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Music Director
Linda Wareham's passion for continuing education has ensured the success
of the chorus. It won the Most Improved Chorus award for a second time at
the 2010 national Sweet Adelines championships, won the 2010 Show Choir
section of the Sydney Eisteddfod, and the Community Choir section in 2011.
Linda is also Music Director of Coastal aCappella based on the Central Coast,
which won the 2010 Small Chorus award and the Sydney Eisteddfod Show
Choir section in 2011. She was a finalist at the 2010 Gosford City Council
Australia Day Community awards and won the Ann Gooch Sweet Adelines
International Award the same year.
Linda Wareham's passion for continuing education has ensured the success
of the chorus. It won the Most Improved Chorus award for a second time at
the 2010 national Sweet Adelines championships, won the 2010 Show Choir
section of the Sydney Eisteddfod, and the Community Choir section in 2011.
Linda is also Music Director of Coastal aCappella based on the Central Coast,
which won the 2010 Small Chorus award and the Sydney Eisteddfod Show
Choir section in 2011. She was a finalist at the 2010 Gosford City Council
Australia Day Community awards and won the Ann Gooch Sweet Adelines
International Award the same year.
Assistant Music Director
Kylie Shanley has a musical background which included singing with the
Australian Girls Choir and the Sydney University City of Sydney Singers. She
has a BSc MTeach (Hons)and a passion for barbershop singing and has been
Assistant Director of the chorus for several years.
Kylie Shanley has a musical background which included singing with the
Australian Girls Choir and the Sydney University City of Sydney Singers. She
has a BSc MTeach (Hons)and a passion for barbershop singing and has been
Assistant Director of the chorus for several years.
Sing contemporary barbershop harmony
Our music has its origins in the acappella singing style used by male African American quartets
in the late 1800s.
Modern harmony barbershop style for women is written in four parts - lead, bass, baritone
and tenor. It's arranged around eleven basic chords with the major triad and the barbershop
seventh and ninth being the most important.
The success of our artform is based on "ringing" these chords through voice resonance, note
accuracy and blending all four parts. We place emphasis on showmanship and performance
and use movement and choreography when we sing.
We have ongoing coaching and education programs both from our music director and regional
and international experts.
in the late 1800s.
Modern harmony barbershop style for women is written in four parts - lead, bass, baritone
and tenor. It's arranged around eleven basic chords with the major triad and the barbershop
seventh and ninth being the most important.
The success of our artform is based on "ringing" these chords through voice resonance, note
accuracy and blending all four parts. We place emphasis on showmanship and performance
and use movement and choreography when we sing.
We have ongoing coaching and education programs both from our music director and regional
and international experts.
Membership & bookings:
nbchorus@gmail.com
nbchorus@gmail.com
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Four part harmony
The LEAD part usually
sings the melody and
covers a reasonable vocal
range.
The BASS part is just the
place for low voiced
women with rich, mellow
qualities. This part
provides the foundation
of the music and solidifies
the four-part harmony.
Women who sing alto
often fit well into bass or
baritone roles.
The BARITONE has a
similar range to the lead
and often crosses over
into their melody line. This
part requires blending
and warmer voices able
to sing intricate intervals.
The TENOR is the highest
voice in barbershop 4-
part harmony but it is
different from the
traditional soprano. The
tenor needs to have a
light, sweet, pure tone
that will complement and
not overpower a lead
voice.
email us on
nbchorus@gmail.com
sings the melody and
covers a reasonable vocal
range.
The BASS part is just the
place for low voiced
women with rich, mellow
qualities. This part
provides the foundation
of the music and solidifies
the four-part harmony.
Women who sing alto
often fit well into bass or
baritone roles.
The BARITONE has a
similar range to the lead
and often crosses over
into their melody line. This
part requires blending
and warmer voices able
to sing intricate intervals.
The TENOR is the highest
voice in barbershop 4-
part harmony but it is
different from the
traditional soprano. The
tenor needs to have a
light, sweet, pure tone
that will complement and
not overpower a lead
voice.
email us on
nbchorus@gmail.com
