Far Western District of the Barbershop Harmony Society
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IYBCF Comes to Pasadena
The International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival, the premiere festival for young male a cappella choruses,
will be coming to the Far Western District on January 31, 2009.
For more information, visit www.BarberShop.org/YouthChorus
Youth in Harmony Festival Attracts 250
Choral Teachers and singing students, mark your calendars for the District's next
Youth In Harmony Festival, February 7th, 2009 in Newbury Park, California,
for High School male singers from Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern and San Luis Obispo counties.
Lots of great singing, training and fun!
Download PDF for applications
Sponsored by the Rincon Beach Chapter
Pictured to the right is Whirlwind, a popular high school quartet, singing at our Youth Harmony Camp. This camp is held each year near Pollock Pines, CA, not far from
South Lake Tahoe and it's a terrific place to meet other youth and to grow your singing skills. Some of our barbershop harmony chapters have a youth program and one of our chapters, Westminster, is a youth-only chapter where everyone is under 30. This chapter worked hard at being the
best chorus at our 2007 International competition in Denver they took home the Gold. They are so excited about the success of their singing that they are looking to start other youth-only chapters.
September 6, 2008. Students and music educators from 15 Southern Arizona high schools attended the Third Annual Youth in Harmony Festival.
A full day of vocal technique, history of Barbershop and learning songs was followed by a show presented to
the friends and families at Sahuaro High School Auditorium. For more information, visit the Tuscon Chapter's web site.
Next District Festival in February
It's all about singing four-part unaccompanied harmony.
There are many ways that you as a student can get involved in barbershop harmony. One of the most popular
is to form a quartet in your school as part of the vocal music program. Your fellow students will love it, your teacher will love it, even your parents will love it.
Westiminster Chorus
If you would like to start singing barbershop harmony, please contact the coordinator for your area of our district at Area Coordinators. You can tell your school music teacher that our members are very interested in supporting school vocal music programs. You can find a barbershop harmony chapter near you at Far Western District Chapters.