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Welcome! We’re excited you’re attending Virtual Harmony University 2021.

If you are not already registered for Virtual Harmony University, you can register HERE

If you are new to Sched and would like to learn more about how to use the program, check out this guide or this video 

Types of courses 

Virtual Choir: Two sessions on Saturday 7/17 and Sunday 7/18. Make sure you add both to your schedule.  

Seminars: Each seminar consists of SIX sessions. Each session will be two hours long and will either be Monday, Wednesday, Friday OR Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Make sure you add all 6 sessions over the seminars’ two-week duration (July 19 - July 31) to your schedule.

Electives: These sessions are throughout the event and most will be 50 minutes long, though some are 110 minutes long. The electives are stand-alone classes that do not have other courses connected to them. 

General Sessions: We will have 4 general sessions on Sundays 7/18, 7/25, 8/01, and Saturday 8/07. Make sure you add all of them to your schedule so you don’t miss out on the fun! 

To read about a course, hover the cursor over the class title to see a short description.

To select a course, click the circle on the left of the title. Once you have selected a course, it is automatically saved and added to your schedule (note the Saved To My Sched widget that pops up in the bottom left corner).

To deselect the course if you change your mind, click the checked circle again.

You can return to Sched over and over again if you change your mind, and are welcome to select a different class. 

Attend Live Sessions

You will be able to access your Zoom Meeting or Webinars via an Open Zoom button that will appear on the course page in Sched. The Open Zoom button will only appear after you have added the class to your schedule.

Watch Recordings of Class Sessions

After a class has finished the video will be processed and then be added to the class session in Sched. The Open Zoom button will be replaced with a Video Stream button. Clicking the Video Stream button will open the video recording page. You will be able to rewatch the recordings as many times as you would like through September 1, 2021.
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Saturday, July 24 • 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Panel: Best Practices in Singing Teaching

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What is the best approach to successful, healthy singing? A lot has been taught in the last century regarding singing, particularly as it is done in barbershop. Join this panel and ask them all the singing-related questions you have to help you become more confident and efficient, and to enjoy your hobby even more.

Moderators
avatar for Nathan Ogg

Nathan Ogg

Dean, Ensemble Coaching
Nathan is an experienced choral professional that has been singing barbershop since 2000 when his high school quartet was fostered by a local barbershop chapter He is the lead singer of Harmonic Thunder (2018 Johnny Appleseed District Champion quartet and 2022 International semi-finalist... Read More →

Faculty
avatar for Peter Cunningham

Peter Cunningham

Faculty, Voice College
Peter Cunningham is the director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Kilgore College. He holds a Masters degree in Choral Conducting from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Bachelors in Music Education from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Before pursuing graduate work, he... Read More →
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Dr. Philip Grant

Faculty, Voice College
Dr. Philip Grant holds a B.Mus. (Opera) from the University of British Columbia, an MBA from Simon Fraser University, and a Ph.D. from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Philip's professional career began in 2002 and spanned over 300 performances around the world... Read More →
avatar for Kerstin Greaves

Kerstin Greaves

Faculty
Nach dem Abiturabschluss am Musikgymnasium G. E. Lessing in Hoyerswerda studierte Kerstin Musik und Germanistik an der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig. Sie wechselte zur Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin und führte gleichzeitig ihre klassische Gesangsausbildung an der Semperoper in... Read More →
avatar for Nicky McGrath

Nicky McGrath

Faculty, Voice College
Nicky McGrath (MMusS, BCI) is a vocal pedagogue and performer specialising in popular musics and musical theatre with a passion for barbershop harmony. Nicky holds a Master of Music Studies (Vocal Pedagogy) with distinction and the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence from the Queensland... Read More →
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Stuart Sides

Stuart is a vocal and performance coach based in the Netherlands. He is a professional chorus & choir director, a coach for choruses and quartets, singing teacher and a quartet singer with numerous national and European medals and championships. Stuart is also a regular faculty member... Read More →


Saturday July 24, 2021 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
Zoom Meeting