Becoming a Chorus Member

• Filling out a membership application
• A mild background check (specifically against sex offender registries (this is required by our parent organization)
• Paying dues to the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Mid-Atlantic District and the chorus. These are annual and range based on age (both youth and senior discounts).

• Learning music (ideally at home or in the car). However, you do not have to know how to read music - we provide sheet music which has the words for the 4 parts (Bass, Baritone, Lead, and Tenor) and you can learn the notes by listening to and singing along with learning tracks we provide to members.
• Civil behavior - leave all the scary social topics of conversation at home. We're here to enjoy fellowship and music. At rehearsals, people are sometimes inspired to chatter at the ends of songs - but that's when the director wants to tell the chorus what he just heard. So, be ready to listen!
• We typically attend two contests each year, often in northern Maryland or southern Pennsylvania, which ideally requires a two-night stay at a hotel.
• We aim to have about one public performance a month, usually within an hour's drive of Catonsville.
• We typically have an annual show in the Fall, which will require a Friday evening and Saturday most of the day (for warmups, practice, preparing the stage and venue)
• We typically have an event in the Spring called Lasagna with Barbershop, which is a fantastic evening in which the chorus sets up a hall, prepares salad and bread, and dishes out steaming hot lasagna to serve our audience. Then, we perform for them.