2026 Harmony on the River

The youth will be having clinics starting early on Friday morning, January 9th and will share their performances with those attending Harmony Academy later in the day on January 9th. 

• The youth will be having clinics starting early on Friday morning, January 9th and will share their performances with those attending Harmony Academy later in the day on January 9th. $15.00 per student. 

• If you know of students who would be interested in this event, PLEASE SHARE THIS PAGE.

FESTIVAL REGISTRATION - CLICK HERE  

Prelimnary Schedule

8:30am - Check-in, Master Class, Tags, Clef Sectinals, etc.

9:00am-12:30pm - Lunch

1:30pm-3:30pm - Rehersals, Tags, etc

4:00pm-5:00pm - Performance 

Born in Bozeman, Montana, and has dedicated 23 years to Barbershop music. As a third-generation barbershopper, she shares her passion for singing with her mother, and sister. At the age of 19, Natalie took on the roles of Assistant Director and Choreographer for the Bridger Mountain Harmony chorus, working alongside her mother.

With her passion for youth outreach and education, Natalie was the creative force and founder of “The Adelettes”, a young women’s chorus that promoted Barbershop music to younger generations. She contributed her expertise as a faculty member at numerous High School Barbershop Festivals and became the head faculty for the Big Sky Youth in Harmony Rendezvous Camp for 11 years.
 

Additionally, Natalie was appointed as the Young Women in Harmony Coordinator for the Northwest Region of Sweet Adelines, where she also utilized her skills as a vocal coach and conducted educational classes.
 

When the Bozeman Chord Rustlers (BHS) needed a musical leader, Natalie accepted the position as their frontline director. Over the course of six years under her leadership, she helped the chapter grow its membership and advance musically; earning their highest score and achievement of 2nd place at their Division contest.  
 

Additionally, Natalie has performed with the Rich-Tones chorus, a six-time international champion, securing two international medals. Natalie’s enthusiasm for quartet singing led to an 8th-place international medal. Outside of Barbershop music, Natalie spends her time pursuing her passion for film with her Associate's Degree in Motion Picture Production.

Directs the choirs of Red Wing High School. A graduate of UW-River Falls in 2008 with a degree in Choral Music Education, Scott studied voice and conducting with Dr. Jong-Won Park, and also earned his Masters of Education in 2017 from UWRF. Scott is in his 17th year of teaching, with the last 11 years at Red Wing High School.

At RWHS, Scott directs four curricular choirs, an extracurricular a cappella choir, and vocal music/pit orchestra for the annual high school musicals. Throughout his career, many of Scott’s students have been selected for regional and state honors choirs, and multiple soloists, small ensembles, and choirs have received top ratings at contests. 

Outside of the classroom, Scott keeps a busy schedule as the artistic director of the Journeymen Chorus, co-Director of the Red Wing Community Men’s Chorus,, and choir Director at First Presbyterian Church of Red Wing, Minnesota. Scott is also in demand as a choral clinician, adjudicator, and quartet coach. As a performer, Scott sings bass with the award winning barbershop Quartet, CHORD SMASH!.

Choirs under Scott’s direction have performed at professional conventions three times, including WCDA (Wisconsin Choral Directors Association) convention in 2015 with his Somerset High School Concert Choir, ACDA of Minnesota  convention in 2024 with The Journeymen Chorus, and MMEA (Minnesota Music Educators Association) convention in 2025 with the Red Wing High School Concert Choir.

Personally, Scott resides in the beautiful city of Red Wing, MN, with his wife and three children. Outside of the classroom, Scott is an avid fisherman and a huge Minnesota sports fan.

Kordal Kombat is a barbershop quartet from central Minnesota. Since the group’s founding in the Fall of 2009 on the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota, Kordal Kombat has test- driven the entire spectrum of a cappella music genres from classical to gospel, pop, doo wop, jazz, and everything in-between. In the fall of 2012, after establishing the personnel lineup that they still have to this day, they finally discovered that their true love was for the barbershop style of singing. Soon after their discovery, Kordal Kombat joined the Willmar chapter of the Land O' Lakes District of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Now all four members of Kordal Kombat are proud, first generation barbershoppers.

Kordal Kombat’s 16 year journey has taken them all over North America for competitions and across the midwest, where they’ve performed on hundreds of stages for thousands of music lovers. In competition, they have enjoyed success by winning the 2013 Land O’ Lakes District Quartet Competition, appearing three times in the International Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest, and finishing 27th in the world in the 2017 International Barbershop Quartet Contest in Las Vegas, Nevada. These four college buddies are having a blast making music together, and they look forward to what the next 16 years have in store for them!

Mark Halverstadt, Tenor | Scott Veenhuis, Lead | Ben Israelson, Bass | Adam Helgeson, Baritone