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We're looking forward to hearing from you!

This is the home of the Peninsulaires, the Palo Alto - Mountain View, CA chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. We put on several public performances each year, which are advertised here. We also have several chapter quartets who offer paid performances for parties and singing valentines.

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• Register, then sign in as a Member of the chorus to access the calendar of rehearsals, chapter notes, music, and more.
• You can contact us at (650) 618-8600, by sending email to info@barbershop-harmony.org, or by filling out the form below.

We're privileged to be one of the few choruses in the Society with a certified director, as well as a fully trained assistant director and extremely talented coaching staff. Learn more about our staff.

We're one of several choruses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Other local choruses include:

• Golden Gate
• New Dimension Chorus
• San Francisco Cable Car Chorus
• San Mateo Golden Chordsmen
• The Gold Standard Chorus
• Voices In Harmony Chorus

Other choruses can be found by clicking here.

Sharing the joy of a cappella barbershop harmony.

1. Provide family entertainment through our annual shows and community performances. Perform no fewer than ten times per year, including our show and cabaret, but not contests.

2. Support the Youth In Harmony program by sponsoring local high school and/or college quartets and providing assistance to local school and community-based youth music programs.

3. Support quartet singing with at least one-half of the active membership singing in organized quartets.

4. Participate in at least one spring Barbershop Harmony Society chorus contest and any other contests for which we qualify; consistently achieve solid B scores in all judging categories.

5. Provide a well-rounded singing program by including a limited amount of other a cappella music.

6. Hold two major membership drives each year with a goal of recruiting new members equal to twenty percent of the current total chapter membership.

7. Seek, develop, use and enhance the skills and talents of each member. 

This information will help you understand the Palo Alto - Mountain View chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society and what we expect from our members.

We require that each of our members be committed to each other, to the music we sing, and to personal improvement of their own musical and performance skills. Singing isn't a casual hobby for us. We work at singing well, because singing well brings us joy. We share our joy with others.

We've qualified to compete at the Far Western District Divisional Convention for more than ten consecutive years, and have steadily improved over this time. We're now a mid-B level chorus; we expect our members to perform at this level, and to participate in these contests as well as in numerous community performances.

While we expect prospective members to have some singing experience, we also understand the need to teach the Barbershop Harmony Style to those new to the craft. We encourage quartet singing as a way to teach the style and facilitate individual improvement.

We have very stable chapter management, are financially sound, and have an increasing membership. We currently have over forty actively performing members.