Education & Historical Preservation
A Voices of Gotham breakout quartet during our performance at the 2013 Barbershop Harmony Society's International Chorus Contest, Toronto, ON 2013. L to R: Adam Bock – Tenor, Matt Saucier – Lead, Braden Lynk – Bass, Brian Lindvall – Baritone.
Voices of Gotham's Education & Historical Preservation Programs educate our members and audiences about barbershop history and pedagogy, in order to perpetuate and preserve its traditions, music, and legacy. Our current programs include:
The Tin Pan Alley Novice Quartet Contest
Tin Pan Alley (TPA) is VoG's annual novice quartet contest, which brings new quartets to compete in front of both an audience and a panel using the Barbershop Harmony Society's adjudication standards. TPA fosters choral excellence by:
- Encouraging barbershop "quartetting"
- Developing quality quartet singers
- Educating our contestants and spectators about the history of barbershop in New York City; and by
- Mobilizing VoG's Arrangers' Lab.
Click here for a program from our most recent Tin Pan Alley contest.
Click here for a program from our first Tin Pan Alley contest.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.