With our debut, at Symphony Space of " The Cotton Club Set" (a medley of Cab Calloway songs and Billie Holiday's, "God Bless the Child") behind us, the Big Apple Chorus is poised to take the show on the road. We will be bringing this new contest package to the international stage and competition in Denver this July. Full Story...
Yes, Virginia, barbershop quarteting is alive and well in and around New York City! The Manhattan Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (www.bhs.org) has a long and august tradition of fostering quartets, the quintessential form for barbershop harmony. We take a good deal of pride too in the many fine quartets that have sprung from the ranks of the Big Apple Chorus. On the surface, our weekly chorus rehearsals don't necessarily give outward signs of just how lively quartet life is in our chapter, but there are several tell tale signs and a fine track record. Full Story
You never know where your passion will take you, especially in New York. I've discovered over the years that barbershop quarteting can take you to some pretty unexpected places and you meet some interesting people on the way. Full Story...
Each year, the Rahway, New Jersey Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society conducts a "Festival of Harmony", (FOH) an event that is designed to encourage young people to sing high quality a cappella harmony. The Festival is open to individuals, quartets, ensembles and mixed groups from local intermediate schools and high schools and is conducted at no charge to either the participating students or their organizations. The festival began in 2001 as an offshoot of the Young Men in Harmony program by the Princeton, NJ Chapter, a year in which it had an attendance of about 25 students. Full Story...
Every year, and perhaps as many as 3 times a year, a chorus goes into competition to find out how it 
Guests and first time visitors to the Manhattan Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society don't usually know just how deep and wide the iceberg below the surface is that anchors it's shining top, The Big Apple Chorus. In fact, the Big Apple Chorus is a small part of an amazing, expansive and tremendously supportive organization filled with talent, tools, resources and opportunities for the avocational male singer of every age. It's a little hard to get your arms around just how vast (yes, vast) the opportunities are in just a few casual, Monday night visits.
