2025 Workshops
Thursday - June 12 (1:00-9:00pm) and Friday (8:30am-noon)
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 (TBD)
2025 HCNW 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
NOON-1:00pm – Special
| Leading a Non-Profit Organization with Hickman, Cox |
1:15-2:15pm – Session 1
| Arranging for Directors with Armstrong |
| Feel the Groove! with Schwarzkopf, L |
| Know Your Members with Cox, Hickman |
| 1-2-3 Method with Ellinger |
| What’s Behind Powerful Performances with Buss |
| Booking The Show with Wessler |
| Sing in BBS Style with Schwarzkopf, R |
| Tag Singing: Paul’s Favorites with Olguin |
| Singing with Smith, A |
| Judging 101 with Krumbholz |
2:30-3:30pm – Session 2
| Thematic Elements of BBS Arrangements with Wessler |
| Intro to Song Writing with Olguin |
| Step Up Your Directing, pt 1 with Rose, D |
| First Impression are Lasting Impressions with Cox, Hickman, Thomas |
| Yoga for Singers with Buss |
| Wave Box Singing with Ellinger |
| Blending and Bringing Music to Life with Caretto |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 1 with Campbell |
| Attack Parrot with Gorne |
| The Truth About Social Media with Rose, Amy |
| Quartet Fundamentals from Backstage to Onstage with Mondragon |
3:45-4:45 pm – Session 3
| Step Up Your Directing, pt 2 with Rose, D |
| Ear Singing Guide to Intervals with Groeblinghoff |
| Intro to Sight Reading with Williams |
| Learn Music Fast with Schwarzkopf, R |
| Healthy Chapter Inititatives with Macdonald, Hickman, Cox |
| Authenticity with Whitney, Liam |
| HCNW Chorus with Lapp |
| Quartet 101 with McGuire |
| Rehearsal Techniques with Scott, W |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 2 with Campbell |
| Do This, Not That: Social Media Best Practices with Rose, Amy |
8:30-9:30 pm – Session 4
| Introduction to Barbershop Harmony Improvisation. with Olguin |
| Reading Music with Schwarzkopf, L |
| Goal Setting with Greenough |
| Tagging with Sean with Sean Huston |
| Ins/Outs of Great Performances with Mondragon |
| The Tool Box with Fox |
| Warm up – what, how, why with Cheasbro |
| Develop Your Awareness of Tonal Center with Rose, D |
| Vowel Movement with Campbell |
| Using Canva for Marketing and Design with Haukka |
Saturday - June 14
8:30-9:30am – Session 5
| A Sugar & Meat Approach to Chorus Growth with Verhappen |
| Conflict is our Friend with Keaster |
| How to Run a Great Sectional with Lunder |
| Introducing PVIs into Rehearsals with Kelly, Marsha |
| Fun Singing Early in the Morning with Schwarzkopf, R |
| Face the Music: Connecting Emotionally with the Audience with Greenough |
| Your Nervous System in Performance, pt 1 with Metzger |
| Staying Connected: How Technology Can Improve Chorus Culture with Rose, Amy |
| Blending and Bringing Music to Life with Caretto |
9:45-10:45 am – Session 6
| Musical Notation with Rosen, M |
| Introduction to Barbershop Harmony Improvisation. with Olguin |
| Cultivating Connection: Leading Cultural Change in Your Choir with Grant |
| Building Communications with Greenough |
| SOS – Speaking of Synchornization with Campbell |
| What’s Behind Powerful Performances with Buss |
| Singing with Smith, A |
| A Look Inside the Music: Vegetable Parody with Armstrong |
| Sing Up! with Ellinger |
| Foxy’s FUN-damentals with Fox |
| Intervals and chords with Williams |
| Your Nervous System in Performance, pt 2 with Metzger |
11:00-Noon – Session 7
| Arranging for Directors with Armstrong |
| Musical Notation with Rosen, M |
| Lemon Squeezy Story Time with Lemon Squeezy |
| Pitch Maintenance for Section Leaders with Lunder |
| HCNW Chorus with Lapp |
| Spice Up Your Quartet Rehearsal with Groeblinghoff |
| Sing in BBS Style with Schwarzkopf, R |
| You & Harmony with Fox / Kelly |
| Sing Together Better with Grant |
1:15-2:15pm – Session 8
| Understanding BBS from the Ground Up with Armstrong |
| Coaching Under Glass with Greenough, L |
| Effective Choral Warm-ups with Wessler |
| So, You Want to Be an MC with Mondragon |
| HOD Meeting with EVG Board |
| Rehearsal Techniques for ALL chorus members with Rose, D |
| Listening to Yourself with Grant |
| Vibrant Visual Vocal Techniques with Ellinger |
| Making CENTS of Resonance, Tuning, Overtones, and Ringing Chords with Fox |
| Attack Parrot with Gorne |
| Free Body, part 1 with Metzger, D |
| Everything You Need to Video Record Your Rehearsals with Holmes, Lee |
| EPIC Leadership – The Art/Skill of Delegating with Keaster |
2:30-3:30am – Session 9
| Sight Reading for Beginners with Lunder |
| Beginning Tag Writing with Krumbholz |
| Changing Culture to Facilitate Growth with Keaster |
| Musical Notation with Rosen, M |
| HCNW Chorus with Lapp |
| Learn to Breathe with Gorne |
| But How Should I sing it? with Groeblinghoff |
| Warm up – what, how, why with Cheasbro |
| Free Body, part 2 with Metzger, D |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 1 with Campbell |
Value-based Organization with Haukka |
| Coaching Under Glass / dir / chorus with Rose, D |
3:45-4:45pm – Session 10
| Accentuate the Positive with Wessler |
| Want to become an HU/HCNW Facutly with Lunder |
| Performance Sphere with Ellinger |
| Tag Singing: Paul’s Favorites with Olguin |
| Using Phone to Learn with Haukka |
| FACEBOOK with Kronlund |
| Tagging with Sean with Sean Huston |
| Care for the Aging Voice, pt 2 with Campbell |
| Rehearsal Techniques with Scott, W |
Sunday - June 15
8:30-10:00am – Session 11
CHAPTER GROWTH WITH ELLINGER