| Class Descriptions - Christchurch | |
| Levels: 1 basic 1-2 basic but some stretch required 2 for those with some barbershop experience 2-3 for those with some solid experience or desire to extend 3 advanced |
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| Arranger's Course - basic Coach: Will L Level : 1 |
For those who may have dabbled in music theory in the past, this course is an introduction to the building blocks of barbershop harmony. What are arrangers listening for, and how do they translate that onto the page? Basic knowledge of theory surrounding triad (three-note) chords will help you get the most out of this class. |
| Authenticity - The Tool Kit Coach: Liam Level : 2-3 |
Critique performances, take part in discussion, and try out some techniques that will help bring out your authentic self on stage. |
| BIG CHORUS COACHING – Musically interpreting a song Coach: Rob S Level : 1 |
The class will form the chorus while Rob Sequeira helps us tap into the storyteller in all of us. We'll discover how to use the sheet music and musical devices to understand sub-text of the song and leverage that to tell a compelling story that will keep the audience completely enthralled and engaged. |
| EXTREME WARM UPS Coach: Liam Level : 2 |
Collaboration + Fellowship + Positivity = EXTREME WARM UPS! |
| How to learn a new song quickly using learning tracks Coach: Richard Level : 1 |
A step-by-step practical guide to using learning tracks. Please bring your smartphone or tablet as we will use apps to make your song learning process easier. |
| How to maximise your singing score (GENERAL SESSION) Coach: Rob S Level : 1 |
A General Session sharing insights and learnings from Rob Sequeira, the Assistant Director of the 2008 BHS international bronze medal chorus, Singing judge and Category specialist. Rob will uncover common pitfalls and how to avoid them to maximise our singing score. |
| How to Ring Chords Coach: Andrew Level : 2 |
Harmonics, overtones, resonance and some other juicy singing stuff. |
| How to teach a tag Coach: Rob S Level : 3 |
This class will reveal the strategies for successfully teaching a tag. There'll be opportunity to experience teaching a tag to the class with a tag master helping you along the way! Tags are like The Matrix of barbershop. They are juicy and allow us to practise our craft while having unlimited quantities of fun. Oh and did we mention there will be tags? |
| Improve your conducting no matter your level Coach: Richard Level : 2-3 |
For MDs, AMDs, Section Leaders, and anyone who wishes to understand and improve the fundamentals of conducting. Practise patterns, left-hand independence, artistry, and those distractions that can lead our chorus astray! |
| Knowledge Retention - making it stick Coach: Andrew Level : 1 |
Do you have trouble applying learned knowledge? This class will give you a roadmap for how to quickly become a better musician. |
| Lessons from non-Western music - expanding our music knowledge base Coach: Tejas Level : 2-3 |
Let us explore barbershop from a fundamentally different approach! What if there were more than just 12 notes? Are there different ways to tune a chord? Come along and find out about a world of opportunity to look at barbershop music differently! |
| So you want to be a coach? Coach: Jill Level : 2-3 |
The pathway to become a coach has many steps. What does it take to become part of the BHNZ Coaching Faculty? |
| Theory 101 - the absolute basics, and how they apply in barbershop Coach: Richard Level : 1 |
An introduction to music theory, for those who are new to it. Everyone can learn to read music! We'll explore notes, clefs, and keys, and answer your questions. This class will begin to make your barbershop experience more fulfilling! |
| Vocal Production - how to sing! Coach: Rob S Level : 1 |
Our goal as a group will be effortless singing. We'll cover the way we stand, our breath and mood, maximising the vocal tract, focusing our sound, vowels, diphthongs, connectors and active listening - the end to end gamut of vocal production! |
| Vowels and resonance - how they are so intertwined Coach: Jill Level : 1 |
When members of a quartet or chorus match target vowels with correct shapes and vocal mechanisms, that's when the magic happens! Come and take part of some of that magic and maximise your own overtones. |
| What makes a song musical? Coach: Tejas Level : 2-3 |
What makes music musical? Come along and listen to various pieces of music, sing some polecats, and come up with a toolkit of working answers to the question of what makes music musical! |
