Free webinars for Music Educators
The Barbershop Harmony Society offers four FREE professional development sessions for music educators in 2025. This quarterly series explores innovative ways to engage students through barbershop harmony and a cappella singing.
✔ Fresh Ideas for Your Classroom – Learn how barbershop harmony can enhance vocal technique, ear training, and ensemble singing in engaging, accessible ways.
✔ Expert Insights – Tessa Walker brings years of experience in vocal music education and choral pedagogy, offering practical tools you can implement immediately.
✔ Free Professional Development – No cost, no travel—just valuable learning from the comfort of your home.
✔ Connect with a Like-Minded Community – Network with other educators passionate about innovative teaching strategies.
Coming events
🗓️ Barbershop Techniques That Made My Choral Music Better
Thursday, June 12, 2025 • 7:00 pm Central • 60 minutes • via Zoom
Speaker: Darin Drown
Discover how barbershop harmony techniques can elevate your choral program! In this session music educators will explore tuning, ensemble unity, and expressive singing strategies from the barbershop tradition—tools that enhance any choir’s sound. Led by veteran choral music educator Darin Drown, this engaging workshop offers fresh, practical ideas for your classroom.
Previous seminars
🗓️ Harmony at First Sight: Improving Sight Reading Skills through Barbershop Harmony (multi-part a cappella)
Speaker: Tessa Walker
Music educators are always looking for new resources, materials, and ideas for improving sight reading abilities in ensemble. Learn how barbershop harmony provides fun resources, practical applications, and fresh ideas for sight reading in the classroom.