Handouts from HCNW's past

You may have missed a year, but you can still peek at what the instructors taught by reading their handouts!

2018 Handouts

​Supercharging Your Chapter - Paul Ellinger

​PVI's and Vocal Lessons
Beth Bruce - 
Arranged by Sessions

SESSION 1:
Duncan Gilman - Shop Culture
Harry Buerer - Sight-Singing - Beginning
Jim Clark - What NOT to do - Mistakes we make and how to avoid them
LoveNotes - Rehearsal Techniques
Ted Chamberlain - LAXVox and SovT 
SESSION 2:
Beth Bruce - Vowel Targets and Practical Application ​Chris Rimple - What's Your Vision?
Duncan Gilman - Social Media Marketing for Choruses and Quartets
Harry Buerer - Sight-Singing - Advanced
Jean Barford- How to Give PVIs
​​Jim Clark - Chorus Outreach
Kevin Keller - Inner Game of Music
Lisa Schwarzkopf - Reading Music
Lucy Heinkel - Rehearsal Planning and Techniques
LoveNotes - Performance Anxiety
Rob Macdonald - Setting and Achieving Goals​
Will Fox - Director 1-on-1

SESSION 3:
Chris Rimple - Barbershop in our Changing World
Gary Steinkamp - Director Toolkit
Harry Buerer - Recognizing Basic Chords
Jan Carley - Overtone Effect ​Kathy Scheel / Nancy Kurth - Take Me to Your (Section) Leader Lucy Heinkel - How to be a Great Small Chorus Paul Ellinger - Wavebox Singing (Ses 3-6)
Rob Macdonald - Five Leadership Practices
​Ted Chamberlain - Techno-Tuning Will Fox - How to Sing a Good Line


SESSION 4:
Chris Rimple - Do Less and Sing More
Jan Carley - Overtone Effect or How to Live Your Life on a High Note Jim Clark - Make 'em Laugh
Kevin Keller - Motivation: The ABC Model an Why You Care
LoveNotes - Chord Balancing
Marty Lovick - Getting Into the Zone
Mike Rosen - Beginning Finale Nancy Kurth - Vocal Exercises for Sectionals using Clues in the music Rob Macdonald - Leadership is Empowering
Ron Black - Ring Chords Like Never Before
​Ted Chamberlain - LAXVox and SovT 
​SESSION 5:
Beth Bruce - You are in charge of YOU
Chris Rimple - Inclusion in Barbershop
Jan Carley - Eliminating Mental Interference Kevin Keller - Understanding Your Music: How to Read the Mind of the Composer/Arranger
Lisa Schwarzkopf - Reading Music
Lucy Heinkel - Successes and Struggles for Small Choruses
Mike Rosen - Advanced Finale Nancy Kurth - Section Bonding and Unity Rob Macdonald - Leading Team Culture
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SESSION 6:
Harry Buerer - Arranging - Beginning
Jan Carley - It's About the Music, or is it? Being a Masterful Director Jean Barford  -  Space and Placespace_and_place.pdf
Lisa Schwarzkopf - Rhythm Basics
Lucy Heinkel - It's Not a Hashtag
​Mike Rosen - SmartScore Will Fox - Smoke and Mirrors: Being your own vocal coach

SESSION 7:
Chris Rimple - Grow Your Chapter
Gerry Borden - Mixed Barbershop Chorus Harry Buerer:  Woodshedding for Beginner
​LoveNotes - Phonetics Handout
Nancy Kurth:  Tips and Tricks for Sectionals and How to Apply Them Raymond Schwarzkopf - Entertaining is Providing Nourishment for your Guests
Will Fox - Vocal Production

SESSION 8:
Beth Bruce:  Vocal Color and Blend
Chris Rimple - Grow Your Audience
​LoveNotes - How to Master Singing Tenor
LoveNotes - How to Master Singing Lead
LoveNotes - How to Master Singing Baritone
LoveNotes - How to Master Singing Bass
Ron Black - Make More Changes Faster ​_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2017 Handouts

SESSION 1:
Harry Buerer - Beginning Sight-singing
Ryan Heller - Putting the YOU in Unit - Synchronization
Judy Pozsgay - Characterization - Get Some! 
Chris Rimple -  Free Stuff
    Free Stuff - Class Slides pdf
    Free Stuff - Video Link
​
SESSION 2:
Harry Buerer - Advance Sight-singing
Ted Chamberlain - Resonance Alignment through vowel modification
    Chart
    Spreadsheet Exercises examples
    I Love You Truly
    PR / Contact info
Ryan Heller - Artistic Singing
Chuck Roegiers - Creative Script Writing Handout
Lisa Schwarzkopf - Music Reading Basics

SESSION 3:
Brian Barford - Language of Barbershop
    Class Outline - pdf
    Class Presentation - pdf
Harry Buerer - My First Arrangement
Lucy Heinkel - How to Be a Great Small Chorus
Rob Macdonald - BHS Giving Great Feedback
Melissa Pope - Sight Singing
Chris Rimple - Building an Audience 
    Building an Audience - Class Slides
​    Building an Audience - Video Link
Darwin Scheel - Tag Singing
Beth Smith - How to Give PVIs

SESSION 4:
Ted Chamberlain - Back to Basics - Posture and Breathing
    Posture Breathing Handout
    PR / Contact info
Lucy Heinkel - Successes and Issues for Small Choruses
Ryan Heller - Analytical Listening - Directors Need Big Ears
Rob Macdonald - Introduction to Think!
Judy Pozsgay - Putting Together a Performance Package 
​Chris Rimple - Marketing Your Chorus
   Marketing Your Chorus - Slides 
    Marketing Your Chorus - Video Link

​SESSION 5:
Lea Beverly - Expression Category
   Expression Scoresheet
Ted Chamberlain - Wavebox Singing
    Single sheet handout
    Warm up for Wavebox
    I Love You Truly
    PR / Contact info
Will Fox - Youth Class Student Notes
​Lucy Heinkel - Barbershop Blend Basics
Darwin Scheel - Vocal Freedom
Lisa Schwarzkopf - Rhythm Basics
Raymond Schwarzkopf - Story Teller Mindset

​SESSION 6:
Lea Beverly - Sychronization
Ryan Heller - Artistic Singing
Lucy Heinkel - That's Not a Hash Tag
Lisa & Raymond Schwarzkopf - Stage Fright
Beth Smith - Armchair Judging
     Armchair Judging Scoring Key

SESSION 7:
Sandy Cahill
    PVI Checklist
    PVI Cheat Sheet
Ted Chamberlain - Developing Your Own Personal Warm Up Routines
    Worksheet
    Sample Exercises
    SOVT and Vox Tube - Complete
    PR / Contact info
Will Fox  - Foxy's Fundamentals for Making More Music!
Rob Macdonald - BHS Five Leadership Roles
​Chris Rimple - Barbershop in Our Changing World
​    Barbershop in Our Changing World - Slides
    Barbershop in Our Changing World - Video link
Raymond Schwarzkopf - Beyond the Scoresheet

SESSION 8:
​Ted Chamberlain - Techno-Tuning
    Basic Handout
    Just tuning chords
    PR / Contact info
Duncan Gilman - Social Media
Rob Macdonald - BHS Five Leadership Practices
​Chris Rimple - Do Less and Sing More
    Video of the class
    Do Less and Sing More - Slides

2016 Handouts

 Below are handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2016. ​

Advanced Sight Singing: Harry Buerer
All for One and All for One: Judy Pozsgay
Audacity for Barbershoppers: Ted Chamberlain
​Barbershop Faces: Ellen Townsend
Beginning Sight-Singing: Harry Buerer
Barbershop for Newbies: Ted Chamberlain
Barbershop Parts for Beginners: Pepper Quartet
BLYNCH: Kim Wonders
Choral Methods: Techniques for Chorus Leadership: Joe Cerutti
Consistent Breath Support: Paula Davis
Creative Script Writing: Paula Davis
Dealing with Difficult People: Candy Johnson
Delegating and Empowering Volunteers: Rob Macdonald
Don't Engineer It: Raymond Schwarzkopf
Effective Use of Embellishments: Lea Beverley
Effective Use of Warmups: Paula Davis
The Fifth Member: Doug Broersma
Get Out of the Box: Judy Pozsgay
Getting to the Next Level: Corinna Garriock
How to Change Your Chorus Culture: Nancy Kurth
How to Give PVIs: Paula Davis
How to Teach Vocal Production: Dave Tautkus
Identity of Your Quartet: Dave Tautkus
The Ins and Outs of Being a Fifth Ear/Coach: Lea Beverley
​Maximizing Your Events, Pt 1 & 2: Rob Macdonald
Moments of Truth: Rob Macdonald
Music Reading Basics: Lisa Schwarzkopf
​The Mystery of the Music Category (SAI): Corinna Garriock
Nearly Free Money: various faculty members
Picking Songs for Quartets and Choruses: Corinna Garriock
Putting Together a Performance Package: Judy Pozsgay
Rehearsal Techniques: Kim Wonders
Rhythm – What’s Not on the Page: Lisa Schwarzkopf
Score Study for Directors: Joe Cerutti
Shaping the Sound of Your Singers: Joe Cerutti
Sing Like a Champ: Ted Chamberlain
Song Interpretation: Corinna Garriock
So You Want to be in a Quartet: Brandon Hall & Darwin Scheel
Stage Fright?!?: Raymond Schwarzkopf and Ellen Townsend
The Storyteller's Mind: Raymond Schwarzkopf & Carl VanHoff
Successes and Issues for Small Choruses: Candy Johnson
Synchronization 101: Candy Johnson
Tag Singing, Sessions A and B: Darwin Scheel
Techno Tuning: Ted Chamberlain
Three Steps to Singing in Tune: Joe Cerutti
To Synch or Not to Synch: Lea Beverley
Training Games for Performers: Kim Wonders
Vocal Craft: Dave Tautkus
 

2015 Handouts

Below are handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2015. ​

Audacity for Barbershoppers: Ted Chamberlain
Barbershop Parts for Beginners: Pepper Quartet
    Barbershop Parts for Beginners: warm-up exercise: Pepper Quartet
Delegating and Empowering Volunteers Well: Rob Macdonald
Don't Engineer It: Raymond Schwarzkopf
Entertaining is Providing Nourishment to your Guest: Raymond Schwarzkopf
Essence of Barbershop for Newbies: Ted Chamberlain
How to Give PVIs/ Building a Vocal Skill Program: Paula Davis
Moments of Truth: Rob Macdonald
Preparing for Memorable Performances: Sue Middleton
Presenting Solutions and Ideas to your Chapter:  Rob Macdonald
Quartet Managment: Syd Libsack
Rehearsal Techniques-- Making Tues. the Best Night of the Week: Sharon Babb
Sing A Stack of Songs - Women: Nancy Kurth
Sing Your Part Smart: Sharon Babb
Standing Ovation Program: Bobby Huber
Start Your Engines!  Vocal Production and Warmup Techniques: Paula Davis
The Storytellers Mind: Schwarzkopf and Van Hoff
Strategies for Effective Music Learning: Sharon Babb
Successes and Issues for Small Choruses: Candy Johnson
Synchronization 101: Candy Johnson
Tag Singing: Darwin Scheel and Brandon Hall
Talent is Only a Starting Point: Candy Johnson
Techno-Tuning: Ted Chamberlain
Tempos and Rhythms Made Easy: Paula Davis
Understanding SAI Judging; Instant Leveling: Beth Smith
Vocal Production: Teresa McCafferty
What Tags Can Teach:  Sharon Babb
Youth Outreach-Ideas and Strategies: Panel Discussion

2014 Handouts

Below are handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2014. 

2013 Handouts

Here are handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2013. 

2012 Handouts

Here are the handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2012. 

2011 Handouts

Here are the handouts from Harmony College Northwest 2011. 

2010 Handouts

Here are PDFs of the available handouts from classes taught at the 2010 Harmony College Northwest.