Barbershop in Germany
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Barbershop in Germany is the association for barbershop music
in Germany
. It was founded in 1991 by the members of a small German barbershop fan group, and the organization is an official affiliate of the US
-based Barbershop Harmony Society
. Any representative of a German barbershop quartet
or chorus
can become a member of BinG.
BinG organizes the biennial German Barbershop Championships, which take place at the Dortmund
Concert House, and publishes a quarterly newsletter.http://www.barbershop-in-germany.de/en/bing/bsnews.php
In 2001 BinG celebrated its 10th anniversary with a grand concert in the concert hall of the University of Münster
.
Manfred Adams is currently the president of BinG, having held the role in much of the 1990s and resuming leadership in 2004. Adams is also musical director of the Ladies First chorus from Dortmund.
Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era , is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was founded in 1991 by the members of a small German barbershop fan group, and the organization is an official affiliate of the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based Barbershop Harmony Society
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
. Any representative of a German barbershop quartet
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
or chorus
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
can become a member of BinG.
BinG organizes the biennial German Barbershop Championships, which take place at the Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
Concert House, and publishes a quarterly newsletter.http://www.barbershop-in-germany.de/en/bing/bsnews.php
In 2001 BinG celebrated its 10th anniversary with a grand concert in the concert hall of the University of Münster
University of Münster
The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
.
Manfred Adams is currently the president of BinG, having held the role in much of the 1990s and resuming leadership in 2004. Adams is also musical director of the Ladies First chorus from Dortmund.
External links
- Official website (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - History of BinG
- Ladies First, six-time German Barbershop Music Festival champions
- Harmunichs, German Barbershop Music Festival champions 2006
- Erster Kölner Barbershop Chor – Cologne, 3rd in BinG-Convention 2008 and 2010
- Herrenbesuch – Munich, winner of Crescendo-Price in BinG-Convention 2010