As you read this, some Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS)
District music directors and community music educators will
have attended BHS Directors College and Leadship Development
courses on scholarships provided by Sing Canada Harmony.
Also, Districts, Regions and Areas will have had Harmony
Explosion Camps for youth and/or children or similar
activity in HI and SAI as more and more Barbershoppers
realize that the future of our art form lies in our children
and youth. It is time for all Barbershoppers, not just the
few who are spearheading forward movement in youth music, to
get involved in organizing, developing and funding Harmony
Explosion Camps, Children’s Choirs and Youth Choruses. To
anybody seeing Westminster at the BHS International Contest
this year, the value of and need for youth in harmony
programs is obvious. If our Choruses, Chapters, Regions,
Areas and Districts are to survive we must concentrate our
efforts on youth programs. These efforts start with funding
vocal music and singing opportunities in our schools and
communities.
So, have you given up those two cappuccinos a month and
become an Ambassador of Song yet? You can become an
Ambassador simply by committing $5 a month to Sing Canada
Harmony. Of course, you are welcome to send more – after all
it goes to a mighty good cause to support vocal music in our
schools and communities
The essential mission of Sing Canada Harmony is to
support the Barbershop Harmony musical programs, both
directly and indirectly through support of
non-organizational music education programs. The long-term
preservation of our style of music depends, of course, on
future generations having both the interest in good music
and some exposure to music fundamentals, so school music
education is essential to our survival.
How can you contribute to that cause? Sing Canada
Harmony has three channels for your contributions: the
Ambassadors of Song, the President’s Council, and the
Founder’s Club. Your
donation even can be made through direct drafts from your
bank account, and of course you can set up regular credit
card or bank payments online so there need not be another
chore to remember every month.
"TEACH THE CHILDREN TO SING" Support vocal music in
the schools of your community and in your communities at
large…and support the men and women who make it happen: the
music educators, the chorus and choir directors and everyone
who helps children to sing. Donate today and see your
contribution work in your community tomorrow.
Donations to Sing Canada Harmony are used to support
vocal music and related programs in Canada. Your
contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the
law through the repository for the Sing Canada Harmony Fund.
Sing Canada Harmony believes that vocal music,
particularly four-part a cappella harmony in the Barbershop
Style, plays a vital role in the development of healthy,
creative and responsible members of society. This belief
results in a commitment towards ensuring equal access to
vocal music arts for people of all ages, but particularly
the children and youth of Canada, and the men and women who
facilitate their learning to enrich lives through singing.
Sing Canada Harmony in Canada, like Harmony Foundation in
the USA, serves as the only national official charity of the
Barbershop Harmony Society
