Harmony Weekend

Holiday Inn French Quarter - Perrysburg, OH
September 25 - 27, 2009

Overview

Faculty: Dr. Diane Clark

Deadlines

Pre-registration: August 17, 2009
Housing Reservations: August 17, 2009
Luncheon Tickets: September 14, 2009
PVI Lottery Sign-up: September 15, 2009
Quartet Coaching Lottery Sign-up: September 18, 2009

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Classes - Schedule & Handouts

Schedule - does not yet include class location
Handouts

Full Packet - Includes schedule & all of Dr. Clark's handouts

By Course - look at each handout separately:

A Crash Course in Vocal Production - Suggesting seven characteristics of a good singer and identifying a few tools to help singers cultivate these good vocal habits
Ask the Doctor - Ask Diane questions that have been on your mind
How to Give a PVI - Learning to analyze individual voices and suggest exercises to improve their sound. Volunteers from the audience will be utilized (hint: a PVI with Dr. Diane!)
The Singer's Toolkit: What to Practice at Home Between Rehearsals - Tips for individual daily practice at home... Learning ten tools for daily practice that will help the singer sing better and learn music more easily
Who, me? Creative? - Enhancing personal creativity... Understanding the eight aspects of creativity and encouraging indivduals to acknowledge and explore their creative potential.
Throw Away the Pitch Pipe! Improving Aural Skills - Become less dependent on the pitch pipe and more secure in the singer's own ability to audiate
Good Things Come in Small Packages - Using barbershop tags to teach the skills of 4-part harmony... Helping singers understand the relationship of the four parts and how to sing each part well

Regional Songs! Dr. Diane Clark will be using 3 regional songs during her classes, so please be up to speed. They are:

How We Sang Today
San Francisco Bay Blues
We'll Meet Again

Special Event! Wannabee Quartet School & Contest - Did you ever watch a quartet contest thinking "I'd REALLY like to do that, but I don't know where to start."? Or maybe "I THINK I could do that, but I don't know what to expect out on that stage."? Region 17's Quartet Promotion Team is here to help!

This event will use "Ain't-a That Good News" and "How We Sang Today". If you want to try a different part for this event, we have learning tracks for most parts. Please scroll to the bottom of this page.

Encore Club Event!- If you are in a registered quartet, the Encore Club would like to see you on Friday night for an event.

PVI Schedule - Lottery participants have been emailed, and can check the schedule here. Be sure to check again at registration for last-minute changes!

Quartet Coaching Lottery Sign-up! - Would you like a coaching session for your quartet at Harmony Weekend? We hold a lottery for all slots. Sign up by September 18th to be included!
Quartet Coaching Lottery Application Form

Directions to the Holiday Inn French Quarter

Registration Materials

Now available: submit your registration electronically! Open the fillable forms below and send them via email when complete. Or download the "full packet" and view it just like you would if it came in the mail.

Full Packet - in .pdf format

Fillable Forms