2007 So. AZ Youth in Harmony Festival

September 8, 2007. Almost 200 young men and women from southern Arizona high schools attended the event which was sponsored by the Tucson Unified School District, The Tucson Sunshine Chapter and the Tucson Desert Harmony Chapter of Sweet Adelines. Clinicians were Connie Keil and Charla Esser with assistance from Dayle Ann Cook and Jeff Dolan. Ron and Annie Hayes coordinated and produced the event. Tucson Chapter quartets Eastsiders and Sonoran Sound as well as Tucson Desert Harmony quartet Havin' A Blast participated as teaching quartets.

For more photos and captions, go to So Az Youth Festival.

Posted Nov 4, 2007

International Youth Chorus Contest

The Barbershop Harmony Society announces an annual International level Youth Chorus Contest/Festival to be held at the society's Mid-Winter Convention. The first contest will be held in San Antonio, TX, on January 27, 2008. See the official announcement for all the details.

Posted March 1, 2007

It's all about singing four-part unaccompanied harmony.

There are many ways that you as a student can get involved in barbershop harmony. One of the most popular is to form a quartet in your school as part of the vocal music program. Your fellow students will love it, your teacher will love it, even your parents will love it.

Pictured to the right is Whirlwind, a popular high school quartet, singing at our Youth Harmony Camp. This camp is held each year near Pollock Pines, CA, not far from South Lake Tahoe and it's a terrific place to meet other youth and to grow your singing skills.

Some of our barbershop harmony chapters have a youth program and one of our chapters, Westminster, is a youth-only chapter where everyone is under 30. This chapter worked hard at being the best chorus at our 2007 International competition in Denver they took home the Gold. They are so excited about the success of their singing that they are looking to start other youth-only chapters.

Westminster Chorus
Website

If you would like to start singing barbershop harmony, please contact the coordinator for your area of our district at Area Coordinators. You can tell your school music teacher that our members are very interested in supporting school vocal music programs. You can find a barbershop harmony chapter near you at Far Western District Chapters.