EDUCATION
REGIONAL SUMMARIES
2019
Summer Seminar
“Camp Orange Blossom” Supporting Materials:
Camp Orange Blossom Schedule (for online viewing)
Camp Orange Blossom Program (includes competition insert)
Sharon Babb
Director and Music Teams Workshop
Download all the handouts for the Friday Director/Music Teams Workshop as a folder from Google Drive here.
Start Your Engines
- Freeing the Voice (pdf)
- I’m Not Crazy, I’m Vocalizing (pdf)
- Junk Food Song (pdf)
- Mo Mo Mo Exercise (pdf)
- Raise Your Scores Warm-Up (pdf)
- Singing High – Singing Over the Break – Advanced Singing Over the Break (pdf)
- Vocal Exercises by Lila Mori (pdf)
- Vocal Exercises for Phonation and Resonation (pdf)
- Vocal Production_Warm Ups for Directors (pdf)
- Warm Ups and Rounds (pdf)
Leveling the Race Track
- Breathing Range (pdf)
- SAI Workout CDs for Sale (pdf)
- Level Numbers (pdf)
- Performance Level Characteristics (pdf)
- Performance Level Guidelines (pdf)
- Making the Leap (pdf)
- Necessary Coaches (pdf)
On the Test Track
Choosing the Right Vehicle for the Race
- Choosing Contest Music (pdf)
- Characteristics of Strong Contest Music (pdf)
- What Makes a Good Arrangement (pdf)
Earning Your Learner’s Permit
- Riser Placement Strategies Sudoku (pdf)
- Mini Chorus Tag (pdf)
- Learning New Music? (pdf)
- 5-Step Procedure (pdf)
- 12 Steps to Learning Music (pdf)
- Steps in Preparing a Song (pdf)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow Analysis (pdf)
Feeding the Pit Crew
Arrangers Workshop
Quartet Workshop
Friday Night & Saturday General Sessions
Download all the handouts for the Friday General Session as a folder from Google Drive here.
Download all the handouts for the Saturday General Sessions as a folder from Google Drive here.
- Important Considerations (for 4 separate parts) (pdf)
- Vocal Constructions That Work (pdf)
- 16 Vowel Exercise (pdf)
- ‘the BUZZ’ Warm Ups (pdf)
- Singing High – Singing Over the Break – Advanced Singing Over the Break (pdf)
2018
MusicFest
Music and Administration with our International President
Patty Cobb Baker
Breath Support by McKinney (docx)
Education Planning for Your Chorus (pdf)
Energy and Energized Breath Support (docx)
Personal Vocal Improvement Plan (pdf)
Individual Vocal Instruction (IVI) Checklist (doc)
Personal Vocal Assessment (xls)
Summer Seminar
“Camp Sea Breeze” Supporting Materials:
Dale Syverson and Peggy Gram
Director and Music Teams Workshop
How To Listen and What to Listen For (docx) or How To Listen and What to Listen For (pdf)
Tags Session
Classic Tags for Women (David Wright compilation) (pdf)
Weekend Program
Quartet Workshop
Quartet Workshop with LoveNotes
LoveNotes: Brittany Gilmore, Mia Dessenberger, Caitlin Castelino, and Stephanie Lawson
How to Master Singing Tenor (pdf)
How to Master Singing Lead (pdf)
How to Master Singing Baritone (pdf)
How to Master Singing Bass (pdf)
2017
MusicFest
Music and Administration with our International President
Paula Davis
Leadership at Work: Building Trust and Dealing with Change (pdf) or (docx)
Leadership at Work: Building Trust and Dealing with Change #2 (pdf) or (docx)
The Mystery of Forward Motion (pdf) or (docx)
Moving Toward Musicality (pdf) or (docx)
Creating Warm-Ups to Meet Your Challenges (pdf) or (docx)
Leadership Wisdom for the Future (pdf) or (docx)
Quartet Matching
Quartet Matching: 4 Locations
Bonnie McKibben, Pam Pieson, Kathleen Hansen, Jacquie Fernandez, Marsha Shaw, Paula Davis

Summer Seminar
“Camp Sea Breeze” Supporting Materials:
Mo Field
Performance Food (aka – Feed Your Ears/Feast Your Eyes) (pdf)
Suzy Lobaugh
2016
Summer Seminar
“Camp Sea Breeze” Supporting Materials:
Karen Breidert
Suzy Lobaugh
More Than Spots on Lines and Spaces (pdf)
Tomi McEvoy
L.E.A.P. of Faith: Tips for Leading, Energizing, and Accelerating Performance (pdf)
Regional Song Review
Click here to download music for the regional song review (password required).
2015
Summer Seminar
“The Stage Coaches” Supporting Materials
Gina Kaiser
Karen Sweeters
Jane Tamarkin
Camp Blue Agave featuring the Rising Star Contest, Phoenix, AZ, 2015
Directors’ Track
Visual Track
“How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm” Lyrics
Classes
Physical Expression: EXPRESS YOURSELF!
Don’t Be Afraid to Make a Scene
Making the Music Sing: Don’t Be a Riser Potato
Leadership
Spring Convention Education Class
“Bloody Marys, Mimosas and Score Sheets: What to Do With Judges’ Feedback.”
High Roller Harmony, Phoenix, AZ, 2015
Judge’s Feedback on Region 21 overall
A Year in the Life of a Chorus Director

2014
Summer Seminar
“Resonance and Barbershop Sound”
Jim Arns
Camp Ringing Pines, Prescott, AZ, 2014
