The other coaches are::
- Liz Garnett (UK) known arranger and educator in barbershop
- Cy Wood, Patrick Brown and Gary Plaag, one
Canadian and two Americans,
have all been at Holland Harmony before to coach and / or judge and all
three
coach in the performance category.
- Sander Gieling, who will play around again with rhythms and
vocal percussion
and introduce us to the Intelligent Chorus.
- Kyle Kitzmiller, USA, became an International Champion in
2015 with his
quartet Instant Classic. Kyle sings bass and he is also an arranger and
music judge.
- Cees Wiegel, from the Netherlands, will be working with
communication and
leadership topics speaking Dutch.
We sincerely hope that both men and women will come in large numbers
to participate in this great HaCo 2016.
What do we have planned?
- A male chorus under the direction of Jim Henry, wow!
- A women's chorus under the direction of at least two of The Buzz
women, also wow !!
- A quartet stream, with enough possibilities to also participate in
general workshops.
- A conductor stream, in which much can be learned on any level.
- And a 100% Workshop stream, where all three categories of
barbershop will be
dealt with by our great coaches.
There are workshops for everyone, for beginners and advanced
students and for special groups. Everyone is cordially invited to
come and join us.
On Friday, we’ll have the quartet competition and on Saturday the
Fun Show, an open stage, where everyone is invited to sing,
barbershop or non-barbershop. The Buzz and Crossroads will also make
themselves heard! Registration for the Fun Show is on Saturday
morning during the HaCo weekend.
We can hardly wait! What about you? We are looking forward to seeing
you in Leiden, a beautiful historical town, from October 7-9.
Warm regards
Madelon, Eric, Nicky, Jo, Nelleke and Lenhard
Weekend begins: Friday October 7, 2016. Arrival:
15:00-17:00 Weekend ends: Sunday afternoon, October 9, 2016, at 17:00
hrs
Start registration: May 23
Deadline for registration: July 1, 2016
=> Update July 2: registration EXTENDED
for a few weeks to fill the remaining slots Deadline for payment: July 1, 2016. Registration is final
when we have received your payment. If you want to be sure to
get a spot, then please pay at the same time that you send in
your registration.
Who can take part? Directors, assistant-directors,
section leaders, music teams, performance teams, singers
It is important to first have a good look at the overall schedule
for the weekend, before making a choice. Please also read the
descriptions of the workshops and the information about the coaches.
Registration opens on Monday May 23.
Please start by choosing which stream you want to be in.
When you have you made that choice, then fill out the
corresponding registration form on the website.
Stream: Men's or Women's Chorus
You will work for 8 hours spread over the weekend with two
coaches. You will also still have 6 hours available for
workshops. On Sunday afternoon you will perform with the chorus
in the final show. We will be working with two songs that you
will receive well in advance so you can practice at home. No
sheet music on the risers!
The men’s chorus will be directed by Jim Henry and coached in
performance by Patrick Brown.
The female chorus will be under the direction of Karen Breidert
and coached in performance by Debbie Cleveland.
There is a maximum number of participants for both choruses: 120
women and 100 men. So be fast!
=> Schedule available workshops for female chorus (please
print!)
=> Online application form for women's chorus (link
disabled)
Update May 25:
we have reached the maximum capacity in the Women's
Chorus Stream.
It is no longer possible to register for the Women's
Chorus Stream.
Stream: quartets.
This is only for complete quartets. You get 2 times a full hour
of quartet coaching. The remaining 12 hours can be spend on
optional workshops , or watching other quartets being coached or
spending time with your quartet. On Friday you will participate
in the quartet competition.
Registration for the quartet stream proceeds in two steps. Step 1: the quartet communicates their wish which coaches
they would like like to coach the quartet before June 4 via a
special link. The EC assign coaches to each quartet by June 5th, taking their wishes into consideration as much as possible.
=> Online registration form step 1 (for non-HH quartets)
=> this link is
no longer valid since the deadline has been passed.
Step 2: the two specific coaching hours will be
communicated to each quartet on June 5th. Each quartet member
then fills out their own individual choices of workshops for the
remaining 12 hours.
=> Online application form step 2
Stream: 100% workshops.
If you want to attend as many workshops as possible, this is
your best choice.
You do not sing in the men's or women's chorus. You will have 14
hours available to freely make a choice from the range of
workshops.
=> Online registration form for non-HH participants
It can be useful to first print out the form and circling on
paper what your choices are. Take your time to do this carefully.
You can not choose workshops that overlap in time.