Welcome to Young Singers in Harmony

Young Singers in Harmony is your one stop site for everything you need to know about young people singing in the A capella style. Young Singers in Harmony is supported by The Australian Association of Men Barbershop singers and through this the support of a network thirty thousand harmony singers throughout the world.

Our aim is to provide learning and teaching resources as well as a focal point for those of us who enjoy the magic of combining the human voice in harmony. There is information on how you can access workshops, learning material, concert programmes, touring groups and even a chance for you to chat with fellow harmony singers. Discussions of specific genres, such as barbershop, Balkan world music or doo wop, facilitate an in depth understanding of those styles and their performance.

19 Apr 2009 // Enter your Youth singing group in the Australian Youth Chorus Festival

Enter your youth or school Quartet and Choir/Chorus in the Australian Youth Chorus and Quartet Festival ...with $4,500 prize money on offer. All you need to do is sing!!!
This year, the National Convention of the Australian Association of Men Barbershop Singers (AAMBS) is being held in Hobart. Over 800 delegates and an audience of more than 2500 enthusiasts attend this prestigious event.

In addition to the adult chorus and quartet competitions which are part of the convention, there is a dedicated Australian Youth Chorus Festival to kick off the event. The competition will be held on Thursday 24 September 2009 at the Theatre Royal in Hobart.

What can you win?
Quartet: First prize is $1000, second is $600 and $400 to third place.
Chorus: First prize is $1000, second is $750 and $500 to third place.
School: Based Quartets and Choruses will receive special prizes

Groups entering the competition will receive:
- Free teaching materials and support.
- State and national exposure for the winning quartets.
- Feedback from a panel of Australasian and international judges.
- Opportunity to share in a total of $4,250 in prize money.

Schools entering the competition will receive:
- Free teaching materials and support.
- State and national exposure for the winning quartets.
- Feedback from a panel of Australasian judges.
- Opportunity to share in a total of $4,250 in prize money.

Who can enter?
Download an application form and fax, email or send to

Australian Youth Chorus Competition
For all information contact
PO Box 1427, Southport B.C.4215
Steve Griffin 0411951259
stephen.griffin@apexdental.com.au
Fax 07 56780190

Each participant will receive music and part predominate learning tracks for 2 songs to be sung in a massed youth chorus at the end of the festival

. Entries close on 24 August 2009

For more information on the convention please go to www.barbershopconvention.com.au/Convention2009 and for information to assist you in preparing your quartet go to www.youngsingers.com.au

Click here to download Quartet Entry Form
Click here to download Chorus Entry Form
Click here to download Australain Youth Chorus Official Rules