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How to become an SOA Member
The Sounds of Aloha Chorus is always welcoming new members. Male singers of all ages and all walks of life are invited to share in the fun! Please check our Events calendar to see when and where we are rehearsing.
There are several steps to becoming a member of the chorus, but we make them easy!
Attendance
We recommend that you attend a couple of chorus rehearsals before applying for membership. We want a prospective member to know a little bit about our art form and our chorus before taking the plunge! Along the way, weʻll teach you about good singing, a cappella music, and barbershop harmony and provide lots of encouragement and assistance — not to mention fun!
Voice Placement
When you visit, the chorus will help you find your voice part based on your interest, your voice range, your singing experience, and your ability to sing the melody or a harmony part. You donʻt need to have formal singing experience. You donʻt need to know how to read music. Those things sure help but aren’t required. And you can start out on one part and decide to try another if you like.
Application
Once you have decided you would like to join the Sounds of Aloha Chorus, we will help you prepare to audition. We are a performing organization and do have musical expectations for performing chorus members, especially about having an ear for the tuning. But weʻre also teachers. Our process is meant to be encouraging, and we work very hard with prospective members to help them succeed!
Audition
In the audition, you will sing a chorus song of your choice, from memory, in a quartet. Trust us: this is not as big a deal as it may sound! Our approach is to work with you along the way to get you ready. The song can be one of our relatively simple and short one. Barbershoppers are good teachers, and we have a passionate commitment to helping more guys experience the joys of singing a cappella harmony! We will provide you with sheet music and digital learning tracks, and we will have some guys work with you to help get you ready. Besides, thereʻs no time limit on how long you can take to prepare to audition — and you audition more than once if you need another chance!
