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1 | HARMONY COLLEGE NE 2025 | ||||||||
2 | Justin Miller | Deke Sharon | Sean Devine | Jim Clark | Mike Maino | Steve Scott | Vince Sandroni | Quartet Track | |
3 | Friday, Jul 18, 2025 | ||||||||
4 | 4:00 – 6:00 P | Registration in Remillard | |||||||
5 | 6:00 – 6:45 P | Dinner in Lombard | |||||||
6 | 7:00 – 8:00 P | General Session Justin Miller / Sean Devine Keynote Welcome Davis 205-207 | |||||||
7 | 8:15 – 9:30 P | Director’s Roundtable Conduct like a gold medal director, gestures to communicate with your chorus, taking a good sound to a better sound, directing a song from inside on the risers Davis TBD | Gold Festival Chorus: Step 1 Putting Rhythm of Love together the “Deke” way Davis 205-207 | Director’s Roundtable Conduct like a gold medal director, gestures to communicate with your chorus, taking a good sound to a better sound, directing a song from inside on the risers Davis TBD | Understanding why “funny” works Making your performance more interesting, from ho-hum to spirited Davis TBD | Give Me Your Best Shot Let’s role play some emcee/presenter jargon and see what happens Davis TBD | All Quartet Meeting 8-9:15 Davis TBD Quartet Interviews 9:30 -10 Davis TBD Coaches Meeting 10-10:45 Davis TBD | ||
8 | 9:45P – 12:30A | After Party (Remillard) | |||||||
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10 | Saturday, Jul 19, 2025 | ||||||||
11 | Justin Miller | Deke Sharon | Sean Devine | Jim Clark | Mike Maino | Steve Scott | Vince Sandroni | Quartet Track | |
12 | 6:45 – 7:45 A | Breakfast in Lombard | |||||||
13 | 7:15 - 7:45 A | Registration in Remillard | |||||||
14 | 8:00 – 8:45 A | General Session Be inspired to get moving and get motivated Davis 205-207 Deke Sharon / Steve Scott Vince Sandroni / Justin Miller | |||||||
15 | 9:00 - 10:15 A | Choral Technique Rehearsal planning aspects, tips for a vocal model Davis TBD | Singing Games Can be used as warm-ups, to build focus or musical precision, help build confidence in improvisation Davis TBD | Gold Festival Chorus Step 2 Adding artistry; kicking the level of performance up a notch or two Davis 205-207 | What! You want to make the audience feel emotions, including laughter! Davis TBD | Emcee vs Presenter Role Is there a difference and what is it? Davis TBD | Coaching #1 | ||
16 | 10:15 - 10:30 A | Grab ‘n Go Snack Davis Lobby | |||||||
17 | 10:30 - 11:45 A | Culture of Excellence Behind the scene tips to help directors, musical leaders, experienced members and administrators foster a culture of excellence to grow your ensemble Davis TBD | Contemporary A Cappella Arranging in 10 Steps Learn how to create a great contemporary a cappella arrangement using a tried and true 10 step formula Davis TBD | Performance for ALL Taking a song from sheet music to stage Davis TBD | Barriers & Solutions in a Post-Pandemic World: The pandemic is over so why are we still struggling? Davis TBD | SAY What? You want ME to talk! How to focus, speak to the audience, remember the script, and breathe, all at the same time! Davis TBD | Coaching #2 | ||
18 | 12:00–1:00 P | Lunch (Lombard) | |||||||
19 | 1:15 - 2:30 P | Competition Tips How to put on a great performance during competition, from the dressing room to the warm-up room to the stage | Finding Your Quartet’s Identity Starting a quartet, music selection, where to look, how to stand, to how to work together | Begin With the Audience in Mind Mistakes quartets/chapters/barbershoppers make and how to avoid them | Emcee/Presenter Do’s & Don’t’s How to put an audience to sleep, what not to say; How to keep an audience alert and entertained to enhance a chapter’s or quartet’s performance | The Fundamentals of Singing How to sing easier and improve your singing score | Introducing Barbershop Harmony into Schools How to be prepared and comfortable going into schools to introduce barbershop to music educators and students | Course Options | |
20 | 2:45 - 4:00 P | Conducting Gestures Like a Gold Medalist – give it a try, you have nothing to lose and much to gain | A Cappella Promo Kit Guidelines to get more gigs and impress even the most jaded promoter or newspaper editor; What’s in Your Kit? | Inspirational Performances What makes some performances more memorable than others? | Deconstructing Classic Comedy Performances Find out why “funny” works | Take the Challenge! Put your personality into your message for an “A+” job | Coaching #3 | ||
21 | 4:15 - 5:00 | Dinner (Lombard) | Meet w/ Coaches Davis TBD | ||||||
22 | 5:00 - 5:15 | Festival Chorus Fels | Festival Chorus Fels | Dinner (Lombard) | |||||
23 | 5:15 - 5:30 | ||||||||
24 | 5:30 -5:45 | ||||||||
25 | 5:45 - 6:00 | ||||||||
26 | 6:00 - 7:00 | ||||||||
27 | 7:00 P | Show (High School) | |||||||