San Diego County Youth Barbershop Chorus

The Barbershop Harmony Society hosts a Youth Chorus competition at its Mid-winter Convention in January each year. (See trailer.) The next competition will be in Las Vegas, NV, on January 29, 2011. The following year, the contest will be in Tucson, AZ. We are planning to have a Youth Chorus attend the 2011 contest. We will announce plans here about application and rehearsals.

We have adopted the name Pacific Suns as a recognition of our location and three barbershop choruses in the county with these words in their name. The implication that they are our "sons" is also intentional. The above logo reflects the prospects for a bright future, as does one of our repertoire songs, It's A Brand New Day, a fitting theme song.

On January 31, 2009, we participated in the Youth Chorus contest in Pasadena. The Ringmasters quartet, 2008 International Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Champions from Sweden, sang with us as a wonderful show of support. See the video of our performance. More coverage about the January events.

Northwest Vocal Project from Seattle won the overall competition and the 25-
year-old plateau. 52Eighty from Denver won the 22-year-old plateau.
They went on to win the contest in January, 2010, and NVP competed in the
July 2010 Men's Chorus competition, finishing 12th of 27 choruses.

Please note: The schedule of rehearsals is:

None scheduled at this time. Plans are in progress. Stay tuned.
Contact your teacher or SD Youth In Harmony coordinator about coaching sessions for your school in the meantime and over the summer.

Parents of high school students are welcome to attend and find out the goals of the program. We will show videos of our performance at the Pasadena Youth Chorus contest and those of the winners to exemplify where we are headed. There will be rehearsal time on the songs, which are available below. For a password to the music and learning tracks contact the Youth Chorus Manager .

If you are under 18, you MUST have the following form filled out by your parents the first time. Bring it to your first rehearsal or mail it to
Paul Girard
6632 Belle Haven Dr.
San Diego, CA 92120.
SDCYBC Parental Consent

Get your sheet music and learning tracks.

For International Youth Chorus information visit the Barbershop Harmony Society's YC page.