Men of Harmony chorus holds auditions and open sing Jan. 27

Submitted by Fox River Men of Harmony

The Fox River Men of Harmony chorus will host an open singing and auditions night at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Ave., Elgin.

Experience exciting four-part a cappella singing in the barbershop style. You are invited to join in for two hours of no muss, no fuss, no embarrassment singing. No formal music training is required. You will be able to sing with and listen to the sounds of quartets and the Fox Valley Men of Harmony Chorus under the direction of past District Quartet Champion, Doug Smith.

Parking is free across the street in the city parking lot.

For details, visit www.foxvalleymenofharmony.com.

They hold weekly chorus rehearsals at 7:15 p.m. Mondays at the church. The chorus sings barbershop harmony, which permits men of all ages to combine their voices in four-part, a cappella, close-harmony singing. The leads carry the melody, while the tenors harmonize above the melody, the basses sing the lowest notes and the baritones complete the chords.

The Barbershop Harmony Society, with 31,000 members in the United States and Canada, is the world’s largest all-male singing society.