It is my honour to welcome you to the website of Harmony College 2022, where you can find all of the information you will need, and book your place at the event.
After such a long time without a face to face educational event it is such an exciting moment for me and the team to be able to bring you this year’s in-person Harmony College.
In 2022, myself and our faculty will be bringing you more options than ever, to make this a truly memorable return to face to face education. I am excited to tell you that in addition to the usual stream offerings, we will also be offering a full youth stream, an arranging stream and a small chorus coaching stream (as part of the quartet stream).
Joining our expert team of British educators this year is Theo Hicks from the USA. I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to have Theo with us.
Theodore Hicks is the Director of Choral Activities and Voice Area Coordinator at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. He is also the musical director of the Greater Indianapolis Chapter, Circle City Sound, and sings lead in the 2015 International Champion Quartet, Instant Classic. He has a wide range of teaching experience, having taught K-12 choral and general music throughout his public school teaching career. Theodore also has several years of college-teaching experience, having taught classes in ear training and sight-singing, conducting, and directing choral ensembles at the university level. At Anderson University, he teaches advanced choral conducting, secondary choral methods, voice lessons, and conducts the AU Chorale and Women’s Chorus.
Behind the scenes, Shanna Wells and her events team are looking after the organisation and logistics of the event. The team have worked tirelessly to make this event not only special, but also as cost-effective and affordable as possible. As always there are a variety of price options to suit a variety of budgets, and several scholarships and awards available to those who apply. I hope you enjoy browsing the website and that you find the booking process quick and easy. I look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham this August, to a Harmony College which will be as wonderful as ever!
Isn’t it often confusing to talk about specific word sounds that we want from our choruses/quartets? Believe it or not, linguists have a standardised system for labelling and describing sounds, known as the IPA. That’s the International Phonetic Alphabet, not the one you were thinking of. Join Oli as he helps you to walk and talk your way through decoding the IPA. The goal is to understand how, where and why the sounds of English are made, and use your newfound skills to diagnose some real life instances of strange singing choices.
