Harmony College Northwest

2024 Activities and Classes

Scan down through the list of great titles being offered this year…. for more details and class desriptions you can get a sneak preview of the classes in SCHED by clicking on this button. 

After you register (and pay) through our Registration page, you will receive a notice that you can go to SCHED and select your classes for the weekend.

Throughout the weekend offerings:    
PVI Personal Vocal Instruction  — Quartet Coaching  — Chorus Coaching

thursday

Arrangers Workshop  
      (Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies)

Harmony Platoon 
      (Thurs-Friday, 
Workshop Fee Applies, Singers need to order their own music)

EVG District Board Meeting

FRIDAY

1-2-3 Method
Attack Parrot Commence: Sing with Ping and Spin
Barber-Rubato
Carry Your Part Quicker, 101
How to Become a Tag Teacher
Language of Music (Learning at least a little bit)
Motivation for Chorus Directors
Music Notation on a Budget
Reading Music
Round table: Getting Chapters Back on Track
Strengths-Based Coaching: The Art of Appreciative Inquiry

Carry Your Part Quicker, 201
Finale – Q&A – Music Notation Software
Fix Tonal Center Flatting for Good!
Harmony Across Miles: Tips and Tricks for Navigating a Long Distance Quartet Experience 
HCNW MIXED CHORUS, first rehearsal
Introduction to Sight Reading
Looking at your Chorus through Rose Colored Glasses
Making CENTS of Resonance, Tuning, Overtones, and Ringing Chords
Nonverbal Communication for Rehearsal Efficiency
The Ins and Outs and In Betweens of a Great Performance
Visual and Vibrant Vocal Techniques
What is Woodshedding?

Beyond the Notes: The Business of Singing in a Quartet
Bring Your Music to Life
Carry Your Part Quicker, 301
Crafting the Crescendo – A Journey from Notes to Final Vision
Director’s Workshop
HCNW MIXED CHORUS, second rehearsal
How to Tame Stage Fright
How to Write a Barbershop Tag
Practical Leadership for Chapter & Chorus Leaders
Purposeful Repertoire
Sing in the Barbershop Style
Vocal Production – Vocal Colors-

SATURDAY

An Ear-Singers Guide to Intervals
Chorus Directors Gens
From (A)nxious to (Z)esty
How to register your chorus/quartet for a contest?
I Am Smiling: Characterization for the Masses
Non-Theory Theory
Olguin’s Favorite “100 Days” Tag with Paul!
Personal Computer Instruction (PCIs) – Canva
Personal Computer Instruction (PCIs) – PC, MAC
Personal Computer Instruction (PCIs) – Choir Genius
Personal Computer Instruction (PCIs) – Social Media
Quartet Fundamentals from Backstage to On-Stage
Tag Writing Clinic
The Chorus Warmup: The Most Important Part of the Rehearsal
Wavebox Singing

Coaching Under Glass: TBD
Harmonizing Excellence: Effective Rehearsal Techniques for Quartets
Intervals and Chords
Learn Music Fast!
Learn to Breathe (You think you do, but you don’t)
Listening to Yourself: Making Progress Using Recordings
S.W.O.T.
So You Want to Be HU / HCNW Faculty
Out Standing in Front
Teaching Tag Singing
The TOOLBOX: Become Your Own Vocal and Performance Coach
Tough Talks Part 1: Get Unstuck
Vocal Production with Adrian Smith

Coaching Under Glass: TBD
HCNW MIXED CHORUS, third rehearsal
Mechanics of the Vocal Instrument
Olguin’s Favorite “100 Days” Tag with Paul!
Quartet Leadership and Dynamics
Rhythm Basics
Section Leaders
Social Harmony 101: Compassionate Communication for Singers
The Idiot’s Guide to Facebook
Tough Talks Part 2: Holding a Tough Talk
Using Your Best Voice
Your Nervous System in Performance

HOD (House of Delegates) Meeting (3:30)

Body, Breath, Movement and Meaning
Coaching Under Glass: TBD
Everything You Need to Video Record Your Rehearsals
Foxy’s FUN-damentals
Fundamentals of Swing for the Vocalist
Legato for Beginners: What it is and how to create it
Music Fundamentals
Reading Music
So You Want to be an MC
Successful Sectionals 
What is Woodshedding?
What’s the BIG IDEA?

SUNDAY

1-2-3 Method
Getting Beyond Scoresheets
Introduction to Sight Reading
Music Theory: Basic Crash Course
Olguin’s Favorite “100 Days” Tag with Paul!
Resonance, Alignment and Efficient Usage of the Instrument
Rhythm Basics
Vocal Production with Adrian Smith
What do BHS judges do exactly?
Bring Your Music to Life

I Am Smiling: Characterization for the Masses
Intervals and Chords
Sing in the Barbershop Style
The Ins and Outs and In Betweens of a Great Performance
Visual and Vibrant Vocal Techniques
Vocal Production – Warmups / SOVT
Olguin’s Favorite “100 Days” Tag with Paul!

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