Are you looking for something new to offer your students?
Would you like to add variety to your program?
Join us for Barbershop Music in the Classroom
Free Webinar: Nov. 14, 2020, 11am Central
Discover the many benefits of adding barbershop music to your program from improving your students’ confidence, sight reading skills, ear training, to tuning and musicality - all while having fun!
Hear from other educators who have introduced their students to barbershop music.
Hear from young men and women who benefitted from high school programs that incorporated barbershop music.
Learn how to incorporate barbershop music into your choral program.
B.S. in Music Education; Masters in Education in Administration and Supervision
High School Choral Director from 1979-2010
High School Music Department Chair from 1989-2010
Member of Sweet Adelines International since 1979
Director of Metro Nashville Chorus since 1988; Master Director since 2006
2005 MENC (NAfME) SAI award Recipient
Guest faculty for workshops and events in Sweet Adelines Regions 8, 11, 14,19, 21, and 22
Guest Clinician for the Boise Youth Barbershop Festival, Sept. 23 & 24, 2013
Clinician at Sweet Adelines International YWIH Festival, Hawaii 2008
Chorus and Quartet Coaching: Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22 and 23
Region 4 Directors’ Coordinator 2013-2017
Region 4 Regional Education Resources Team 2017-2019
Region 4 Regional Education Coordinator 2019-present
Regional Faculty in Region 23 and Region 4 1984 to present
Region 23 Education Coordinator 2010-2012
International Director Education Coordinator 2007-2010
Region 23 YWIH Coordinator 2004-2006
Region 23 Director's Coordinator 2002-2004
Region 23 Education Steering Committee 1996 to 2013
Region 23 DMA 1986-1989
Region 23 Clinician for four Young Women in Harmony festivals
Sweet Adelines International Faculty
Natalie Allen
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education
Senior High School Choral Director, 2000 to present
Established a YWIH chorus within her high school music program called “The Harmonettes” in 2005; her students were frequent participants in region 23 YWIH Festivals and Rising Star contests.
Coaches several boys’ quartets who have attended the Harmony Explosion sponsored by the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Established a Young Men in Harmony group within the everyday high school program called “The Harmaniacs” in 2010
Director of Children's Music Ministries at Birmingham First United Methodist 1995 - 2008
Director of Children’s Music Ministries at Vestavia United Methodist, 2008-2011
Region Education Director for Region 4 RMT Pilot program 2017-present
Region 23 Events Coordinator, 2006 to 2013; Region 4 Events Coordinator 2019 to present
Region 23 Education Steering Committee member, 2003 to 2013
Region 23 Regional Faculty member, 1999 to 2013
Region 4 Assistant Events Coordinator 2014 – 2016
Director Harmony Hills Chorus 2012 to 2015
Metro Nashville Chorus Choreographer, 1998 to present
Metro Nashville Chorus Assistant Director 2006 to present
Metro Nashville Chorus Assistant Lead Section Leader 1999 to present
Coached choruses and quartets primarily in Regions 23 and 4, 1999 to present
Worked within Region 23 to plan and execute on YWIH Festivals
2011 NAfME SAI Award recipient
Region 4 Regional Education Director 2017-2019 (Governance pilot)