Celebrate Music Monday in Canada on May 4

Launched in 2005 by The Coalition for Music Education, Music Monday is the world's largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for music education. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students, educators, and music makers participate in a simultaneous nationwide concert performance of an original song written by a Canadian artist. (You might remember last year's event, led by astronaut Chris Hadfield.)

A magical moment happens at the same point during that day, that is, at 9 am Pacific time, 10 am Mountain time, 11 am Central time, 12 pm Eastern time and 1 pm Atlantic time, and 1:30 in Newfoundland, when students, community groups, musicians and artists right across the continent are united by one piece of music. (Yes, even a few U.S. locations are to be found on event map.)

Tune in to the webcast of events in Montr�al and Calgary on Monday, May 4, at 12 PM Eastern. The webcast will conclude with 16-year-old songwriter Connor Ross, leading the nationwide sing-along of the Music Monday Anthem, "We Are One/Nous sommes unis"

As discussed in the March/April issue of The Harmonizer, the Contest & Judging system continues to evolve to meet changing circumstances and needs of the barbershop community. Here are the official documents highlighting all changes, and a link to the fully updated SOCIETY CONTEST & JUDGING MANUAL

Reductions and Penalties

Quartet Qualification for Nashville

International Contest Staging

Eligibility Exceptions

Variances

Previously...

What's hot? EVERYTHING.

We get this question of what's trending in publications fairly often. "What is everyone else singing?" "What do you recommend?" or "Is Mary Lou still #1?" (Spoiler alert, it's in the 20, but not #1 at the moment.)

Here's what everyone else is buying right now:

1. Rhythm Of Love

2. Armed Forces Medley

3. Happy

4. I'm Yours

5. Daydream

6. When I'm Sixty-Four

7. Under The Boardwalk

8. Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby / We All Fall

9. Drivin' Me Crazy

10. What'll I Do?

Wow -- we have contemporary barber-pop, Great American Songbook, patriotic favorites, recent barbershop original compositions, Sixties soul and pop, Beatles, doo-wop, and the national anthem of barbershop. Tell me again how barbershop all sounds the same?

Harmony University is going to be a sell-out!

When Donny Rose accepted the position of Director of Harmony University, his first priority was to bring the most education to the most people who could in turn influence and inspire the most people.

An aggressive program of scholarships for music educators, directors, and quartetters is yielding results -- to the point that we will blast right through our capacity at Belmont! Can you believe this?

• Only twelve Harmony College (General Studies) openings remain!

• Only twelve Directors College openings remain!

• Quartet College is SOLD OUT!

• Chorus College is SOLD OUT!

Total enrollment is already PAST SIX HUNDRED!

If you are on the fence, get movIng and register now while there's still room. And remember, registration for Harmony UniversIty closes on July 5, 2015.