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Varsity Quartets

Next Generation Barbershop Varsity Quartet Contest

Tight harmonies, sung from the heart, with no autotune, no tracks, no instruments — just four voices, a song, and deep feelings of trust and teamwork. The music is both old-fashioned and contemporary, but always authentic, personal, and rich with emotion.

Upper voices, lower voices, mixed — every combination makes great harmony. Every singer has a place in barbershop!

The biggest stage... with the biggest prize!

Barbershop harmony is music for everyone. And to introduce more people to this classic a cappella art form, the Barbershop Harmony Society is offering a fantastic prize to the best quartet with singers new to barbershop — a $10,000 cash prize!

2026 Contest entry opens soon