Director of Youth in Harmony — Jim Rountree

Chapter YIH Workshops

Youth In Harmony "Happenings" Newsletters

TEXAS SINGS! Article (TCDA Magazine January 2004)

IT’S TIME TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH IN HARMONY PROGRAMS!

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Implements Society and SWD district YIH programs
• In coordination with division vice presidents assists chapters in establishing chapter YIH programs and chapter teams in working with local school and college administrators and music educators to establish harmony singing groups
• Identifies and encourages others within the district to seek out education opportunities for young men that can be organized and/or supported by the district individual chapters and the YIH team
• Establishes and effectively manages the district YIH budget
• Communicates with chapter YIH representatives through electronic and printed media, as necessary, the status, plans, and activities of the SWD’s YIH programs
• Assists music educators in developing, primarily within young men, a sense of singing as a life-long activity
• Identifies and suggests performance opportunities to groups of student harmony singers within the district, including, but not limited to, festivals, workshops, clinics, chapter shows, and contests
• Develops a network of Society members with music education experience who can review, evaluate, and recommend improvements in youth quartet and chorus performances so as to enhance their quality
• Coordinates with the Director for Music and Performance all visits of Society music representatives to the district to ensure adequate attention to the district’s YIH programs
• Ensures appropriate representation of the district youth activities and services team at all district Board of Directors and House of Delegates meetings
• Organizes and chairs a district YIH team that will provide the leadership for district YIH activities
• SWD liaison to the Society YIH Committee
• Supports the efforts of the COTS Coordinator to present a Young Men In Harmony Quartet at COTS.
• Reports as directed to the district president and Society YIH Committee on progress toward meeting goals stated in Society and district work plans