Volunteer Opportunities
The Barbershop Harmony Society has a variety of opportunities to engage volunteers from the Nashville area. For over 80 years, the Society has promoted the unique art of barbershop quartet singing worldwide. Founded in 1938, we have grown to nearly 20,000 international singers!If you wish to stop by for a visit, we’d be delighted to talk with you about our organization. We can customize your schedule to suit your level of commitment and interest. Below is a summary of areas we need volunteer assistance. Since most of these tasks require a physical presence in the building, this opportunity is best suited for Nashville locals.
We welcome you to join us in bringing joy to others through song!
ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT
- Update Inventory
- Scan photos, slides
- Scan historic documents
- Organize and clean photos/documents/artifacts
- Prepare historic displays
- Research
OPERATIONS
- Prepare new member packets
- Assist with mailings
- Member contact
Contact customerservice@barbershop.org to learn more!
About the Barbershop Harmony Society
Founded in 1938, the Barbershop Harmony Society preserves and encourages barbershop singing, a uniquely American close harmony musical art form whose roots lie in African-American communities of the South in the late 1800s. While Jimmy Fallon plays the olde-tyme quartet in stripes for fun, we sing barbershop in an explosive, exciting way that is attracting intergenerational singers from all walks of life.
Today, the fellowship, fulfillment, and excitement of vocal music is attracting a new generation of singers. Barbershop — called by one respected music industry insider “the black belt of a cappella” — is hot, and we’re the ones who are making it happen.
Today, our focus is on nothing less than creating a better world, singing. We have become a driving force for singing as an asset that changes lives and improves communities.