2025 Workshops
Thursday - June 12
Directors Workshop – Dr. Don Campbell
(Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies)
Workshop 101 – Janice Wheeler
(Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies)
Arrangers Workshop 201 – Zach Groeblinghoff
(Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies)
Arrangers Workshop 301 – Mike Menefee & Chuck Roegiers
(Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies)
Harmony Platoon
(Thurs-Friday, Workshop Fee Applies, Singers need to order their own music)
EVG District Board Meeting
2025 Classes
Here’s a tentative list of our coming classes for this year. 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.
Friday and Saturday will also include opportunities for:
PVI Personal Vocal Instruction — Quartet Coaching — Chorus Coaching
Friday - June 13
1:15-2:15pm – Seesion 1
| Arranging for Directors – Steve Armstrong |
| Motivating for Directors – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| Feel the Groove! – Lisa Schwarzkopf |
| Music Fundamentals – Jay Krumbholz |
| EPIC Leadership – The Art/Skill of Delegating – Ric Keaster |
| 1-2-3 Method – Paul Ellinger |
| What’s Behind Powerful Performances – Charlie Buss |
| Booking The Show – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Tag Singing: Paul’s Favorites – Paul Olguin |
2:30-3:30pm – Session 2
| Thematic Elements of BBS Arrangements – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Intro to Song Writing – Paul Olguin |
| Vocal Pedagogy – Will Scott |
| Step Up Your Directing, pt 1 – Donny Rose |
| Yoga for Singers – Charlie Buss |
| Sing Sing Sing – Melanie McGuire |
| Wave Box Singing – Paul Ellinger |
| Blending and Bringing Music to Life – Gabe Caretto |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 1 – Dr. Don Campbell |
| Sing in BBS Style – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| Attack Parrot – Nick Gorne |
3:45-4:45 pm – Session 3
| Arranger Lab – Jake Bavarsky |
| Ear Singing Guide to Intervals – Zach Groeblinghoff |
| Intro to Sight Reading – James Williams |
| Learn Music Fast – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| Value-based Organization – Iain Haukka |
| Step Up Your Directing, pt 2 – Donny Rose |
| Authenticity – Liam Whitney |
| HCNW Chorus – Rich Lapp |
| Quartet 101 – Melanie McGuire |
| Rehearsal Techniques – Will Scott |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 2 – Dr. Don Campbell |
8:30-9:30 pm – Session 4
| Introduction to Barbershop Harmony Improvisation. – Paul Olguin |
| Reading Music – Lisa Schwarzkopf |
| Goal Setting – Lisa Greenough |
| Building/sustaining qtt-based chapter – Sean Huston |
| Accentuate the Positive – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Ins/Outs of Great Performances – Shawn Mondragon |
| The Tool Box – Will Fox |
| Warm up – what, how, why – Phil Cheasbro |
| Develop Your Awareness of Tonal Center – Donny Rose |
| Vowel Movement – Dr. Don Campbell |
| Using Canva for Marketing and Design – Iain Haukka |
Saturday - June 14
8:30-9:30am – Session 5
| A Sugar & Meat Approach to Chorus Growth – Greg Verhappen |
| Conflict is our Friend – Ric Keaster |
| How to Run a Great Sectional – Frances Lunder |
| So, You Want to Be an MC – Shawn Mondragon |
| Introducing PVIs into Rehearsals – Marsha Kelly |
| Fun Singing Early in the Morning – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| Face the Music: Connecting Emotionally with the Audience – Lisa Greenough |
| Learn Your Part by Cheating – Zach Groeblinghoff |
| Your Nervous System in Performance, pt 1 – Donya Metzger |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 1 – Dr. Don Campbell |
9:45-10:45 am – Session 6
| Musical Notation – Mike Rosen |
| Introduction to Barbershop Harmony Improvisation. – Paul Olguin |
| Cultivating Connection: Leading Cultural Change in Your Choir – Dr. Phil Grant |
| Building Communications – Lisa Greenough |
| What’s Behind Powerful Performances – Charlie Buss |
| Quartet Fundamentals from Backstage to Onstage – Shawn Mondragon |
| Sing Sing Sing – Adrian Smith |
| A Look Inside the Music: Vegetable Parody – Steve Armstrong |
| Sing Up! – Paul Ellinger |
| Foxy’s FUN-damentals – Will Fox |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 2 – Dr. Don Campbell |
| Your Nervous System in Performance, pt 2 – Donya Metzger |
11:00-Noon – Session 7
| Arranging for Directors – Steve Armstrong |
| Musical Notation – Mike Rosen |
| Directing for Directors – Donny Rose |
| Lemon Squeezy Story Time – Lemon Squeezy |
| Booking The Show – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Pitch Maintenance for Section Leaders – Frances Lunder |
| HCNW Chorus – Rich Lapp |
| Spice Up Your Quartet Rehearsal – Zach Groeblinghoff |
| Sing in BBS Style – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| You & Harmony – Will Fox, Marsha Kelly |
| Sing Together Better – Dr. Phil Grant |
1:15-2:15pm – Session 8
| Understanding BBS from the Ground up – Steve Armstrong |
| Coaching Under Glass – Lisa Greenough |
| Effective Choral Warm-ups – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Rehearsal Techniques for ALL chorus members – Donny Rose |
| Intervals and chords – James Williams |
| HOD Meeting – EVG Board |
| Who am I Dueting With? – Raymond Schwarzkopf |
| Listening to Yourself – Dr. Phil Grant |
| Vibrant Visual Vocal Techniques – Paul Ellinger |
| Making CENTS of Resonance, Tuning, Overtones, and Ringing Chords – Will Fox |
| Attack Parrot – Nick Gorne |
| Free Body, part 1 – Donya Metzger |
| Everything You Need to Video Record Your Rehearsals – Lee Holmes |
2:30-3:30am – Session 9
| Coaching Under Glass / dir / chorus – Donny Rose |
| SOS – Speaking of Synchornization – Dr. Don Campbell |
| Sight Reading for Beginners – Frances Lunder |
| Harmonizing non-chord tones – Jay Krumbholz |
| Changing Culture to Facilitate Growth – Ric Keaster |
| Ins/Outs of Great Performances – Shawn Mondragon |
| HCNW Chorus – Rich Lapp |
| Learn to Breathe – Nick Gorne |
| But How Should I sing it? – Zach Groeblinghoff |
| Warm up – what, how, why – Phil Cheasbro |
| Vocal Pedagogy – Will Scott |
| Free Body, part 2 – Donya Metzger |
3:45-4:45pm – Session 10
| Accentuate the Positive – Dr. Dan Wessler |
| Want to become an HU/HCNW Facutly – Frances Lunder |
| So, You Want to Be an MC – Shawn Mondragon |
| Sing Sing Sing – Adrian Smith |
| Performance Sphere – Paul Ellinger |
| Tag Singing: Paul’s Favorites – Paul Olguin |
| Using Phone to Learn – Iain Haukka |
| FACEBOOK – Greg Kronlund |