Alexandria Harmonizers

Alexandria Harmonizers

The Alexandria Harmonizers are an international champion barbershop chorus, founded on 1948-06-29 and based in Alexandria, Virginia. The 100-man chorus has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House.

The Harmonizers won their first SPEBSQSA international gold in 1986, in Salt Lake City and have come in first three more times since then (1989, 1995, and 1998). At the most recent International competition in Denver, they placed 13th.

Discography

*"Photographs and Memories" (cassette; 1990)
*"The Harmonizers LIVE!" (CD, cassette; 1997)
*"Wee Small Hours" (CD; 2002)
*"Comfort and Joy" (CD; 2005)

Awards and recognition

ee also

*Barbershop Harmony Society
*Barbershop music
*A cappella music

External links

* [http://www.harmonizers.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.harmonize.com/mad/?Code=SearchChapters&ID=47 Chapter Entry in Mid-Atlantic District] of the Barbershop Harmony Society


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