Barbershop Harmony Society

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How To Join

1. Attend at least three (3) consecutive meetings (more if needed to grasp our style of singing);

2. Be assigned a specific section (voice part) employing the vocal /voice profile check;

3. Submit a completed membership application and a check for membership dues to the Membership Vice President;

4. Be approved for membership by the chapter board of directors.

Dues for the organization are approx. $125 each year. The dues structures are available from the Membership Vice President. There are also installment plans for membership dues, please see the Membership Vice President for more information.

Sometime during your first visit, a voice profile exercise will be conducted with one of the assistant directors. This check will be made to establish your singing musical ability and the comfortable range of your voice.

If you will make your intentions known to either the greeter, Membership V.P. or the section leader, you will be put in touch with one of the voice profile men who will work with you in private. The profile check is informal and painless and should take less than two minutes of your time.

VOCAL/VOICE PROFILE

Unless you have experience with Barbershop and or choral singing ( and know definitely which part you'd like to sing), a voice profile will be run at the earliest convience, to determine which part you should be singing.

The Membership V.P. or greeter will put you in touch with one of our Voice Profile men who will take you aside and have you sing a chromatic scale (or reasonable facsimile). From this little exercise (done in private) he will determine which of the parts he feels you will be most comfortable in and seat you in that section

New Member Orientation

1. What Membership Involves:

a. Regular attendance

b. Memorizing Music (notes & words)

c. Responsibility for own music folder

d. Etiquette

i. Give directors your full attention

ii. Don't sing if director is rehearsing another part

iii. Don't sing when a quartet is singing, unless asked to join in.

e. Performances

i. Programs for local audiences

ii. Most are paid performances

iii. Signing up for a performance is a commitment to sing

f. Recruitment of new members to join us

g. Selling tickets for the annual show, and ads for the show

h. Learning tapes/cds

i. Recordings of the chorus music made at meetings by you to hlep in the learning process

ii. Polecats, 12 Songs everyone in the Society knows

i. Quarteting

i. Everyone should participate to improve ones skill and confidence

ii. Help in learning polecats

iii. Try and learn a new voice part

j. Attendance

i. Be sure to sign in for attendance each week