MUSIC: The Most Wonderful Time Of the Year - HOUSTON TIDELANDERS

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WHO WE ARE:
The Houston Tidelanders Chorus is the performing chorus of the 30,000-man Barbershop Harmony Society’s Houston Chapter. We are an a cappella, i.e. unaccompanied, men’s singing organization comprised of quartets and our large performing chorus. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, chartered in 1946. There are more than 825 BHS chapters in the United States alone and our peers consistently rank us among the Top 20 performing choruses at the Society’s International Chorus Competition.

While attempting to preserve the Barbershop harmony style, which, like jazz, is a musical form unique to the United States, we recognize the importance of broadening our audience appeal so that we are more than a niche performing arts group. We don’t merely sing those old “chestnuts” from the early 1900’s, beautiful though they may have been. Instead, we perform recognizable pop tunes, Broadway show music, country and western or Gospel songs, which are far more contemporary but which we sing in the Barbershop style, none-the-less.

Our membership is broad-based, ranging in age from 18 to 80, representing the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Greater Houston community.