Personal barbershop history: the Top Hats The Top Hats were active in the '60s/'70s as a comedy quartet from the Northeastern District. They… Related categories: History Learn More
The Unique Quartette: the First African American quartet to make records WNYC's All Of It with Alison Stewart features an interview with researchers who discovered and… Related categories: Press Clippings • History • Diversity and inclusion Learn More
NPR's Present at the Creation: Barbershop Harmony A search through the vaults of National Public Radio unearthed this 2002 story on barbershop's Black… Related categories: Press Clippings • National Barbershop Quartet Day • History Learn More
National Barbershop Quartet Day 2021 National Barbershop Quartet Day commemorates the birth of the organized barbershop movement on… Related categories: Membership growth • Events • Recruiting • Press Clippings • National Barbershop Quartet Day • History • Outreach Learn More
The History of the BHS Contest & Judging System From the very beginning of our Society, contests have driven the evolution of the barbershop… Related categories: Competition • Judging • History • Contests and Judging • Video Learn More
Watch and reflect the Inclusion in Barbershop Series: The Background of Music: History, Research, and Choosing Non Problematic Music Don’t ask first, research! Start with the most basic google search for the sheet music cover, the… Related categories: Leadership • Membership growth • Singing • Chapters • Chorus • Music • Members • History • Everyone in Harmony • Diversity and inclusion Learn More
New Book Tells True Story of Champion Schmitt Brothers Quartet Conventioneers fanned themselves with their programs in the sweltering theater. After listening to… Related categories: Just for Fun • Quartetting • International Convention • Members • History Learn More
The first convention and quartet contest The first convention [Tulsa, Oklahoma] was meticulously planned out by OC Cash. Always the showman,… Related categories: Just for Fun • Quartetting • Conventions • History Learn More
Honoring the Grand Central Red Caps By Matthew Beals, originally published in The Harmonizer, Nov/Dec 2017… Related categories: History • Everyone in Harmony • From The Harmonizer Learn More
Satchmo’s barbershop background celebrated Barbershoppers aren’t the only people fascinated with the barbershop style. Music historians, jazz… Related categories: Events • History Learn More
