Door onvoorziene omstandigheden is Kirk Young helaas verhinderd
om te komen coachen op de HaCo.
Gelukkig hebben we een goede vervanger voor hem kunnen vinden:
Paul Olguin
Paul
Olguin
discovered barbershop harmony at age 14 thanks to his high
school music teachers, Larry Triplett and Nick Papageorge were
both barbershoppers. Over the years Paul has sung each of the
four parts in several quartets. Most notably he sings baritone
with Special Feature, 1993 International Fifth Place Bronze
Medalists. He began directing choruses and attending Harmony
University in 1983. For many years throughout the 1980s he was
the musical director of the Fullerton, California Chapter. He
was also assistant director of the Masters of Harmony under Dr.
Greg Lyne. He is currently the assistant director of the
Portland Metro Chapter of BHS and the front line director of
Columbia River Chorus, SAI.
In 1988 Paul won the Barbershop
Harmony Society’s 50th Anniversary songwriting contest with his
song, “I Was Born Seventy Years Too Late.” Since then he has
written many songs and arrangements for his own groups as well
as for many other ensembles. Most recently the International
Collegiate 4th place quartet, Flightline, sang his song, (co-written
with Special Feature bass, William Hill) “You Are the One I
Love.” Recently, Paul completed a landmark creative endeavor by
writing 100 new barbershop tags, one per day, in the 100 days
leading up to Harmony University, 2014. The tags are all
available online for free at barbershoptags.com.
Paul began teaching at barbershop harmony schools in 2004
when, as a member of the quartet, Finale, he was invited to
teach several courses at the New Zealand Association of
Barbershop Singers (NZABS) Harmony College in Christchurch, NZ.
In 2007 he was invited to teach at Harmony College Northwest,
near Seattle, Washington, and has been on the faculty for that
school ever since. In 2009 he was invited by BHS to join the
faculty at Harmony University. He has specialized in teaching
songwriting, music theory and tag singing.
His presentation on woodshedding during the general session
at Harmony University, 2014 received a rare standing ovation
from the student body and faculty. In the rare moments when he
is not singing, writing or directing barbershop, Paul is a
freelance musician, teaching voice, songwriting, arranging and
ukulele. He is also a sought after songwriter, arranger,
director, coach and performer.
