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Essentials in
Affiliates
Allied Organizations
The Barbershop Harmony Society values its fellow travelers in the music world. Explore their offerings.
Updated: 6/15/2006 10:47:54 AM
Allied organizations
Close-Harmony Singers
Sweet Adelines International
Meet the women of Sweet Adelines International, sharing the vision of a world of song. Sweet Adelines International, a nonprofit music education organization for women, was founded in 1945. Today the organization has more than 30,000 members in more than 600 chapters in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico and six countries in Europe.
The mission of the organization is to advance the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. Through its outreach program, Young Women in Harmony, educational materials about the art form are distributed free to any vocal music teacher who requests the information.
The international headquarters is in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Women interested in learning more about the organization can call 1-800-992-SING or visit their web site at http://www.sweetadelineintl.org
Harmony, Incorporated
Meet the barbershop singers of Harmony Inc. an international organization of women. Harmony, Incorporated, an organization of women who sing in the barbershop style, was founded in 1959. The organization is dedicated to preserving the barbershop style of music and educating its members, women of all ages, in the art of its performance.
Since 1959, the organization has expanded from its Eastern roots to include chapters in the United States and Canada from California to Newfoundland, and from Alaska to Florida.
Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS)
Holland Harmony (Ladies Association of Dutch Barbershop Singers)
Mixed Barbershop Harmony Quartet Association
Bring together men and women, throw in some barbershop chords, and you have recipe for fun sing. The Mixed Harmony Barbershop Quartet Association (MHBQA) is comprised of men and women who sing "mixed" barbershop harmony. A relatively new form, mixed barbershop quartets are growing in popularity as men and women find new ways to share their mutual love of harmony.
Contemporary A Cappella Society
Vocal bands, Gregorian chant, doo-wop, swing, barbershop – all manner of groups celebrating the human voice are federated by the Contemporary A Cappella Society.
Tokyo Barbers
(English and Japanese) While not an affiliate organization, these guys are spreading barbershop harmony throughout Japan! They “stole the show” in 2000 at the World Harmony Jamboree.
Scottish Barbershop Choruses
There are five of them! World travelers take note – there’s barbershop across the globe.
Professional/Academic groups
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
A leading education and advocacy group for music in our schools, MENC and SPEBSQSA share a long and fruitful association. Get details on ways you can help support music education in your community.
American Choral Directors Association
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society.
Support Music.com
(A public service of the Music Education Coalition)
Music and the arts are vital to every child's education. Is your child's music program in danger of being cut? This site offers effective tips for taking action and the latest evidence of music's importance.
Other Organizations to Explore
It’s a big world of music out there. Click here to see more!
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