2023 Harmony College

Dates: Friday, April 21 through Saturday, April 22, 2023

Location: Little America, Cheyenne, WY

Convention/RMHC registration is live! Please use this link to register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rocky-mountain-harmony-college-2023-tickets-520951950307

Please note: Registration is $89 until March 25; $99 until April 8, and $119 after that. Youth (25 and under) is only $59!

For complete details about the weekend, please visit the Spring Convention page. 

Patrick Brown

Patrick Brown first started in barbershop in 1998, and has spent many years as a member and performance coach for Toronto Northern Lights. Combining almost 20 years of barbershop with over 20 years of theatre experience, Patrick has coached groups around the world in BHS, SAI and HI. He has served on Faculty for Harmony Colleges in one or both of Germany and the Netherlands many times. He certified as a Performance Judge in 2019 and is very excited for his first visit to RMD.

Darin Drown

Darin Drown is in his 18th year teaching choir at Grandview High school in Aurora, CO in the Cherry Creek School District, and 30th year of teaching. His choirs have consistently received the highest ratings at festivals around the United States and have been featured performers at the Colorado Music Educator’s convention several times. In addition, Darin directed the 120-man Sound of the Rockies barbershop chorus to 7 medalist performances in international competition in the Barbershop Harmony Society, reaching as high as 3rd place. Darin has traveled all over the world coaching men’s and women’s acapella quartets and choruses. He also sings in Storm Front, the 2010 International Champion barbershop quartet. He has been named Teacher of the Year in two different schools over his career, as well as a District Teacher of the Year. He took over directing responsibilities for the Velvet Hills Show Chorus in Colorado Springs for the past three years.

Chris Hebert

Chris received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance degree from San Jose State University. He has been a voice instructor, studio musician and professional vocalist, having performed with the San Francisco and Oakland Symphonies.

Having joined the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1975 as a member of the Peninsulaires Chorus, he moved to the San Jose, California Garden City Chorus in 1987 and was their director from 1990 to 2004, leading them to the Far Western District chorus championship in 2002. He directed the Voices in Harmony Bay Area chapter from 2012 to 2017, taking them to the International chorus contest three times.

Chris is a BHS certified Singing Category Judge (30 years) and a two-time Singing Category Specialist from 2000-2003 and 2010-2012. As such, he is a highly sought-after coach for both BHS and Sweet Adeline quartets and choruses.

Alexander Koller

Alexander Koller is a Candidate Music Judge in the BHS and a co-founder of the BinG! Coaching Certification Program and the European Harmony Brigade. He caught the barbershop bug in the Big Apple Chorus during a one-year visit to New York, and has sung and competed in quartets ever since. Alexander has taught and coached at barbershop events in Germany, the US, and the Netherlands, and looks forward to meeting everyone at RMD.

Will Lagos

Will (he/him) is a Los Angeles based singer, actor, vocal arts educator, and acting coach with over 20 years of professional singing and acting experience. Will attended the University of Southern California’s School of Theater where he completed training in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting program.

Will is an active barbershop singer, currently serving as Music & Performance Director of international barbershop champion chorus The Westminster Chorus. He is a sought-after clinician and coach, working with choruses like Central Standard, Vocal Standard, Toronto Northern Lights, and Parkside Melody, and with quartets like The Ladies, GQ, and The Newfangled Four. Will also teaches barbershop performance and singing technique while on faculty at Harmony University in New Orleans and while evaluating singers as a candidate judge in the Performance Category for the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Will can also be heard as a vocalist on film scores, international albums, children’s music education materials, and even croaking out alien drinking songs at Galaxy’s Edge at both Disney resort properties. Will currently serves on the faculty at the California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley, where he teaches musical theater repertory & technique, vocal arts, scene study, and theater history.

Cay Outerbridge

Cay is a Boston-based voice teacher, choral conductor, vocal arranger, learning track producer, quartet singer, music educator, and lifelong learner. He runs the vocal ensembles at Gann Academy, serves as the musical director for Vocal Revolution, the NED champion chorus, and sings bass in Daily Special, an internationally competing quartet. He uses his wealth of experience to help singers of all skill levels improve their performance, tailoring his approach to the specific needs of the individual or ensemble.

Judy Pozsgay

Judy Pozsgay has been a certified Performance judge since 2019 and has been involved in barbershop for 29 years, having served as the Artistic Director, Assistant Director and Choreographer for Sweet Adelines International choruses Lions Gate and A Cappella Joy. Judy also sings bass in the SAI 2017 International Champion Quartet, FRENZY. She has served on the faculty for Harmony University, Harmony College Northwest, BING and LABBS, as well as being International Faculty for SAI (and a SAI Visual Communication Judge) and teaching at many SAI schools over the years. Judy is a full-time vocal and visual performance coach and works with ensembles all over the world, inspiring them to reach their full potential as performers who can better connect with their audiences with energy, authenticity and provide high entertainment value.

Matt Suellentrop

Matt Suellentrop (tenor) started singing barbershop in 2006 while a senior in high school with the Ambassadors of Harmony (AOH) chorus and has won three gold medals with the group. He has sung in two previous Central States District quartet champions, Progression (2010) and Dominant Prep (2012). With AOH, he has served as tenor section leader, board member at large, membership VP and music & performance VP. He spent two years living in Cincinnati, where he sang with the mighty Southern Gateway Chorus.

Now back in St. Louis, he works as the General Manager of food service for Webster University. He loves the outdoors, using his free time to camp, kayak and hike whenever he can. Matt has held multiple administrative roles within the Central States District and currently serves as the District President. At the Society level, Matt was a part of the Impact Alignment Team, and is a certified Administrative Judge.

Most importantly, he shares his love of music and barbershop with his love, Joy. No slouch herself, Joy is a gold-medal baritone in Harmony, Incorporated with Spot On (2013), and currently sings with her quartet, Fierce. She is also the current Convention Chair for the Central States District. Together they spoil their 1-year-old son, Dean to no end, making sure he’s fully immersed in the barbershop experience!

Tyler Wigginton

Tyler Wigginton, a Denver native, is an avid music-maker, gamer, and member of the music community in Colorado and across the globe. He graduated in 2017 from Metropolitan State University with a B.A. in Musical Composition, where he also studied voice and piano. During his time at MSU, he was invited to participate in the International Summer Academy of Music in Germany, where he placed 2nd overall in the Joseph Dorfman Composition competition in 2016. His compositions have been performed by professional musicians from around the world, including the Playground Ensemble.

Tyler regularly sings Bass in the St. Martin’s Chamber Choir and other ensembles in the Denver Metro Area. He is also extremely active in the Barbershop Harmony Society, where he directs The Timberliners and The Sound of the Rockies, and is a judging candidate. His prior quartets have placed as high as 13th in the world and have allowed him to travel and perform for audiences all across the U.S. When not making music Tyler loves playing tabletop RPGs, rock climbing (both indoor and outdoor), and making video games!

Paul Wigley

Paul Wigley graduated from the University of Minnesota in Music Education and received his Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1997. Paul recently retired from teaching choral music, advanced placement music theory, and class guitar at Lakeville (MN) North High School. His Lakeville HS vocal jazz ensemble received numerous regional honors. Under the direction of Mr. Wigley, the Lakeville North High School Chorale toured extensively in Europe, with tours including Wales, England, Italy, Austria, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, and France. He previously taught for the Algona (IA) Community School district, which was the recipient of the Iowa Exemplary Music Program Award in November of 1998. He has delivered lectures on vocal jazz, and barbershop harmony, to many colleges and choral directors’ associations throughout the Midwest.

Paul judged the International Barbershop Harmony Society quartet and chorus contests in 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019. He has also taught at Barbershop Harmony Society Directors Colleges in New York, Maryland, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Missouri, Washington and California, and served on the National Youth Outreach Committee. Paul has been clinician for barbershop Youth in Harmony festivals in Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and he recently retired as the director of the Minneapolis Commodores, who qualified for the International barbershop chorus contest in 2007 and 2009. He was Category Specialist in the Music category of the Barbershop Harmony Society judging system from 2013-2016

His family includes his wife, Becky, who is a retired teacher from the Lakeville school district, and daughter, Sarah, who is currently an associate professor of voice, and Musical Theatre department head at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana.

Ryan Wisniewski

Ryan Wisniewski has been a member of BHS since 2011. He started out his barbershop journey in the Far Western District, where he served a number of roles as a member of five different chapters, was fortunate to win a number of gold medals with both The Westminster Chorus and Masters of Harmony, as well as find great success with The Newfangled Four, 2013 International Collegiate Champions and perennial Top 10 quartet finalist. Since relocating to Dallas, TX, he has taken up a position as the Private Vocal Instructor of the Vocal Majority, teaches private voice part time within the Anna ISD, and is a well sought after coach and clinician within the Southwestern District. Ryan became a certified SNG judge in 2019 and is looking forward to his first time judging in RMD!