How to Build a 100-Voice Middle School Boys Choir
Stacy Haney
Stacy will give you the strategies that have helped him consistently build multiple middle school boys choirs with over 100 voices every year.Â
“By the end of my time at Nagel Middle School, my 7th grade boys chorus was up to 114  students and 8th grade up to 96 by fostering an environment that welcomed all types of students."            – Stacy Haney
During this masterclass, you will receive tested and proven techniques that aid in the following:
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- How to build the male changing voice
- Recruitment strategies
- Developing camaraderie
- Finding literature that WORKS
- Repertoire lists
- Unison through 4-part music
- How to teach 3 & 4-part music
Meet Your Professor
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Stacy Wm. Haney has been teaching students of the Forest Hills School District for 24 years, this, his ninth year as director of the Anderson Vocal Arts, Anderson High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. He instructs the Men’s and Women’s Choruses, the AHS Singers and Chamber Choir. In addition to choral ensembles, Mr. Haney also teaches AP Music Theory to students wanting to expand their musical knowledge, while understanding theoretical practices through music. Prior to teaching in Cincinnati, Mr. Haney began his teaching career in Long Island, NY, as the director of choirs at Babylon Jr/Sr High School. Mr. Haney has conducted honor choirs and has served as a clinician throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, and now, Virginia!  Â
Originally from Long Island, New York, Stacy started piano lessons at the age of eight, organ at fifteen, and began directing adult church choirs at sixteen. Mr. Haney holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with a focus in organ performance and choral conducting from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and completed his graduate degree in Music Education at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. While attending BGSU, Stacy studied under the direction of Vernon Wolcott (organ), Wallace DePue (composition/theory), and Richard Mathey (choral studies). Stacy was awarded the music talent scholarship for outstanding achievement from BGSU’s College of Musical Arts’ organ department and is the organist at Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stacy and his wife Kelly currently live in Cincinnati, with their three daughters Caitlyn, Megan, and Shannon.