Harborlites International Master Class - Hawaii 2008

Join the Harborlites Chorus and uncover the clues revealed at the Master Class held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Saturday, November 8, 2008,

“International Treasure M.A.P.
The Search For Musical Artistry and Physicality”.

Clue #1 - Dig into our chorus culture, and learn the Three Critical Elements of Harborlites’ Chorus Culture

Clue #2 - Uncover the clues to Musical Artistry and review the Basics Of Vocal Gold. Nothing else (artistry, physicality) can advance until your vocal skills do!

Clue #3 – Explore Five Director Skills that promote artistic singing, 1) Music Selection, 2) Musical Plan Creation, 3) The Use of an “Artistic Vocabulary”, 4) The Use of Vocal Modeling, and 5) The Use of Body Language

Clue #4 – Learn the Secrets of Great Visual Plans and Physically Enhanced Performances

Clue #5 – Discover how to build your Showmanship Skills and review the Basics Of Visual Gold

Our goal in every performance is to honestly communicate the intrinsic message of each song and to take our audience on a sensory, emotional journey. By using our treasure M.A.P. and following the clues, Harborlites has shared the secrets of musicality, artistry, and physicality with you.

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Download Movement Tips from Erin Howden as a Power Point Presentation or view as Web Page

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Harborlites International Master Class - Detroit 2005

The goal of the Harborlites International Master Class, held in Detroit on Saturday, October 8th, 2006, was to introduce the Sweet Adeline audience to the Harborlites “Game Plan” – the in-house vocal and visual education programs we developed that ultimately brought us A level scores. The class also detailed the fitness program we implemented to give us the stamina we needed to do what we do. Finally, the class offered musical and visual demonstrations of how we execute our performance plans, and Pam shared her philosophy of the role of personal leadership, teamwork and passion in the success of the Harborlites Chorus.

If you’ve seen the movie “Miracle,” you know it is the story of the 1980 USA hockey team and its incredible gold medal victory over the Soviet Union. As they prepared for the Olympics, the USA hockey coach found himself with very talented college players who were not playing together as a team. In one memorable scene, he makes his players skate back and forth across the ice – again and again and again – asking each player “Who do you play for?” The kids kept answering the names of their college teams. Finally, one player answered “USA” … and a team was born.

Harborlites believes in miracles…Who do WE play for?

Harborlites!

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Questions??
If you have questions regarding our class or our "Game Plan" please contact Carol Krenek

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Barbershop 101: A Little History

Barbershop harmony is vocal harmony produced by four parts: tenor, lead, baritone, and bass. It is performed a cappella — without any instrumental accompaniment. Barbershop has its roots in the American gospel and minstrel quartets of the last century. It is one of the recognized indigenous American musical genres, along with country-western, dixieland jazz and the American spiritual.

Barbershop-style harmony is different from any other kind of choral or group singing. It is characterized by a “cone-shaped sound” where the broadest strength is at the lowest part of the chord and the lightest is at the top. Specific chord structures, delivery and interpretation all contribute to the “lock-and-ring”. This sound is created by a perfectly balanced and in-tune chord, which produces harmonic overtones. Listen closely to a barbershop-style song and you will often hear a note (or notes!) “ringing” above the highest tone – without anyone singing them!

Harborlites chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International (SAI), headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. SAI was founded in 1945 and has grown to be one of the largest women singers' organizations in the world, committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. More than 30,000 members sing in either choruses or quartets located in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Wales and almost every state in America.