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    Please note. Attendance at NXHB is by invitation. Invitations are issued to those who have demonstrated through their quartetting experience that they have the ability and desire to learn ten to twelve songs of medium to hard difficulty word- and note-perfect within a four or five month period. Your application should speak to your quartetting experience. Once you have been to your first Rally you will see that there are reasons for this.

    Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will receive an invitation to attend NXHB. If you are a first-time attendee (and not a member of another Brigade) you may be assigned a Musical Mentor. (If you know a member of NXHB who sings your voice part, who will be attending the rally, and who agrees to be your Mentor, the member MUST inform the registrar PERSONALLY by email that he has agreed to be your Mentor.)

    Your Mentor will be fluent in your voice part and will be attending the Rally. He or she will work with you during the months leading up to the Rally while you learn your music, and they will try to attend run throughs with you. They may also listen to recordings you send and provide you with feedback. We want you to work closely with your Mentor to ensure that you will be 100% prepared and thus will have a successful experience at the NXHB Rally weekend.​

    Hopefully you have read the "About" page to become familiar with what a Brigade weekend asks of you and offers you.
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    Notice to Applicants:
    Please note that housing preference, roommate preference and similar questions have been removed from this initial application form. Accepted applicants will be given the opportunity to provide this information at a later date.
    If you are a member of another Brigade, please enter it below:
    Your Information
    It is best if all parts have close to the same number of singers. If you are able to sing any of several parts, and would be willing to switch to another part if asked, please indicate which other parts you would be willing to switch to. (You will only be asked to sing one part!)
    If you did not attend NXHB last year (even if you are an NXHB Member), please fill out all of the information below.

    Emergency Contact Information
    NXHB Members:
    Your application is complete. Please skip to the bottom of this form and click "Submit". Your application will be automatically accepted as long as it is submitted by the member-application deadline of [add date here] and your deposit is paid by that date.
    First-Time Applicants:
    Please use the spaces below to describe your Barbershop quartet or other musical experience in detail. We are most interested in your ability to come 100% prepared and hold your own in a quartet with confidence on any of twelve challenging arrangements. Please feel free to add any information which will help us understand your singing background and ability to reach this level of preparation.
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    Harmony Brigade weekends are designed for experienced quartetters.  Please describe your quartetting experience in detail.  Your references will be contacted.  Your application is our main source of information about you.
    References:  Please provide up to 3 references, people who are very familiar with your past quartetting experience.  These may be chorus directors, men you have sung with in quartets for a significant amount of time, or references relating to other singing experience.
    They should be able to vouch for your quartetting experience and ability to learn challenging music in a short time.
    Sponsorship
    If an existing member of NXHB has agreed to sponsor you, please place his or her name below. A sponsor is responsible for getting you all the help you need during the learning process and assessing your preparedness during the months leading up to the rally weekend. They will also be your musical mentor unless he is in a different part, in which case a separate musical mentor will be assigned to you. Note: even unsponsored first-time Brigade attendees, once accepted, may have a musical mentor assigned to them.

    Remember, your application is not considered complete until you make the deposit of $158.00. You can do that after clicking "Submit" by using the PayPal button that will appear, or by check made out to NXHB and sent to our Treasurer, [ enter name and address here].

    ​If you would like to be considered for financial aid, please send an email to [email protected] , which will be kept confidential.

 
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Mixed Harmony Brigade of New England Join us March 14-16, 2025 for a weekend of quartet singing in Boxborough, MA. Registration is open now!