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  • Barbershop Harmony Australia: barbershop.org.au
    Barbershop Harmony Australia - Official site of the Australian governing body for male barbershoppers. Local contest information and central point of contact for all associated Australian Choruses and Quartets.

    Barbershop Harmony Society: www.barbershop.org
    This is homebase for barbershoppers, with links to just about everything you'll ever need to get or know about this unique harmony artform. Contact a far-flung chorus or find an arrangement for your quartet. At contest times, listen to (and watch!) live webcasts of the competition.

    The BHS YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/BarbershopHarmony38
    The Barbershop Harmony Society's official Youtube account.

    The Ultimate in Barbershop Links: www.harmonize.ws/links
    Over 1500 links listed for choruses, quartets and other harmony related sites from around the globe. The gateway to the amazing world of barbershop music.

    Sweet Adelines Australia: www.sweetadelines.org.au
    Official site for the local Australian association of women barbershop singers. Go ladies!

    Sweet Adelines International: www.sweetadelineintl.org
    The official site for the wordwide association of women barbershoppers.

    Harmony Marketplace: www.harmonymarketplace.com
    Visit the barbershop Harmony Marketplace, where you can purchase anything from sheet music, pitch pipes and CDs to the latest in music-related computer software or BHS boxer shorts!

    AIC - The Association of International Champions: www.aicgold.com
    The official site for all SPEBSQSA/BHS International Quartet Champions - from the 1939 winners, the Bartlesville Barflies to the most recent champs. Hone-up on your barbershop history while listening to some of these great quartets.

    The Association of International Seniors Quartet Champions: www.seniorsgold.com
    The official site of the oldies-but-goldies BHS Seniors quartet champs.

    BarbershopTags.com: www.barbershoptags.com
    This is "tag central" for barbershoppers. Nearly 2000 tags are available to freely download - sheet music, 4-part learning tracks and in some cases video clips of the tags being sung.

    BarbershopTags.com was created by our own Mark Virtue.

 

  • Australian Chorus
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  • Vocal Evolution: www.vocalevolution.com
    The 2011 Australian Chorus Gold medallists! This Perth-based group has proved to be a force to be reckoned with on the Oz barbershop scene.

    The Blenders: www.theblenders.com.au
    Home of one of Australia's best a cappella choruses, multi Gold medal winners and 2011 AAMBS Silver Medalists.

    Brisbane River City Clippers: www.rivercityclippers.org.au
    Hosts of the combined 2011 AAMBS/Pan Pacific Convention and one of Australia's finest choruses - from Brisbane, Queensland.

 

  • International Chorus
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  • The Westminster Chorus: www.westminsterchorus.org
    Wow! Check out the exciting sounds of this superb young chorus, fresh from winning the 2010 BHS International Gold Medal - where they acheived the highest scores ever given in this competition. Westminster showed their versatility by winning the 2009 "Choir of the World" award in Wales. These guys ARE the new standard. "Barbershop for the 21st Century"... indeed!

    Ambassadors of Harmony: www.aoh.org/home.htm
    Visit the home of the 2009 BHS International Champion Chorus, from St. Charles Missouri. Congratulations to MD Dr Jim Henry and all the guys!

    Masters of Harmony: www.mastersofharmony.org
    2011 BHS International Chorus Champions (and now 8-time winners!) from Santa Fe Springs California. The Masters are currently under the direction of Mark Hale, the lead from the 2001 International Champion quartet, Michigan Jake.

    The Vocal Majority: www.vocalmajority.com
    11-time BHS International Chorus Champions! This powerhouse chorus from Dallas, Texas are fine role-models for the world's barbershop community.

    Toronto Northern Lights: www.northernlightschorus.com
    An outstanding chorus of around 50 singers, TNL won the 3rd place Bronze Medal at Kansas City 2011 with a colourfully dramatic performance set! Along with last year's 3rd Place, it heralds a brilliant return to form from the "Little Chorus that Could" who had a run of Silver Medal placings at the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 BHS International Chorus Championships. A true inspiration to smaller choruses around the world.

 

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  • Adrenaline: www.adrenalinequartet.com
    Adrenaline is the quartet of our very own director, Andrew Howson, and Australia's current Silver Medal quartet

    Benchmark: www.benchmarkfour.com
    Australian Seniors multi-Gold Medalists Barbershop Quartet, and finalists from Australia's Got Talent

    Realtime: www.realtimequartet.com
    World Champions at only their second attempt! Realtime, based in Vancouver, won the BHS 2005 international championships.

    Max Q: www.maxquartet.com
    The BHS 2007 International Champions are simply phenomenal! Listen to sample tracks and order their CDs from here.

    Crossroads: www.crossroadsquartet.com/
    The 2009 BHS International quartet champs - one of the best ever! Their debut CD is available through their website.

    Vocal Spectrum: www.vocalspectrum.com
    BHS 2006 International Champions - VS are one of the most dynamic quartets ever to grace the contest stage.

    OC Times: www.octimesquartet.com
    The 2008 BHS International quartet champs are a young, energetic group that specialise in breathing new life into swing standards and rock 'n roll classics.

    Cadence: www.cadence-unplugged.com/
    Exciting contemporary/jazz Canadian quartet from Toronto. Listen to a couple of great tracks from their CDs "Frost Free", "Twenty For One" and "Speak Easy". Keep an eye on these guys.

    Acoustix: www.acoustix.com
    The 1990 SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions were part of the faculty at the memorable Australian Harmony College held in Sydney in 1998 and are simply awesome singers.

    The Idea of North: www.idea.com.au
    Cool site for this sensational Australian a cappella group, winners of the 2003 Harmony Sweepstakes held in the U.S. & very special guests at the Harmony Spectacular Concert which closed the AAMBS National Convention held in Sydney September 2007. You can order their CDs from here.

    The Hi-Lo's: www.thehi-los.com/
    One man four times - Four men once! Finally a site dedicated to perhaps the greatest vocal group of all time. Find out all about the sensational Hi-Lo's, their ground-breaking recordings & their multi-award winning arranger Gene Puerling. As Sammy Davis Jr. once said of them: Man, they're a gas!

    The Real Group: www.realgroup.se
    Sweden's absolutely fabulous mixed quintet. Astounding jazz-based vocal harmony. You can listen to sample tracks from their latest CD and other recordings.

    Take 6: www.take6.com
    One of the best a cappella groups in the world, Take 6 sing a hip mixture of jazz-fused gospel and soul. Listen to sound bites and watch Quicktime clips of this great group in action.

 

  • Barbershop Arrangements
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  • Barbershop Harmony Society - Music Library: www.harmonymarketplace.com/orderingmusic.html
    Hundreds of song arrangements available from all the top arrangers. The BHS catalogue is the largest collection of barbershop and the first place to look for a tune to sing.

    Links To Barbershop Arrangers: www.harmonize.ws/links/misc/arrangers.cfm
    This is what you need - ALL the major barbershop arrangers are linked from this page. Go find that music you're after!

    Aaron Dale Arrangements: www.dalearrangements.com/
    One of the young rising stars on the arranging scene, Aaron has provided charts for top quartets Crossroads, Realtime & OC Times in addition to the Louisville Times, the Masters of Harmony and of course the mighty Westminster Chorus.

    A Cappella Arrangements by Jon Nicholas: www.nicholasarrangements.com/songs.htm
    A large number of great arrangements with audio clips of the learning tracks to sample before purchasing

    David Wright: www.harmonize.ws/DavidWright/
    One of the finest arrangers in contemporary barbershop.

    Jay Giallombardo: www.gsbmedalmusic.com
    Find dozens of arrangements by the musical director of 2001 SPEBSQSA Chorus Champions, The New Tradition.

    Tom Gentry: www.harmonize.ws/tgentry/
    Full listing of the many songs available from the long-time barbershop arranger.

    Larry Wright: www.larrywrightmusic.com/
    Find an arrangement from one of barbershop's most experienced performer/arrangers, Mr Larry Wright. Sheet music can also come complete with all parts on professional-quality learning tapes and CDs. His new website makes the search easier.

 

  • A Cappella
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  • A-Cappella.com: www.a-cappella.com
    Excellent source for purchasing CDs, tapes, DVDs, videos and sheet music of ALL forms of vocal music. More than 20,000 sound files to sample! Huge range of barbershop titles.

    Primarily A Cappella: www.singers.com
    Another great source for ordering CDs, sheet music and videos of all forms of vocal music. In addition to listing information on the various groups and singers you can hear sample tracks from many of the hundreds of vocal harmony records available.

 

  • Other
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  • Ricci Adams' Music Theory: www.musictheory.net
    Great site where the elements of music theory are explained through a progressive series of easy-to-understand animated lessons, often assisted by sound and downloadable charts. Perfect for beginners or to brush-up on your existing musical knowledge. * Now with downloadable ipad and iphone aps! * Smart stuff!

 

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