Homage to Harlem
The Manhattan Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society proudly presents The Big Apple Chorus in concert, Saturday April 21St. at 8PM at Symphony Space on Broadway at 95th St.
Special featured guest artists will include The Wiyos band: preeminent purveyors of vaudevillian hokum and old time American, country, ragtime, blues, swing, jug band music! Also featured will be the Barbershop Quartet "Our Town," a new configuration of favorite International competition quartet singers, including: Larry Tully, Terry Clarke, Jamie Carbone and BAC Director Emeritus, Scott Brannon singing lead, The irrepressible comic antic of Reveille will also be on hand.Full Story...
Tickets: Orch $35 , Balcony $30, Students: $25 & $20. E-mail BACtickets@yahoo.com or call( 646) 303-7920. Also available on line www.symphonyspace.org and at SS Box Office 2537 Broadway, NYC.
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And New BAC Quartets
This is the time of year when barbershop quartets, from novices to perennial international aspirants have a chance to compete, in a variety of venues, for their own personal bests and to show the world what great stuff they've been preparing. The BAC will be there.
Feb. 24th: The Rahway Valley Jerseyaires will be sponsoring the 46th Annual Rahway Valley Novice Quartet Contest at Roosevelt School, 811 St. Georges Ave.(at Stanton), Rahway, NJ at 7:30 PM. Admission is FREE.
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Behind his handsome, youthful and effervescent smile, made even brighter by contrast with his leathery, golden tan and gold silk shirts, there was indeed, a heart of true gold. No Big Apple rehearsal was complete without his enthusiastic words of encouragement, a sly wink or a warm shake of his large, soft hand, followed by the vague aroma of a fine cigar freshly smoked. Full Story...
An Opportunity to Entertain
The vision of director, Joe Hunter, the music team of the Big Apple Chorus and its members never let competition get in the way of its mission to entertain nor its long reputation for bringing, memorable, progressive high level performances to the world's Barbershop Harmony aficionados. Full Story...
We all need to feel accepted; especially performers who practice wearing their hearts on their sleeves. Being part of a large and diverse men's musical group, it's funny what kinds of things we discover affirm us and the little ways by which we acknowledge our affections.
Here, in his own words, is a snap shot from one of the Big Apple's newer members, in an early encounter with one of the Chapter's and the Barbershop Society's most respected, beloved but sometimes ornery, arranger and judge: Full Story...
Every year, and perhaps as many as 3 times a year, a chorus goes into competition to find out how it 
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