For our Master Coach Session, Monday June 15th, we have invited Anthony Colosimo, certified singing judge since 2013. A full-time clinician, coach, voice teacher, director of a large chorus, and a perennial quartet competitor to present his methods of practically applying sound singing techniques to real-life performing situations.
Anthony understands the physiology of the voice and can communicate how to best utilize the biological tools that we have to make great art. He will be addressing the subject of Unified Expressive Singing in Barbershop.
Cindy began singing in Sweet Adeline’s while she was in College at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1981. She started coaching soon after inside her own Region and District. She also helped her father’s chorus and a few local quartets.Cindy began singing in Sweet Adeline’s while she was in College at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1981. She started coaching soon after inside her own Region and District. She also helped her father’s chorus and a few local quartets.
Cindy began singing in Sweet Adeline’s while she was in College at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1981. She started coaching soon after inside her own Region and District. She also helped her father’s chorus and a few local quartets.
Everyone Can Sing!
And Sing Well!
Most of us don't realize that the challenges we face when we sing are associated with our speech or language related issues. With just a couple of minor muscle adjustments, we can stabilize our tuning and discover a whole new world of fun and expression!
Debra Lynn has graced concert halls and venues across Europe and the United States throughout her life. Principle soprano for the Maui Symphony and Pops Orchestra, Christine in Phantom, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Guinevere in Camelot and featured in a sold-out Farewell performance at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in 2009. A highly sought after vocal production coach in the Men's and Women's competitive world of barbershop a cappella singing since 2011.
Born in San Francisco, California, Deke Sharon has been performing professionally since the age of 8, and as a child toured North America and shared the stage in operas with the likes of Pavarotti. Heralded as “The Father of Contemporary A Cappella,” he is responsible for the current sound of modern a cappella, having created the dense vocal-instrumental sound in college, subsequently spreading it around the world.
Monday June 22nd Dr. David Wright, mathematician, professor, arranger, composer, director, coach, judge (since 1981), HU faculty member, historian, baritone, and member of the Barbershop Harmony Hall of Fame. He helped design the Music Category and served as its first Category Specialist.
Kevin Keller has been singing barbershop since 1978. He is a certified Music Judge and popular coach with quartets and choruses across the country. Kevin has been arranging for men, women, and mixed groups since the late 1990's and is available for commissioned arrangements.
Mo Field, originally from Canada, is a musician and former Master Director of the multiple international award-winning Stockholm City Voices - a 42 voice women's a cappella ensemble,
Mo Field, originally from Canada, is a musician and former Master Director of the multiple international award-winning Stockholm City Voices - a 42 voice women's a cappella ensemble,
Our Voice. It's our fingerprint - the first voice we hear and sometimes the last voice we hear. But singing is a uniquely human evolution. It heals us. It helps us emote. It is used to communicate and express ourselves in ways that talking does not. This is an uplifting and emotional look at what singing does for our psyche and why it is an important definition of who we are. We live to sing - and we sing to live. Come on a journey into the super power we all have!
We will also discuss my recent experience singing on the internet with my group. The setup, the learning experience and the fun.
Shawn still lives in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a founding member of the Duke City Sound, where he also serves as Assistant/Associate Director, and is the Visual Director of the chorus. He has been an active member of the Rocky Mountain District since joining the Society in 1985! He has served the district as VP of Marketing, VP of Music and Performance, and Master of Ceremonies at district contests.
Shawn has sung Lead in three Rocky Mountain District Quartet Champions: Distinction (2000), the Summit (2007), and Blue Steele (2015). His RMD 2007 champion quartet, the Summit, was also the FINAL Buckeye International Invitational Quartet Champion in 2007. Shawn has sung twice on the International stage in two quartets and has sung on International Chorus stage 12 times.
Shawn is a certified Performance Judge in the Barbershop Harmony Society since 2013. Shawn is a sought-after Performance coach for quartets, and choruses in BHS, SAI, and HI and is currently writing a book about Stage Performance. He has been a Morning Radio Personality in his home town for 38 years under my radio name: Chaz Malibu, on the air from 5:30a-10a MST on BIG 98.5 in Albuquerque, you can listen to him anywhere in the world at www.big985.com. Shawn is an award wining choreographer for Show/Swing Choirs in the High School and Middle School levels. He attended the University of New Mexico on the “Hugh B. Woodward” Scholarship for Acting, and has been in numerous theater, as well as musical theater, productions.
Theo Hicks is an active composer and arranger and has Theo Hicks is an active composer and arranger and has written music for groups all over the world. Many of his arrangements have been premiered and performed by top choruses and quartets at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s (BHS) International Conventions,
Tony will discuss artistic singing in general, starting with a heavy discussion about the basics needed to get there. He will make applicable points chosen to encourage people to think about artistic singing and share tangible practices to help them get to that point and use artists outside of barbershop circles as well as inside our community to illustrate points.
An accomplished musician, choral ensemble director and barbershop society member, Tony also has four international quartet gold medals.