As a member of the British Association of Barbershop Singers, you can enjoy a range of benefits designed to support your development and enhance your overall barbershop experience. Some key benefits include:
- Access to Resources: You have access to a wealth of resources including educational materials, workshops, and training sessions. These resources are there to help improve your singing techniques, performance skills, and overall musicality.
- Networking Opportunities: Being part of BABS provides you with opportunities to connect with other barbershop groups, which leads to valuable exchanges of ideas, collaborations, and friendships within the barbershop community. This networking is further expanded by your membership of Making Music.
- Competitions and Festivals: You get to participate in BABS-organized competitions and conventions, which offer a platform to showcase your ensemble's talents, gain performance experience, and receive feedback from judges and peers.
- Promotion and Visibility: BABS helps promote your choruses and quartets through various channels, increasing your visibility and attracting potential new members and audiences.
- Support and Guidance: You will receive support and guidance from BABS on a range of issues, including administration, fundraising, and recruitment, which allows your ensemble to overcome challenges, and helps your group to thrive.
- Insurance: Through our partners Making Music, your ensemble will recieve a host of different insurances, including Public Liability.
- Discounts and Offers: You benefit from discounts on BABS events, merchandise, and services, as well as discount from the Barbershop Harmony Society's online marketplace.
- Community and Tradition: Membership of BABS connects you to a larger community that shares a passion for barbershop singing. It also helps clubs uphold and contribute to the rich tradition and culture of barbershop harmony.
- Educational Workshops and Masterclasses: You can attend an organised workshop or masterclass, led by experienced barbershop educators and performers to provide you with valuable learning experiences as a singer
Overall, BABS membership offers you a range of tools and opportunities to enhance your barbershop singing experience and contribute to the vibrant barbershop community in the UK.
