BinG! Harmony College 2026

Wir haben frische Noten für unser Ensemble - und was jetzt? In diesem Kurs erarbeiten wir Techniken, wie man ein Arrangement analysiert technische Herausforderungen und besondere Momente erkennt und das Arrangement zum Leben erweckt.

Teilnehmende kennen Methoden, um Arrangements aus dem Notentext genauer zu verstehen.

“Speech Level Singing is the refusal to reach.” - SLS trains you not to reach for high pitches which means the larynx stays at a speech level position, allowing the vocal cords to adjust as the pitches go up or down without disconnecting. That means the cords stay connected, so you have no breaks, cracks, breathiness or falsetto no matter how high or low you sing. There’s no interruption in the tone quality because the voice is balanced. This class will explore the science of why this approach is great for barbershop and how it allows us to find performances that transcend technique and find pure emotion.

Participants will be able to minimize the impact of their passaggio and make more sound with less work.

Using a live quartet we will discuss ways to help the group improve and gain ground on their performancEDU. Using strategies coach will bring to the table and discuss as a group how different approaches can get different results. Learning to work with all types of personalities in order to maximize their authentic selves through music.

Working with different types of personalities and how to identify in a coaching situation what may work best for them to understand you. As well as identifying ways to help a group maximize their performance potential in the barbershop world.

(Teil 1/2, 2. Teil am Sonntag! | Part 1/2, 2nd part on sunday!)
Chords, and chord progressions, are one of the things that make barbershop 'feel' like barbershop. We love the dominant seventh chord so much, we've even called it the 'Barbershop Seventh'! Come and learn more about the vocabulary, variety, voicings and progressions that are commonly found within the style - we'll even write a tag!

- Develop a deeper understanding of the barbershop style and general music theory
- Acquire practical skills to ensure greater harmonic colour when writing arrangements
- Develop a great love for the absolutely nerdiness of chords!

Learn techniques to address a variety of issues with your chorus and/or section to improve
rehearsal effectiveness and efficiency.

To be able to communicate more effectively with their singers via nonverbal communication

(Teil 2/2, 1. Teil war am Samstag! | Part 2/2, 1st part was on sunday!)
Chords, and chord progressions, are one of the things that make barbershop 'feel' like barbershop. We love the dominant seventh chord so much, we've even called it the 'Barbershop Seventh'! Come and learn more about the vocabulary, variety, voicings and progressions that are commonly found within the style - we'll even write a tag!

- Develop a deeper understanding of the barbershop style and general music theory
- Acquire practical skills to ensure greater harmonic colour when writing arrangements
- Develop a great love for the absolutely nerdiness of chords!

Using sheet music from a well known ballad, we will find ways and identify tools to help bring the lyric and music to life through the heart of the arrangement.

Strategize ways to build a performance plan using the sheet music, using all different approaches like dynamics, vocabulary stresses, visual points, memory references, breath spots, silent links in thought, and more