Region 19's Education Page

Updated April 28, 2008

 

Education Team¯Handouts from Events¯Regional Library

 

REGION 19'S EDUCATION TEAM

Title: Name: Chorus: E-Mail:
Education Coordinator Gayle Doughtie Pride of Baltimore gayle.doughtie@yahoo.com
At-home Arrangers Program Marsha Zwicker Pride of Baltimore marshazwicker@comcast.net
DCP Coordinator Cheri Bowers Greater Harrisburg ghlead70@rcn.com
Director Liaison Claire Domenick Greater Harrisburg CDomenick@aol.com
Education Team Advisor Janet Ashford Pride of Baltimore Ned19@juno.com
Education Team Advisor Cyd Wentsel Upper Chesapeake cwentsel@hotmail.com
Personal Improvement Coordinator (PIC) Tancey Bosna Chesapeake Harmony tanceyb@yahoo.com
Quartet Promotion Chair Ann Geis Greater Harrisburg

AnnieGeis@aol.com

Quartet Chorus Administrator Joni Gailey Valley Forge jegailey@verizon.net
Regional Librarian Cheri Bowers Greater Harrisburg ghlead70@rcn.com
YWIH Coordinator Diane Kelley Harbor City Music Company/ Greater Harrisburg dksongboid@verizon.net

 

HANDOUTS FROM FLASH 2007

Guest Faculty: Debbie Connelly and Heidi Zacchera

Click on the class title to download the pdf version of handouts

Class Title:

Give 'Em a Show They'll Never Forget (Connelly)
Sing with the Champs Chorus Style (Zacchera)
Barbershop Singing Classically Speaking (Connelly)
Tools for Our Trade (Zacchera)
Adolescent Harmony -- Isn't That Like Jumbo Shrimp? (Connelly)
Tag Away (Zacchera)
What do Those Judges Want Anyway (Region 19 Judges and Cyd Wentsel)
Region 19’s YWIH (Young Women in Harmony) Success Story (Bruening)
Being Your Best “YOU” (Playing the Inner Game of Music) (Connelly)
Sticks and Dots (Doughtie)
How Creative People Do What They Do — You Can Too! (Connelly)
Everything You Wanted To Know About Quartetting (Zacchera)

 

HANDOUTS FROM DIRECTORS' SCHOOL 2007

Guest Faculty: Darlene Rogers

Click on the class title to download the pdf version of handouts

Class Title:

Handouts

How to Conduct a PVI

Teaching musical leaders to conduct one-on-one vocal training

Characteristic of Good Vocal Sound

Five Steps for a PVI Program

PVI Comment Sheet

Ten Most Common Vocal Problems

*Breathing Exercises/Singer's Yoga

How to Raise Your Score in All Four Categories

Vocal warm-ups appropriate to each category

How to Raise Your Score in All Four Categories

The Total Singer

Unit Sound

Identifying the elements of a unified performance and demonstrating techniques to achieve unity

Five Italian Vowel Sounds

Five Italian Vowel Sounds Plus

Synchronization Errors

Expressive Singing

Discussion and demonstrations of the expressive elements of the lyrics and music

Expressive Singing

A Song

Inhalation:  As It Relates to Resonance

Identifying the spaces that enhance your sound

*Five Speeds of Breathing

The Mature Voice

Managing the effects of life on your vocal mechanism

Exercises for the Mature Voice

Signs of Aging

*George Carlin's Views on Aging

*How to Stay Young

Mature Voice Bibliography

Big Ears

Training musical leaders to streamline the evaluation process

Building a Vocabulary for Adult Learners

*Peer Note Checking

Qualifying Tape Feedback

Self Evaluation

Creative Teaching Tools

*Creative Teaching Tools Compiled List

 

 

HANDOUTS FROM FLASH 2006

Guest Faculty: Kathy Carmody

Click on the class title to download the pdf version of handouts

Class Title/Description

Audience

Ya Gotta Reach 'Em to Teach 'Em

Learning/teaching styles

Directors, Faculty

You Can Make a Musical Difference

PVI Training

Directors, Faculty, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders

The Art of Possibility

Video and discussion on leadership as a new way of being

General

Regional Education Staff Training

How to Prepare for Regional Visits

Directors, Faculty

Director's Role in Membership

Directors make the difference

Directors

How to Really Make a Difference

The originals for this class were taken -- if you have a copy, please contact Sarah Nainan-Newhard)

Section Leader and Assistant Director Training

Assistant Directors, Section Leaders

Teach it Your Way

(Sarah's notes are on this handout, as the originals were taken)

How to Teach Others' Materials

Directors, Faculty, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders

Motivation v. Vegetation

General

 

 

HANDOUTS FROM SINGERS' SCHOOL 2006

GUEST FACULTY:  "the BUZZ"

 

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Being the Best You Can Be

Taught by Debbie Connelly

Buzz Warm Ups

Taught by the BUZZ

It's My Song

Song donated to Region 19

(for educational purposes only)

Personality Puzzle

Taught by Karen Breidert

Six Step Procedure for Working a Song

Taught by the BUZZ

The Quartet Experience

Taught by the BUZZ

SummerTIME 2005 with Sylvia Alsbury

PYTHAGOREAN TUNING

Key of (all major):

Do

Re

Mi­

Fa

Sol

La­

Ti­

Do

C

C

D

E

F

G

A

B

C

G (1 sharp)

G

A

B

C

D

E

F#

G

D (2 sharps)

D

E

F#

G

A

B

C#

D

A (3 sharps)

A

B

C#

D

E

F#

G#

A

E (4 sharps)

E

F#

G#

A

B

C#

D#

E

B (5 sharps)

B

C#

D#

E

F#

G#

A#

B

F# (6 sharps)

F#

G#

A#

B

C#

D#

E#

F#

C# (7 sharps)

C#

D#

E#

F#

G#

A#

B#

C#

F (1 flat)

F

G

A

BI

C

D

E

F

BI (2 flats)

BI

C

D

EI

F

G

A

BI

EI (3 flats)

EI

F

G

AI

BI

C

D

EI

AI (4 flats)

AI

BI

C

DI

EI

F

G

AI

DI (5 flats)

DI

EI

F

GI

AI

BI

C

DI

GI (6 flats)

GI

AI

BI

CI

DI

EI

F

GI

CI (7 flats)

CI

DI

EI

FI

GI

AI

BI

CI

The third (MI), sixth (LA), and seventh (TI) of all scales needs to be raised in order to achieve the proper tuning of a chord.

REGION 19 LIBRARY:

Interested in borrowing one of the tapes from this library?  Contact Cheri Bowers for more information.

Number

Title - Videos

Description

Contents (See below for abbreviations)

1986 - IC

1986 International  Competition

Chorus Finals; Kansas City

 

1995-IC

1995 International Competition

Choruses; New Orleans

 

1996-IC

1996 International Competition

Choruses; Ft. Lauderdale

 

1997-IC

1997 International Competition

Choruses; Salt Lake City

 

2001-Q1

2001 Region 19 Competition, Tape 1

Quartet Competition, #1-22

PYC, LNH, RW, TNT, AH, CA, PP, CE, K, S, RD, C, NA, AA, JBC, F&I, OHC, H, WK, Ch

2001-Q2

2001 Region 19 Competition, Tape 2

Quartet Competition, #22-26

VF, BF, MA, OM

2001-C2

2001 Region 19 Competition, Tape 2

Chorus Competition, #25-28

D, JS, GH, PoB

2001 - S

2001 Region 19 Competition

Show of Champions

 

2002-Q

2002 Region 19 Competition