating Mental Interference: How to Get Your Mind Working FOR You
What’s the biggest thing standing in the way of your peak performance (in life and onstage)…That’s right – YOU! Learn how to easily adopt a generative mindset that will support your growth instead of holding you back. This session with Inner Coach of Barbershop Jan Carley will tackle the pesky mental stuff that interferes with your success, confidence and joy. Learn a simple method to monitor self-talk, learn how to reframe limiting beliefs that are holding you back. And once and for all – learn how to turn your crippling inner critic into a supporting inner “coach”. These Mindset Mastery tools will positively impact both your chorus and non-chorus life.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Finale - Advanced
Learn to use some of the more powerful parts of Finale and get your questions answered. You'll need your computer, your copy of Finale, and a passing familiarity with Finale. A numberpad is necessary, and a mouse is very helpful, f your laptop doesn’t have a numberpad, a USB pad is inexpensive.
For software, you will need Finale v25, from www.makemusic.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a substantial discount by saying that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI: $350 (almost 50% off) or $99 for current university and college students. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer when you get here to save a lot of time.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Getting Beyond Scoresheets
Instead of using your score to judge how well you are succeeding, use two alternate yardsticks: The Comfort of the Audience and The Believability of Your Song. The target audience for this class is singers who care about getting better and who have worked at it but are frustrated that the effort-to-reward ratio has been so meager. Linear thinkers and logical rational sequential doers are prized students.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
How to be Funny - Making do with What You've Got
The Newfangled Four Quartet is often the highlight of many shows thanks in some small part to the humor they provide. How do they come up with what works comedically and how do they ensure it stays fresh for each performance?
FACULTY: The Newfangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Inclusion In Barbershop
Most barbershop chapters do not reflect the diversity of the communities in which they rehearse and perform. We’ll review the history of minority involvement in barbershop, intentional and unintentional exclusionary practices, and the state of diversity in barbershop today. We’ll examine the differences between Tolerance, Acceptance, and Inclusion, and outline the facets of an inclusive chapter. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to the world) and how that helps or hurts your efforts at inclusion. We’ll review outreach and partnering solutions that can help your chapter increase diversity, both in audience and membership.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Leading Team Culture – one person at a time!
How do you deal with poor attitude, low buy-in and low performance in your chapter? Influence poor behavior and performance with professionalism. Is it a question of “want to and can’t” or is it “won’t”? What are chapter values, expectations and standards? Re-set expectations and build trust in a two-way conversation.
FACULTY: Rob Macdonald
Music Theory for Better Singing
What does it mean when an arrangement is considered "square"? How do you balance a chord when it's inverted? As you become a better singer, learning a bit more music theory can help you understand why and how some chords work better and strategies you can use when it's just not working. We'll start by covering the few chords that comprise 90% of all barbershop songs and then learn strategies for singing them so they ring better.
FACULTY: John Burri TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartet, Everyone
Reading Music
If you’ve never gotten around to learning how to read music as well as you’d like, join us as we learn the basic building blocks of music: note names, scales, notation, key signatures, time signatures, and more. Recognize melodic movement, intervals, rhythms, and scales to help you ‘hear’ the music before you sing it. By applying a practical application of music reading you can enhance your singing experience and musicianship. Offered in sessions 2 and 5.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Science Behind Riser Spacing and Placement
A singer's job is not to blend, but to sing with their best resonance. Come learn what current research says about riser spacing and voice matching and learn whose job it is to blend. Demonstration masterclass format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Everyone
Section Bonding and Unity
Musical Unity & non-musical unity can help your section or your quartet become a tighter unit. Find ways to have fun while building a bond of trust and fun.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Directors, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Storytelling - the Vocal Art Form
Once upon a time…Songs were made up of words and the words told a story…. We can develop great vocal skills, but if we don’t use those skills and others to move our audience, it’s a lost opportunity. Story telling is an art and you are the artist. Vocal inflection, word sounds, dynamics, vocal tone even silence are some of the tools you can use to paint your picture and leave a lasting impression. Come…storytellers and storyteller- wanna-bes. Come meet your people.
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Successes and Struggles for Small Choruses
Being a small chorus has it's perks. For one, you actually know the names of ALL the members standing on the risers with you. However, being small also has it's challenges. Come ready to share the successes and challenges of your small chorus. You may find that you're not alone in your struggles. We'll brainstorm ideas that can help us through these challenges and we'll also celebrate each other's successes (and, of course, borrow great ideas from them!)
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Tag Singing B
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Understanding your Music: How to Read the Mind of the Composer and the Arranger
This class will help you understand why the composer and the arranger made the choices they did to create the music you are trying to sing. Understanding how to tell when your music is asking for dynamic changes or mood changes can help a great deal when you are presenting your music to others.
FACULTY: Kevin Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Intermediate
Building on the skills you learned in Basic Vocal Pedagogy in session 4, this class will fine tune your vocal production skills.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 3/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
You Are In Charge Of You!
Every director would be delirious with joy if each chorus member would take personal responsibility for the skills that singers can do individually. Take this opportunity to list and practice them and achieve mastery on your own!
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Back to top ___________________
SESSION 6: Saturday, June 16, 2018 3:00-4:30 pm
House of Delegates Meeting - Evergreen District
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Arranging: Beginning
This class is for those who are curious about arranging but don't feel like they know enough about harmony. In this class we will work our way through arranging a nursery rhyme with only 2 chords in it, so you don't have to be intimidated. There is no prerequisite knowledge.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Barbershop Language: Tools for Singing
Barbershop is a unique style of music in that we can enjoy a beautiful melody, and yet tell a compelling and exciting story along the way! Some have called this "Singlish"! In this class, we will review the most important singing language rules and apply them to a song example. We will also discuss the new Vocal Expression element in the Singing Category, and how it is affected by proper use of the barbershop language rules.
FACULTY: Brian Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1 - Knight
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Director, Assistant Director
It's about the Music, or Is It? How to BE a Masterful Director
As director you have an enormous responsibility as the primary person inspiring your chorus’ success. It is a pressure-filled, highly-demanding role and one that is critically important for the chorus’ joy, happiness and growth toward excellence. Though we naturally expect our directors to be technically skilled and knowledgeable, your most powerful impact actually comes from who you “be”, not what you “do”. How you show up, how you model presence, vulnerability and resiliency and even how you speak is critical to creating a vibrant chorus culture of growth and success. This session will help inspire your “being” journey to mastery, remove interferences to help you sustain a personal position of strength, balance and positive leadership. Come with an open mind and heart. This could well be the class that positively shifts you and your chorus culture forever.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Chorus directors and Assistant Directors
It's not a Hashtag, It's a Sharp!
Do you ever look at your music and wonder what all those dots, lines, and symbols mean? Do you wonder what pitch you’re supposed to blow or how your first note relates to the pitch that is blown? Then this is the class for you!! Come learn about clefs, accidentals (aka sharps/flats), key signatures, time signatures, note durations, and basic chords.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
It's Only a Script Until It's a Story
Take any selection of songs and weave them into a fun and entertaining story with music. A Musical! People want to be entertained. Find the passion. Find the humor. Find the joy. Leave them wanting and coming back for more. Tips and Tricks. Let’s collaborate!
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel Target: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Many of us have received well-intentioned advice about selling the song through use of faces and bodies. Too often, this results in too much hand movement to the point of distracting the audience. This class will explore what we as barbershop performers are trying to do on stage, and then see if it is possible to succeed in our purpose without the use of our hands. Class will include interaction, discussion and experimentation. Class offered twice.
FACULTY: Roger Mills TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Rhythm Basics
Feel the groove! This class will help you expand your rhythmic vocabulary - including note values, rests, and different meters - and introduce practical tips for reading and ‘hearing’ rhythms before you sing them. We will discuss tempo driven songs– fast and slow - and identify ways to sing them without speeding up or slowing down. Come ready to clap, tap and stomp your way through quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets… and learn the importance of subdivisions and feeling the pulse. Basic music reading skill will enhance your experience in this class. Offered in sessions 1 and 7.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Sing in Barbershop Style
There are a thousand things you can do with a song; come learn the critical things you have to do in order for the song to be barbershop. If you don’t use these five, you cannot succeed in singing barbershop. We will also explore a second Ah Hah and trap -- just because a chart is written in the barbershop style, it doesn’t mean that you are singing it in the barbershop style. This class will help you understand what barbershop is, and how to use your new understanding of the barbershop style to move from being a "notes and words" singer to a singer who gives the barbershop song its due. This class is for everyone from novices to experts.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
SmartScore for Learning Tracks
Would you like to generate learning tracks for your chorus? Or transpose it up or down? Of course, you would! Mike (and Judy!) will show you how to scan printed sheet music, and take it into SmartScore X2 Piano Edition. Then, you will learn to correct the few (but inevitable!) errors, mix the piece into part-predominant sound files, and convert them to MP3 format, for burning to CD or listening on a computer or mobile device.
For software, you will need SmartScore X2 Piano Edition, from www.musitek.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a 20% discount if you say that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer (and don't forget your mouse) when you get here to save a lot of time. If you just want to sit and watch, that’s fine, too.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen and Judy Galloway TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Smoke and Mirrors - Being your own Vocal Coach
Not everyone lives close to superstar voice instructors but you can make tremendous progress with a recorder and a mirror. Learn how to evaluate your own singing as well as a few tips and tricks to make better and faster progress. Fantastic skills for when your coach is just too far away.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Space and Place
In this class, we will feel and hear the difference between these placements, finding where we feel vibrations for different styles of singing, particularly for barbershop. We will also be doing demonstrations of correct and incorrect placements which have always shown to be as entertaining as they are educational.
FACULTY: Jean Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Tag Singing C
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Advanced
This class is targeted for those who want to improve their singing to perform at the upper levels.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 4/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
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House of Delegates Meeting - Evergreen District
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Arranging: Beginning
This class is for those who are curious about arranging but don't feel like they know enough about harmony. In this class we will work our way through arranging a nursery rhyme with only 2 chords in it, so you don't have to be intimidated. There is no prerequisite knowledge.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Barbershop Language: Tools for Singing
Barbershop is a unique style of music in that we can enjoy a beautiful melody, and yet tell a compelling and exciting story along the way! Some have called this "Singlish"! In this class, we will review the most important singing language rules and apply them to a song example. We will also discuss the new Vocal Expression element in the Singing Category, and how it is affected by proper use of the barbershop language rules.
FACULTY: Brian Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1 - Knight
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Director, Assistant Director
It's about the Music, or Is It? How to BE a Masterful Director
As director you have an enormous responsibility as the primary person inspiring your chorus’ success. It is a pressure-filled, highly-demanding role and one that is critically important for the chorus’ joy, happiness and growth toward excellence. Though we naturally expect our directors to be technically skilled and knowledgeable, your most powerful impact actually comes from who you “be”, not what you “do”. How you show up, how you model presence, vulnerability and resiliency and even how you speak is critical to creating a vibrant chorus culture of growth and success. This session will help inspire your “being” journey to mastery, remove interferences to help you sustain a personal position of strength, balance and positive leadership. Come with an open mind and heart. This could well be the class that positively shifts you and your chorus culture forever.
FACULTY: Jan Carley TARGET AUDIENCE: Chorus directors and Assistant Directors
It's not a Hashtag, It's a Sharp!
Do you ever look at your music and wonder what all those dots, lines, and symbols mean? Do you wonder what pitch you’re supposed to blow or how your first note relates to the pitch that is blown? Then this is the class for you!! Come learn about clefs, accidentals (aka sharps/flats), key signatures, time signatures, note durations, and basic chords.
FACULTY: Lucy Heinkel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
It's Only a Script Until It's a Story
Take any selection of songs and weave them into a fun and entertaining story with music. A Musical! People want to be entertained. Find the passion. Find the humor. Find the joy. Leave them wanting and coming back for more. Tips and Tricks. Let’s collaborate!
FACULTY: LouAnn Hommel Target: Chapter/Chorus Leadership, Everyone
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Many of us have received well-intentioned advice about selling the song through use of faces and bodies. Too often, this results in too much hand movement to the point of distracting the audience. This class will explore what we as barbershop performers are trying to do on stage, and then see if it is possible to succeed in our purpose without the use of our hands. Class will include interaction, discussion and experimentation. Class offered twice.
FACULTY: Roger Mills TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Everyone
Rhythm Basics
Feel the groove! This class will help you expand your rhythmic vocabulary - including note values, rests, and different meters - and introduce practical tips for reading and ‘hearing’ rhythms before you sing them. We will discuss tempo driven songs– fast and slow - and identify ways to sing them without speeding up or slowing down. Come ready to clap, tap and stomp your way through quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets… and learn the importance of subdivisions and feeling the pulse. Basic music reading skill will enhance your experience in this class. Offered in sessions 1 and 7.
FACULTY: Lisa Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Sing in Barbershop Style
There are a thousand things you can do with a song; come learn the critical things you have to do in order for the song to be barbershop. If you don’t use these five, you cannot succeed in singing barbershop. We will also explore a second Ah Hah and trap -- just because a chart is written in the barbershop style, it doesn’t mean that you are singing it in the barbershop style. This class will help you understand what barbershop is, and how to use your new understanding of the barbershop style to move from being a "notes and words" singer to a singer who gives the barbershop song its due. This class is for everyone from novices to experts.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
SmartScore for Learning Tracks
Would you like to generate learning tracks for your chorus? Or transpose it up or down? Of course, you would! Mike (and Judy!) will show you how to scan printed sheet music, and take it into SmartScore X2 Piano Edition. Then, you will learn to correct the few (but inevitable!) errors, mix the piece into part-predominant sound files, and convert them to MP3 format, for burning to CD or listening on a computer or mobile device.
For software, you will need SmartScore X2 Piano Edition, from www.musitek.com. A non-saving, demo version is free. If you want to purchase, you can get a 20% discount if you say that you are a barbershopper and belong to BHS or SAI. That’s all you will need for the course for hands-on learning. Please have it loaded onto your laptop computer (and don't forget your mouse) when you get here to save a lot of time. If you just want to sit and watch, that’s fine, too.
FACULTY: Mike Rosen and Judy Galloway TARGET AUDIENCE: Arrangers, Quartets, Everyone
Smoke and Mirrors - Being your own Vocal Coach
Not everyone lives close to superstar voice instructors but you can make tremendous progress with a recorder and a mirror. Learn how to evaluate your own singing as well as a few tips and tricks to make better and faster progress. Fantastic skills for when your coach is just too far away.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Space and Place
In this class, we will feel and hear the difference between these placements, finding where we feel vibrations for different styles of singing, particularly for barbershop. We will also be doing demonstrations of correct and incorrect placements which have always shown to be as entertaining as they are educational.
FACULTY: Jean Barford TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Tag Singing C
Darwin Scheel is so passionate about tags that he hosts an annual tag party. 90 minutes of tag singing -learn new tags, sing old ones, and learn how to teach tags. Sessions 2, 5, and 6.
FACULTY: Darwin Scheel TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Vocal Production and Pedagogy: Advanced
This class is targeted for those who want to improve their singing to perform at the upper levels.
FACULTY: John Newell TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Wavebox Singing Part 4/4
This is your chance to learn how and why chapters, quartets and individuals alike are singing at a higher level with 7 simple holistic “What to Think” steps found in Wavebox Singing 1.0. So, if you'd like to sing at a higher levels or allow your quartet or chorus to sing at higher levels while moving your audiences, then find out about the Wavebox Singing movement which gone viral across barbershop and beyond. This class is divided into 4 parts and comprise all of the Saturday sessions (3, 4, 5, and 6).
FACULTY: Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
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SESSION 7: Sunday, June 17, 2018 8:45-10:15 am
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Hinkle
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Lucy Hinkle TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Effective Choral Warm Ups
This class is designed for directors, assistants, section leaders, coaches, and chapter music leaders. We will explore effective vocal exercises for ensembles, while sunsetting exercise with zero or low efficacy. Workshop-style format
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders, Wanna-bes
Entertaining is Providing Nourishment to Your Guests
This class will help you see your role of performer as one who is a host for guests, and who provides musical and emotional nourishment for your guests. This class will include a discussion of how and why you should change your performance when the audience or the situation is different and show you myriad ways to become comfortable regardless of the occasion – for example, singing in a nursing home or at the fair is far different from singing on your annual show.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Grow Your Chapter
A cappella music is experiencing a resurgence, but is your chapter benefitting from it? Are you struggling to find and retain members? Most participants are attracted to singing for the fun and camaraderie it provides, not for performance or competition. We’ll review member needs and how to align chapter goals with them, as well as partnerships and other relationships that can help you grow your membership. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to potential members) and how that helps or hurts your recruiting efforts. We’ll also review marketing techniques and their effectiveness, including social media, email marketing, SEO/SEM, and more traditional forms.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Make the Song Your Own
Love the song, but it's not quite right for your quartet or chorus? Suitable for competition? Maybe there's a way to change a few things and make it a better fit for you. Tweak the arrangement, revoice a section, adjust the Intro or the Tag. Bring your problem music to class and see if Mel can help.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Music Team
Mixed BBS Chorus Part 1/2
Spend an enjoyable session singing in a mixed chorus. Sheet music and learning tracks are available HERE. Download and start learning before HCNW begins so you will be ready to explore the joys of singing together! Session 7 is spent coming together and cleaning up the song and session 8 will be a coaching session.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Phonetics
Have you ever listened to a group and heard them singing mis-matched vowels? In this class we will explore the different sounds of American English, learn about phonetics and how to help with unity of vowels and consonants, and practice transcribing words using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
FACULTY: LoveNotes TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Supercharging Your Chapter: Teacher and Student
Paul Ellinger's "Supercharging your Chapter" has been remarkably successful for the Seattle SeaChordsmen. Join Paul and Ted Chamberlain, director of the SeaChordsmen, for a brief introduction to Supercharging your Chapter from Paul and some implementation tips from Ted's experience of putting the ideas into action. This is a fantastic opportunity to ask questions and gain support as you work to grow your chapters and choruses!
FACULTY: Ted Chamberlain and Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus leadership
Tips and Tricks for Sectionals and How to Apply Them
Looking for new ways to present old information? Looking for ways to make section rehearsals more successful? Section leaders will leave with many ways to make every section rehearsal more productive for everyone.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Vocal Production
Singers never stop learning how to be better singers. As we become better singers, revisiting the basics helps us integrate better habits and root out the bad habits that have snuck in.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets
Woodshedding for Beginners
Are you curious about woodshedding, but don't have a clue how to do it? This class will start with the simplest-possible materials, and show you why some alternatives work better than others. It would be helpful if you knew a little bit about chord structure, but we'll try to cover everything so you won't be left behind. After this class, you'll have a good start at understanding woodshedding.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
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40-minute Vocal Lesson - Bruce
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Hinkle
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Lucy Hinkle TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Director 1-on-1
This one-on-one class will pair you with an experienced director who will help improve your directing skills. Bring a video of your group for use during this session.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Effective Choral Warm Ups
This class is designed for directors, assistants, section leaders, coaches, and chapter music leaders. We will explore effective vocal exercises for ensembles, while sunsetting exercise with zero or low efficacy. Workshop-style format
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders, Wanna-bes
Entertaining is Providing Nourishment to Your Guests
This class will help you see your role of performer as one who is a host for guests, and who provides musical and emotional nourishment for your guests. This class will include a discussion of how and why you should change your performance when the audience or the situation is different and show you myriad ways to become comfortable regardless of the occasion – for example, singing in a nursing home or at the fair is far different from singing on your annual show.
FACULTY: Raymond Schwarzkopf TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Grow Your Chapter
A cappella music is experiencing a resurgence, but is your chapter benefitting from it? Are you struggling to find and retain members? Most participants are attracted to singing for the fun and camaraderie it provides, not for performance or competition. We’ll review member needs and how to align chapter goals with them, as well as partnerships and other relationships that can help you grow your membership. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present to potential members) and how that helps or hurts your recruiting efforts. We’ll also review marketing techniques and their effectiveness, including social media, email marketing, SEO/SEM, and more traditional forms.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
Make the Song Your Own
Love the song, but it's not quite right for your quartet or chorus? Suitable for competition? Maybe there's a way to change a few things and make it a better fit for you. Tweak the arrangement, revoice a section, adjust the Intro or the Tag. Bring your problem music to class and see if Mel can help.
FACULTY: Mel Knight TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartets, Music Team
Mixed BBS Chorus Part 1/2
Spend an enjoyable session singing in a mixed chorus. Sheet music and learning tracks are available HERE. Download and start learning before HCNW begins so you will be ready to explore the joys of singing together! Session 7 is spent coming together and cleaning up the song and session 8 will be a coaching session.
FACULTY: Gerry Borden TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Phonetics
Have you ever listened to a group and heard them singing mis-matched vowels? In this class we will explore the different sounds of American English, learn about phonetics and how to help with unity of vowels and consonants, and practice transcribing words using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
FACULTY: LoveNotes TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Supercharging Your Chapter: Teacher and Student
Paul Ellinger's "Supercharging your Chapter" has been remarkably successful for the Seattle SeaChordsmen. Join Paul and Ted Chamberlain, director of the SeaChordsmen, for a brief introduction to Supercharging your Chapter from Paul and some implementation tips from Ted's experience of putting the ideas into action. This is a fantastic opportunity to ask questions and gain support as you work to grow your chapters and choruses!
FACULTY: Ted Chamberlain and Paul Ellinger TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus leadership
Tips and Tricks for Sectionals and How to Apply Them
Looking for new ways to present old information? Looking for ways to make section rehearsals more successful? Section leaders will leave with many ways to make every section rehearsal more productive for everyone.
FACULTY: Nancy Kurth TARGET AUDIENCE: Section Leaders, Assistant Directors, Wanna-bes
Vocal Production
Singers never stop learning how to be better singers. As we become better singers, revisiting the basics helps us integrate better habits and root out the bad habits that have snuck in.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets
Woodshedding for Beginners
Are you curious about woodshedding, but don't have a clue how to do it? This class will start with the simplest-possible materials, and show you why some alternatives work better than others. It would be helpful if you knew a little bit about chord structure, but we'll try to cover everything so you won't be left behind. After this class, you'll have a good start at understanding woodshedding.
FACULTY: Harry Buerer TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
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SESSION 8, Sunday, June 17, 2018 10:30am-12:00pm
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Fox
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Will Fox TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
40-minute Vocal Lesson - Keller
This is your opportunity to have a scheduled 40-minute singing lesson. You'll meet one-on-one with a fantastic vocal coach who will help you personally become a better singer. NOTE: HCNW will still offer a limited number of 20-minute PVIs during the Saturday dinner hour on a first come, first served basis. You may sign up for those at registration.
FACULTY: Elizabeth Keller TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Care of the Senior Voice
Did you know men and women experience more than one voice change in their lives? Learn the physiological changes that occur in the aging voice. Also discussed are preventative measures and exercises to maintain vocal health. Lecture/masterclass-style format.
FACULTY: Steve Scott TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Grow Your Audience
A cappella music is experiencing a resurgence, but is your chapter benefitting from it? Are you struggling to find and retain an audience? Creating awareness of your chapter or chorus requires more than an advertisement in the local paper. Changing communication habits require that a chapter utilize a wide variety of marketing methods and tools. We’ll review audience needs and how to align chapter desires with them, as well as partnerships and other relationships that can help you grow your audience. We’ll examine your chapter “persona” (the public face that you present in your marketing) and how that helps or hurts your efforts. We’ll also review marketing techniques and their effectiveness, including social media, email marketing, SEO/SEM, and more traditional forms.
FACULTY: Chris Rimple TARGET AUDIENCE: Chapter/Chorus Leadership
History of Barbershop
Did you know you can trace barbershop music back to the 16th century? Come listen and share our rich history.
FACULTY: Sandy Cahill TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone
Make More Changes, Faster
We often cease to improve because we "do things like we've done." The crucial element here is make changes to what you're doing, then evaluate the result. And do more of this, more often! This class is about making choices in rehearsal that maximize the rate of change for the better. Offered in sessions 2 and 8.
FACULTY: Ron Black TARGET AUDIENCE: chorus directors, musical leaders, quartets
Master Part Classes - Sing Your Part Smart BARITONE
Want to learn to be the best BARITONE you can be? Come to this class to learn the ins and outs of your voice part.
FACULTY: Caitlin Castelino TARGET AUDIENCE: Baritones
Master Part Classes - Sing Your Part Smart BASS
Want to learn to be the best BASS you can be? Come to this class to learn the ins and outs of your voice part.
FACULTY: Stephanie Lawson TARGET AUDIENCE: Basses
Master Part Classes - Sing Your Part Smart LEAD
Want to learn to be the best LEAD you can be? Come to this class to learn the ins and outs of your voice part.
FACULTY: Mia Dessenberger TARGET AUDIENCE: Leads
Master Part Classes - Sing Your Part Smart TENOR
Want to learn to be the best TENOR you can be? Come to this class to learn the ins and outs of your voice part.
FACULTY: Brittany Gilmore TARGET AUDIENCE: Tenors
Mixed BBS Chorus Part 2/2 - Coaching!
Now that you've had a chance to work and sing together, it's time for a coaching session! Sheet music and learning tracks are available HERE. Download and start learning before HCNW begins so you will be ready to explore the joys of singing together!
FACULTY: Gerry Borden and Gary Steinkamp TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone who attended part 1
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 TARGET AUDIENCE: Directors, Teachers, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders
Vocal Color and Blend
Listen to recordings of singers. Explore and describe diverse vocal timbre. Practice vocal techniques that will achieve beautiful ensemble blend. Everybody sings!
FACULTY: Beth Bruce TARGET AUDIENCE: Everyone, Quartets
What It Is To Be Real
This class will discuss the ‘new’ Performance Category and how meaningful, emotional performances can be achieved by the “volunteer” singer/performer. Coaching of a quartet in a Master Class session will provide the setting for this discussion.
FACULTY: Marty Lovick with NewFangled Four Quartet TARGET AUDIENCE: Quartet, Everyone
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