Are you one of the following?
Front-Line Director
Assistant or Associate Director
Music Team or Music Staff Member
Team Coordinator or President
Management Team or Board Member
Then this dual-track Leadership Training Workshop is for you!
Region 26 Chorus Directors and Musical leaders along with Administrative leaders (Management Team or Board members) will enjoy focused learning in their specific leadership areas from faculty specialists.
At-A-Glance Schedule in email!
Our Faculty
Caitlin Castelino
Music Track
Caitlin has had the honour of teaching, performing, and coaching worldwide as an individual and with LoveNotes. She has been fortunate to serve as the clinician for numerous youth in harmony events. Caitlin graduated with her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2012, and she brings her knowledge of the vocal mechanism, healthy voice production, and voice therapy techniques to her classes and coaching sessions to promote healthy singing in all vocalists. Teaching specialties include: vocal production, healthy singing and voice therapy techniques, rehearsal planning, rehearsal techniques, playing to your strengths, tuning, phonetics, creating performance packages, and youth in harmony events.
Caitlin Castelino is a 20-year member of Sweet Adelines and is a passionate musician and instructor.
Master 600 director of Diablo Vista Chorus, the 2020 Harmony Classic AA Champions
Baritone of LoveNotes, the 2014 International Quartet Champions
Regional Faculty Member of Region 12
Director of Circle 12, the Region 12 chorus consisting of past quartet champions
Creator and director of The Starlettes, the chorus comprised of past Rising Star champion quartets
Leslie Galbreath
Admin Track
Leslie Galbreath, Ed.D. helps Sweet Adelines International choruses and regions address leadership, educational, strategic planning, team development, membership development, and organizational development needs.
She serves as Rocky Mountain Region 8’s Education Coordinator, on the Sweet Adelines International Faculty Region 8’s faculty, and has served on the Sweet Adelines International Board of Directors, the Leadership Development Program Task Force, the Regional Leaders Committee, the Philanthropy Committee, and chaired an international task force focused on new membership options.
Leslie sings with the Denver-based Skyline chorus, where she leads Skyline’s strategic planning and organizational development efforts, helps facilitate Skyline’s education programs, and serves as the Membership Manager. Leslie is a certified director and former front-line director, section leader, team coordinator, membership coordinator, and marketing coordinator.
Leslie holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and a Master’s in Educational Leadership.
Her 30 year-career in higher education leadership included student enculturation, orientation, academic support, and academic library leadership responsibilities.
Leslie passionately believes that Sweet Adelines International provides endless opportunities for members to discover, rediscover, develop, and hone myriad talents that are injected into the SAI organization and, as importantly, into careers, communities, and families. This passionate belief provides the framework through which she develops and delivers learning opportunities on the risers and in classrooms and living rooms. She believes that all deserve the opportunity to learn and grow through their SAI journey and is privileged to offer skills and resources to facilitate growth.