EDUCATION
Class Descriptions for AC&C 2009 click to download
As we come into our 50th Anniversary, we are offering a variety of classes that we hope appeal to our members. We want to support our members increasing their knowledge and skills in the hobby we all love.
Harmony’s 50th Celebration: We have two classes that clearly relate to Harmony – then and now.
- History of Harmony – An excellent presentation has been prepared on how Harmony came to be. Few of our current members are charter members, so most of us could learn how we came to be.
- What a Dream Can Do – this is the beautiful song written for Harmony by Christine Hayes, the director of Silk’n Sounds. The song shares our passion for music. There will be sectional rehearsals for baritones and basses and leads and tenors so that we can all perform the song on Saturday – it will be an awesome experience. Lindsay Chartier and Jennifer Wheaton will be the “section leaders”.
Learn how your chorus can be a standout among all the other local choral groups…….
- How to be a Good MC…. Being an MC, whether in barbershop area or not, requires some basic skills and this is the place to learn them. The MC class participants will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills in the Saturday evening show.
- Show Production - Tips on putting a performance together – the more professional we can make our performances, the more respect we will earn in our community.
- Marketing into the Future Panel Discussion & Roundtable: Colleen Christman, Chris Kuntz, Wendy McCoole, Kath Morgan, Elaine Pelkey, Heather Solomon: Leveraging technology to improve Marketing/PR efforts: increase visibility, enhance image, net more revenues, and attract more members. How to achieve better results using: websites, Facebook, YouTube, Myspace, blogs, etc.
For those members who want to improve their individual skills …….
- Unleashing Your Own Great Voice – Learn how to improve your voice and generate more resonance so that you can help your chorus and/or quartet even more.
- Using Linguistic Techniques in Singing – You will learn new ways to sing more cleanly, using linguistic techniques; you will be surprised how quickly some of those troublesome word sounds improve.
- Warm ups and other Boot Camp Basics for Singers – The class will help new singers as well as those of us who have been around a while…. We all need a refresher class and this one will be awesome.
For directors, quartets, coaches and most anyone else….
- Making a Song Come Alive - how to approach lyrics, melody and arrangement as part of determining the best choices for tempo, dynamics, inflection and music.
- Song Themes – What you need to know - You will have an opportunity to explore the different thematic choices we have to effectively communicate a message to the audience, and follow with DVD examples, and hopefully lively discussion!
- Just for Laughs – Learn how to design and develop of a comedic performance; what makes an audience laugh and still get good scores in singing.
Craft Class Instructors click to download
Rob Campbell has been the men’s category specialist for the Music Category and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his class- from the judging perspective, as an arranger and a performer.
Steve Delehanty, one of the Music Judges for the weekend, will provide a class on the design and development of a comedic performance. Steve is an accomplished arranger and has often prepared parodies, along with being a chorus director, and a member of a very successful comedy quartet.
Ken Fisher is one of our Singing Judges – who is a performer himself and has been the coach for many of Harmony’s successful choruses and quartets. What he has to offer will only lead to you being a much more accomplished singer.
Myrt McCardle comes from PEI where she is the director of one of Area 1’s top choruses; additionally she has sung in several quartets and is often called upon to coach both in Canada and the US. She has been a certified Presentation Judge for over 6 years.
Kath Morgan (wife of Mike) is Harmony’s Immediate Past President and she brings years of experience in Harmony both in the leadership area and as a performer. Her class on the History of Harmony will present the depth and breadth of this organization – a class not to be missed.
Mike Morgan (husband of Kath) has extensive experience in putting together performances, organizing shows as well as providing instruction on how to be an MC – Mike has years in radio as an MC. Mike’s involvement in Harmony is extensive- he has been a director, judge, coach, and wonderful teacher/mentor
Steve Tramack – has become a well-known coach, teacher, quartet man and chorus director. He successfully led the Granite Statesmen to qualify for the Barbershop Harmony International Contest at least 4 times. He is constantly learning about singing and music and is wonderful at sharing his information – his energy is hard to match. Oh,yes,,, and Steve is also now a candidate in the Music Category.
Section Leaders for What a Dream Can Do:
· Lindsay Chartier – two time International Quartet Champion, bass of Ringtones, Harmony’s current International third place medalist quartet, and director of Montreal City Voices
· Jennifer Wheaton – assistant director of Montreal City Voices, lead of Ringtones, Harmony’s current International third place medalist quartet, former director and organizer of the Generations Chorus and now an applicant in Harmony’s judging program in the singing category and she will be joining Ken Fisher as he teaches one of his classes.
Facilitator of Marketing Discussion – Chris Kuntz is well-known in Area 2 and all of Harmony for her incredible commitment to advancing the image and meaning of Harmony Inc. if we all had her energy, enthusiasm and knowledge our membership would be growing by leaps and bounds. She will work with an excellent panel of guests from area choruses who will share their ideas: Colleen, Champlain Echoes; Heather, Montreal City Voices; Wendy, Sounds of the Seacoast/Harmony Inc web mistress; Elaine, BarreTones, Inc, and Kath Morgan, Rochester Rhapsody and Harmony Inc.
This page was updated on 04/03/2009