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Join the team! Project Consultant opportunity as Choral Ecosystem Researcher...
[Updated 10/19/2016: position has been filled.] As part of its strategic planning process, the Barbershop Harmony Society is seeking the assistance of a researcher or consultant to serve as an...
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Intro to Barbershop: What is Barbershop?
What is barbershop music, how is it arranged and sung? You’ve joined the Barbershop Harmony Society. You might have instead joined a church choir, a symphonic chorus, or formed a small combo sing...
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Starting 2017 … Strategically!
The BHS Strategic Planning Process is continuing to move forward. Here’s the quick story: We have complete the “Gathering” stage, wherein we have collected a massive amount of data and opinion about...
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Intro to Barbershop: Learning the language of Barbershop
Sort through the alphabet soup of barbershop acronyms and terms Heard in a chorus rehearsal: “Basses, we need a cleaner swipe going into the tag. Baritones, hold off on the tiddly until I bring you...
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Society presents Barbershop in a BIG way at ACDA National Conference next week
Showcase concert appearances from Ringmasters, Crossroads, and Great Northern Union, reading sessions of barbershop music, and a clinic demonstrating the success of barbershop choruses in igniting the...
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Building A Healthy Choral Ecosystem — New report now available!
To accomplish our aim of building a better world, singing, the Barbershop Harmony Society constantly works on collaborations with like-minded organizations who are building the field of choral singing....
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Society Board seeks new members… maybe YOU!
The Board of Directors of the Barbershop Harmony Society has openings for Board Treasurer and Member-At-Large for three-year terms beginning in 2018. These openings will be filled by election of the...
View ArticleVINTAGE AUDIO: O.C. Cash recounts the first meeting in Tulsa, OK
Superman and the rocket from planet Krypton… Newton’s apple and the theory of gravity… O.C. , Rupert, and the rooftop of the Tulsa Club… every monumental discovery needs a great origin story, and so it...
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Harmony University is now accepting faculty applications for International!
Last year, Harmony University offered over 100 classes between Tuesday and Saturday at the Nashville Convention. Our second year of numerous classes was WILDLY popular and produced the largest number...
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Memorial gifts Keep a Melody Ringing
It is tragic to lose a friend or loved one. Many of us are left wondering how to pay tribute to those who have meant so much. For fellow Barbershoppers who dedicated a significant portion of their...
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Intro to Barbershop: Five ways you can sing in a barbershop group
Inevitably, when you tell someone you’ve joined a barbershop group, you will be asked, “How many in your quartet?” Surprisingly, the answer isn’t always simple. Most men join the Barbershop Harmony...
View ArticlePublications FAQ: Music Catalog changes
The Barbershop Harmony Society has decided to begin moving all of our music publications toward a published-only model. The recent Hal Leonard unpublished-to-published transition project has provided...
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Stop by the BHS Membership Booth in Las Vegas — you might win a great prize!
If you are attending the 2017 International Convention in Las Vegas this July, be sure to check out our Membership Booth located in the Registration/Marketplace area. Whether you are a member or an...
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Watch the Saturday Night Spectacular FREE, then relive every moment of the...
Join the awesome combined choruses of the Ambassadors of Harmony and Vocal Majority with Crossroads, Vocal Spectrum and GQ, and you have the most incredible 350+ voices you’ll ever hear! It’s FREE by...
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HU Keynote: Kurt Heinecke – Fun music that’s not a joke!
A lifetime of studying various musical styles took 2017 HU keynote speaker Kurt Heinecke down a wildly unexpected path. For over two decades, Kurt and a few of his imaginative “crazy” friends found...
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Strategic Vision Update – Fall 2017
Of all of the activities that took place during the launch of the BHS Strategic Vision, the one we did the most was listen! We anticipated — and received! — a lot of input from the barbershop community...
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Faculty applications open for Harmony University 2018!
Harmony University is looking for a few good teachers! We are now accepting applications for Harmony University 2018! Our week-long event will be once again held at Belmont University in...
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BHS announces the 2018 contest qualification guidelines
The Barbershop Harmony Society announces the qualification guidelines for our upcoming International Quartet and Chorus Competitions and Midwinter contest sessions. International Quartet and Chorus...
View ArticleBarbershop Harmony Society announces convention locations for 2021, 2022, and...
The Barbershop Harmony Society is proud to announce our host cities for our International Conventions in 2021, 2022, and 2023. 2021 – Cleveland, OH 2022 – Charlotte, NC 2023 – Louisville, KY These...
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