CURRENT IN-PERSON HARMONY SINGING WORKSHOPS

NEW WORKSHOPS IN NAPA

GREAT NEWS! Two workshops coming up in Napa. The Napa School of Music has offered us space for a beginning and an advanced workshop! Join us on May 10, 2025 for our Beginning Harmony Singing Workshop and on May 31 for the Advanced Harmony Workshop (see descriptions below) The Napa School of Music is located on the corner of Trancas & Big Ranch Road above Mechanics Bank. There’s plenty of free parking! Both workshops will be from 10:00am - noon. Bring a friend and get lunch afterward! SPACE IS LIMITED so email Celia to reserve your place. Cost: $50.00, payable via PayPal to @SongAndDanceGirl or by cash or check at the door.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS—WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Beginning level: First, we’ll sing a round to help you learn to hold a part next to someone who’s singing something different than you. We'll also learn a harmony for Happy Birthday and one or two other familiar songs, and finish by learning Dona Nobis Pacem. Plus we’ll teach you some excellent practice strategies to help you build confidence singing with others.

Intermediate level: Here we build on what you learned in our beginning level workshop, but we’ll work with a somewhat more complicated song that has lovely harmonies. Kind of like a mini-choir lesson!

Advanced level: Learn three different ways to create your own harmonies yourself. We’ll use “theory-lite” and some excellent phone apps to help you understand how to work alone, or with other folks. Hint: If you’re in a band, this is perfect for you and your bandmates!

"Wow! You made it so clear and easy to do what I thought I couldn't! I'm so excited!" —Intro to Harmony Student

“You two are each warm, gentle, and knowledgeable teachers, and your synergy more than doubles your individual efficacy. It’s a class and a show wrapped in one!” —Joshua

“Two weeks after finishing the last [advanced] workshop, I worked with husband (under your rules-of-harmoniously-creating-harmonies) and, it worked!  We did an open mic and I sang harmony without music. Got great feedback. Oh, did I thank you both tremendously for your patience and fun approach to a scary topic?” —Maryann

Visit Celia and Libby’s Excellent Harmony Lessons! Free lessons to help you feel confident about singing satisfying harmonies.

  • Introduction to the lessons

  • Lesson #1 – Learn a round called Ah, Poor Bird

  • After Lesson #1 – Learn a more complex round – Dona Nobis Pacem

  • Lesson #2 – Learn a harmony for Happy Birthday

  • Lesson #3 – Basic tips for HOW to learn harmonies

  • Lesson #4 – Learn the melody and two harmonies for The Water is Wide, a traditional song from the British Isles

  • Lesson #5 teaches you how to create your own harmonies

  • Bonus videos – Body stretches and vocal warm-ups

CARMONY: LEARN TO SING HARMONY WHILE YOU DRIVE!

CARMONY COVER

CARMONY: LEARN TO SING HARMONY WHILE YOU DRIVE! is a three-CD set of lessons that teach you how to sing harmony. The set costs $45 (plus $3 for shipping.) Level One features simple rounds and songs, separating the voices so you can learn both parts. Level Two builds on this with more complicated songs. Level Three gives you the guidance you need to create your own harmonies and includes some very simple aspects of theory.

IF YOU ALREADY BOUGHT CARMONY…

Below are PDFs of lead sheets and lyrics to the songs Libby and Celia used to demonstrate harmony singing on the Carmony album. They really recommend you learn these songs from the album by ear FIRST! Songs learned by ear are more easily retained, and your ability to sing harmony will improve faster.

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