Arizona Youth Harmony
 

YOUTH CHORUS

Young Men Encouraged

We are currenlty seeking young singing men under 30 who would be interested in preparing for the 2013 and 2014 Midwinter Competitions.

Please send your name, voice part, email, and phone number if interested in being part of this group.  In addition to the Midwinter Conventions, there will be other youth programs and shows that the group will have the opportunity to perform on.
 
This will also be a great group to establish youth quartets for young men interested in quartet experience and singing with four other fine singers.
 
 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thurs Sep 20, 2012

Youth Expo & Entertainment
Mesa Performing Arts Center
 
Singing Experiences, education, and fun for young singers and edcuators.
 
More information and activites to be announced soon.

Mid-Winter Convention

Youth Chorus Contest

Jan 8-13, 2013

Orlando, FL

April 16, 2011
 

College Quartet Contest

  • Open to any college age young men
  • Representing a specific college or
  • Individual young men of college age

 

High School Quartet Contest

  • Open to high school age young men
  • Representing your specific High School 
  • Winning schools will receive monetary awards and recognition

 

For More Information

Contest@AzYouthHarmony.com

Barbershop Youth Scholarship Night

Thursday May 3, 2012

 

There will be a special event night to honor some of the local youth as they are awarded scholorships by the Mesa Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

 

Young singers have been invited to attend this event to see what is available to local youth and let music educators know what free help, music, learning material, and funds are offered by local chapters and the Internation Society of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

 

This Thursday program will also include brief performances by the Sweet Adelines "Fiesta Chorus", the mens "Mesa Lamplighter Chorus", chapter quartets. Also performaing will be the mens and womens youth choruses from Chandler High School and the 2012 High School Quartet Champions "The Three-Quarters Quartet".

 

Location:  Eternal Life Lutheran Church 7025 E. Main St. Mesa

(just  a block east and south of Power and Main)
 

Hosted By:  Mesa Lamplighter Chorus

 

Hish School Quartet Contest: April 21, 2012

The 2012 HSQC Champions from the AZ Division Contest are the Three-Quarters Quartet.  They are Tenor Forest Burgess (top); Baritone Matthew Kaplan (left); Bass Ben Mertens (right) all high school seniors at the Arizona School for the Arts under the Direction of Craig Westendorf.  Their other member is Lead  Jacob Sumner (bottom) a freshman at the Horizon High School under the direction of  Katherine Kouns.

 

Congratulations to these young men for representing their schools and showing off their barbershop singing at this contest. We look forward to more participants and high schools sending there singers to compeition next year.

Chandler High School Boys Choir Performs at 2012 Mid-Winter Convention in Tucson


About 25 young men from the Chandler High School Choral Music program, under the direction of Lori Lyford performed at the Midwinter Convention held in Tucson AZ, Jan 21, 2012
 
These young men called the boys "Treble Makers" is a spin off from the ever growing and populer female Treblemakers of the High School.   The young men have only been together for a few months but their new found love for singing barbershop has been a joy to this new class recently added to the Chandler music curriculum.
 
The young womens group also attended the convention and got the opportuinity to sing the night before the boys competition and quickly were the talk of the conference.  It was also a great scene with such a large "fan base" of women screaming and supporting their school and music program.  Director Lori Lyford also happens to be the director of the gold medal winning Sweet Adelines "Scottsdale Chorus". 
 
The young mens chorus was also given coaching in preparation to the Midwinter convention my members of the PHX! Quartet (Mark Ewing, Lenny Miller, Mark House, and Curt McLees.  Also giving coaching to the group was Gary Steinkamp, the director of the Spirit of Phoenix Mens Chorus.

Arizona Places 9th at 2011 BHS Mid-Winter Contest 

 

By Curt McLees
 
The young men's chorus competed in the Mid-winter youth chorus festival this weekend in Las Vegas.  Their debut competition performance netted a very respectable overall score of 68.5, ninth place overall.  With 18 young men on stage, the supportive barbershop audience gave the chorus a standing ovation for their performance of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, the last song in their three-song set. 
 
With rehearsal space unavailable, the chorus rehearsed Saturday morning by squeezing into a suite of one of the chorus supporters.  At the rehearsal, words of encouragement and best wishes were delivered by SOP president Terry Aramian, Scottsdale Sweet Adeline's director Lori Lyford, and district representatives John Krizek, Ted Sayle and Gordon Berthold. 
 
This Mid-winter convention set attendance records with close to 700 contestants crossing the stage from 4 countries.  The Harmony Foundation�s festival has received over $1,850,000.00 in donations from choruses and individuals to help fund the youth festival and by every measure was an unparalleled success.
 
Winning the youth contest was the Northwest Vocal Project which is the only other BHS-chartered barbershop youth chorus other than Westminster.  The seniors quartet contest took place on Friday with our new 2011 Senior Quartet Champion Over Easy, from the Johnny Appleseed District.
 
The Arizona Spirit leadership is now setting its sights on planning for the 2011 & 2012 calendar with major emphasis on recruiting and organizing a youth harmony workshop.  In addition, there are a number of the young men that have expressed interest in joining the SOP for the upcoming international competition.  Further follow up is needed to answer questions they may have. 
 

As a group, these are talented young men with a solid barbershop beginning that can enrich their lives and those around them for years to come.  The first milestone has been successfully reached, but the work needs to continue to spread the wonderful hobby of barbershop.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS

We have been getting donations from chorus members from the Spirit of Phoenix Chorus to help us on our way to the Mid-Winter Convention.  We thank you so much for your help, support, and gifts.

 

Saturday, January 22, Arizona Spirit performed and received over $300 for a raffle held during the Greater Phoenix Chapter Banquet.  Thank You to all of those who bought tickets and helped contribute to the Youth Program.


We are always grateful for support and help.  Anyone who wishes to offer support can visit our Donations page in our CONTACT US section.

Chorus Name Selected

The youth chorus has come up with their new name, in preparation to compete at the Mid-Winter Contest and Convention in Las Vegas, NV.

 

ARIZONA SPIRIT is the new name to represent Arizona's youth as they take to the Stage at the Riviera Convention Stage January 29, 2011.

 

We welcome your thoughts about how you like the new name and logo. Send your comments to: Comments@AzYouthHarmony.com