In front of a packed enthusiastic audience in the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC, the world's top ten quartets gave the performances of a lifetime. Quorum, a quartet packed with decades of experience, delivered an incredible musical performance, scoring 8462 points for a 94.0%. This gives the group the 2nd highest quartet score in the history of the organization.

Over the course of three sessions the BHS International Chorus Contest, the audience was treated to skateboards, tap shoes, swing dancing, heartfelt intergenerational moments, and even Stormtrooper dog. Of course, there was also some phenomenal singing. In the first year of the Everyone in Harmony fully Open Contest. This contest had an incredible depth of talent and it showed in the tightly contested scores.

It was a memorable night in the Spectrum Center as the world's top 20 quartets battled it out for a coveted spot in the finals. Here are some of the highlights:

The crowds roared last night in the Spectrum Center for a tightly contested parade of young talents in the Next Generation Varsity Quartets. So tightly contested in fact, the top two quartets finished with the same score, with the winner going to the quartet with the higher score in the Singing Category. The newly minted champions are Clementones out of Denmark, with Jefferson Plaid Tie taking silver. The winning score was 1430 points/79.4%. The Clementones edged out Jefferson Plaid Tie by 10 points in the Singing Category.

We don't know their scores yet, but we now know who has a shot at the finals. At the conclusion of today's 3rd Quartet Quarterfinals, BHS announced the draw for the top 20. They will perform in the follow order on Thursday, June 7th at 5 pm in the Quartet Semifinal:

The contests at BHS International in Charlotte are officially underway and audiences were treated to the first two of three quartet sessions. One thing is for sure - the medals are truly up for grabs and it is going to be quite a journey for the performers AND the fans this week.

Rod Butcher, Brian Schofield, Pete Nugent; and Andy Funnell made history at the 2022 Midwinter Convention Pasadena as One Foot in the Stave took home gold in the International Seniors Quartet Contest. One Foot in the Stave was in California as representatives of the British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS), making them the first senior quartet champions from outside of North America.

BHS Director of Relationships Manager, Joe Cerutti, emceed the Chorus & Quartet Festival at Midwinter today. The event may have been scaled down in size, but not in spirit, as there was singing on and off the stage, full of excitement for the return of live singing.

After an exciting convention, new champions were named and BHS looks ahead to the International Convention in LA this July.

After an exciting day of contest, the Barbershop Harmony Society named Hearsay the 2020 International Senior Quartet Champions. 

From Disney, to The Beatles, to barbershop classics, the youngest and oldest talent of the Barbershop Harmony Society shared the stage at the Florida Theatre in a marathon of chorus performances today at the BHS Midwinter Convention in Jacksonville.

Day One at the Barbershop Harmony Society Midwinter Convention in Jacksonville started off the weekend strong with education, the Keynote Address, the 2nd ever NextGen Junior Quartet Contest, and a Champion-packed Opening Night Showcase.

Ahead of the first contest at BHS Midwinter Convention in Jacksonville, Debbie Cleveland delivered the Keynote.

2019 was full of aca-happenings. Here are some of the notable moments in the last year of vocal music.

It was a strong afternoon of singing at the Harmony, Inc. Quartet Finals, where Hot Pursuit was named the 2019 Harmony Queens. Scoring an 81.5%, Hot Pursuit now joins the welcome company of the Association of Harmony Queens.