The Big Apple Chorus

 

We're BAC From Philadelphia with some great new music that you're gonna love. So come on in and get on the risers with us.
The best is yet to come.

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We almost won the International Contest for being the best dressed.

Welcome to the
Big Apple Chorus 2010

  Welcome to the best -- most exciting -- wonderfully comprehensive music program we’ve ever imagined. And we want to share it all with YOU.

Here are some highlights we think you’re really going to appreciate.

Our BAC Alumni knows how powerful some of our classic power ballads can be. And so being the tricky guys we are – we’d like all of them to stand shoulder to shoulder with their BACbrothers on the International Stage in Philadelphia this July and reprise their Salt Lake City performance of -- "What Kind of Fool Am I?"

Now for you new Big Apple guys -- please let us know what you think of this 2010 game plan.

+ We’re implementing two different kinds of rehearsalsto allow you to better  plan your Big Apple year. Hopefully these Skills vs Performance Emphasis rehearsals will better suit your needs and desires during these tough economic times.

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See Travel Channel's Samantha Brown's visit to South Street Seaport

'Round Midnight" MAD CHAMPS  Lots of BACbro'sWinners Too

 
Looking for a really good Barbershop Quartet?

When the Big Apple doesn't win -- the Director gets his just deserts. Trouble is -- he likes them!

Skills Emphasis  rehearsals will generally be the ones when we: + Receive group and individual Vocal Production training + Introduce and detail New Music + Plan in some section rehearsal time + Introduce Visual game plans + Dust off Repertoire Songs + Conduct periodic judging and evaluation/coaching sessions using our internal category resources.
Performance Emphasis  rehearsals will generally be the ones when we: + Focus primarily on Performance Improvement and Audience Impact + Employ Category (Music, Singing & Presentation) Coaches to assess and improve our performance level + Perform full sets to assure stamina and total set excellence + Perform Repertoire songs

Who Are These Guys?  

Whoever first said “there’s only one Big Apple” was most assuredly referring to the greatest city in the world – New York. Now – we’d like to think that if that silver tongued devil were to visit Manhattan – he or she would say – “there’s only one Big Apple Chorus”.  

Since it’s beginnings – the Big Apple Chorus – has been blessed with innovative leaders whose vision of “Bringing the Best of Broadway to Barbershop and the Best of Barbershop to Broadway” – has created one of the most surprising and entertaining a cappella choruses in the world.

 
The BAC is -- without a doubt -- one of the most fun loving chapters in the Barbershop Harmony Society. Living in New York City presents the BAC with a pile of unique opportunities -- which we enjoy immensely -- and some would say joyfully exploit -- as we insert a little "Noo Yawk" attitude into all of our performances."Hey -- you got a problem wid dat?"

When it was founded in 1983 no one could have imagined that the Big Apple Chorus was going to make the kind of impact that would propel it through over 25 years of extraordinary musical performances. Its members have always been, after all, just ordinary men – husbands, sons, fathers and brothers. And – most have no formal musical training.

Our members hail from New York City, of course, but they also travel from Northern and Southern New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester, the entire span of Long Island and from as far North as Saratoga Springs, New York. 

 They come from every walk of life – students, teachers, laborers, professionals, executives and retirees – with an ethnic and cultural diversity that mirrors the great city our chorus so proudly represents – New York!  

 “Once a BACman – always a BACman” is another BAC phenomenon. Our supportive alumni are spread throughout the United States and around the Globe. Cont'd Who Are These Guys?

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+ New arrangements crafted exclusively for the our Big Apple Chorus will enhance the Big Apples already extraordinary repertoire. And while this new music is terrific  -- (take a listen to just one) ---
Learning Track Full Mix
+ We’re going to be exploring music that will move the BAC further in the direction of developing three and four song performance sets, staged to WOW our audiences and add joy to our lives as performers. We’d welcome your suggestions and help. For example – Do we really need to add a song to our
“Man of LaMancha” set -- that is – Impossible Dream + Man of LaMancha --- OR --- shall we just add some creative Phil Wilcox staging? (Phil’s another in house pro)
+ Think you’re ready to solo? We do and rest assured that our Jersey Boys Medley, soon to be hot off arrangers pen  will provide you lots of opportunities.

+ The Big Apple Chorus is blessed to have several qualified Barbershop Harmony Society coaches and competition judges. In 2010 we’re going to ask even more of them as they judge us at our best – score what they see and hear – and then constructively coach us to perform at the highest performance levels.

+ What about some professional Vocal Production training? You got it – we’ve asked Jackie Presti – one of Broadways real stars (check out her bio) to continue providing full chorus as well as individual Vocal Production training.

+ Of course there's more but you didn't think we were going to spill all the beans here -- did you? You're going to love performing with the Big Apple Chorus.