Every August, the Barbershop Harmony Society holds Harmony University, a weeklong music education workshop, on campus. I decided it was time to find out a litlle bit more about the hundreds of barbershop Quartet members who descend on Missouri Western every summer and entertain us in four-part harmony while we work. So I arranged to shadow a Harmony U. attendee, and at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4. the fifth day of the workshop, I lound myself sitting in on their general session in the Potter Hall theater. I've been to a lot of conferences and workshops before. But...

Two quartets from the Tucson area appeared on local TV broadcasts on Wednesday, January 18 during the Midwinter Convention. Joint Venture sang and interviewed on "Morning Blend", a show on the local ABC channel Wednesday morning at 11:00. To listen, click here. Touch of Grey recorded two songs and an interview for the local PBS channel which aired Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 7:00. The interview covered the history of barbershop music and of the Society. To listen, click here. The local NBC Channel covered the Youth Festival with...

Originally posted in KUNC.org With shows like American Idol bringing a major increase in revenue dollars for TV networks, there's an old American musical art form which is also seeing an increase in popularity with a younger audience across the country, and right here in Colorado. There's an interesting phenomenon taking hold in the Barbershop Quartet world. You know barbershop? "…Hello my baby, Hello my darling, hello my ragtime gal..?" Yea, it's pretty old and outdated. But YouTube "Gaga Barbershop Quartet", and you'll find a group of high school guys singing Lady Gaga's...

Originally posted in http://www.theolathenews.com/2011/12/20/1363582/singing-group-raises-record-cash.html By MATT CAMPBELL A holiday chorus making the rounds of retirement communities in Johnson County last weekend set a personal best and possibly a local record for one-day donations to the Salvation Army. The Heart of America Chorus, comprised of more than 40 volunteers, raised nearly $23,000 in one six-hour period Saturday. That was up from last year's take of just under $7,000. "I almost passed out, it was unbelievable," said chorus co-chairman Mike Mathieu, who carried a peck basket to collect all the donations that were tossed to the...