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Welcome to
Unaccompanied Minors.
Making Every Voice Count.

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WE WON AWARDS AT OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION!!!

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Unaccompanied Minors competed in our first International Convention and Contests in 2018! In the International Competition in Orlando, FL, October 31-November 4, 2018 we came in 14th and won two awards! It was an amazing experience.


A Little About
​Us.

We are a competing a cappella chorus that participates in conventions and contests each year. The purpose of these conventions is to educate members in the performance of the craft, bring together choruses and quartets to see the best perform and encourage an atmosphere of friendship and camaraderie.

​We are the only Women’s Youth Barbershop Chorus, under the patronage of Harmony, Incorporated. Harmony, Inc. is an international, non-profit organization whose purpose is to empower all women through education, friendship and a cappella singing in the barbershop style. ​

Youth from Central Florida are invited to join Unaccompanied Minors and, after an audition process (online submission), will receive two barbershop songs to learn on their own. We will have monthly rehearsals to balance, clean and develop interpretation of our music.

​Each person selected to join Unaccompanied Minors will pay an annual fee of $100. This fee will cover membership in Harmony, Incorporated, sheet music and learning tracks for the year, through February 2026.
UPCOMING REHEARSALS:
June 28, 2025, 12:30pm-5:30pm
July 26, 2025, 12:30pm-5:30pm
August 23, 2025, 12:30pm-5:30pm
September 27, 2025, 12:30pm-5:30pm
October 25, 2025, 12:30pm-5:30pm

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Unaccompanied Minors in the News

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Lake & Sumter Style
South Lake Tablet

Barbershop: A Cappella's Martial Art.

Article by Deke Sharon
“You're young, you're scrappy. You want to be the best. You started singing in school, like everyone: choir, maybe a couple musicals. Karaoke with some friends, talent shows. Then some collegiate a cappella. But you don't want to just be fine. That's not enough. You want to be great. You want technique, you want moves. You need to learn karate... except contemporary a cappella doesn't have a traditional refined martial art...does it?

It does. It's called Barbershop. And you're about to get the best schooling a young'un can, including:

BLEND: There's no blend like a barbershop blend. They don't just match their vowels, they align their diphthongs as they sweep from one vowel to the next. 4 guys (meaning men or women) sounding like one guy. Why does blend matter? Because each vowel has a very specific "fingerprint" - frequencies in the harmonic series - and when the vowels are perfectly aligned, it helps lock down…

TUNING: You think four voices can only create four notes? Guess again. When you lock your voices into perfect tune with the same vowels you can not only create additional notes above yours, you can even create the perception of a bass note below the human vocal range. That's right, that’s the vocal equivalent of some kind of dark arts ninja magic. But it works, and it happens every day, along with…

DYNAMICS: Pop music on the radio has had the life squashed out of it. Learn how to sing quieter than you thought you could, and make a group sound that's louder than you have, without microphones. Did I mention that a perfectly aligned chord also reinforces itself, creating a boost in volume? More ninja skills. But we're not done yet, because you'll learn…

RUBATO: In a pop song, the tempo rarely varies. In a Barbershop performance you'll be pushing and pulling time, not unlike an orchestra. But there's no conductor. You learn to feel the rhythm rise and fall, you learn to breathe as a unit as you perfect your…

PHRASING: When everyone's singing the lyrics, everyone's singing and augmenting the melody as a unit. Like a finely tuned dance troupe, each person's movements are linked to everyone else's, in perfect synchronicity. This requires precision, so you'll learn how to…

REHEARSE: Barbershop is built on the finest traditions and techniques of classical choral music, so you know you're learning proper vocal technique and centuries of good habits, which will lead to…

PERFORMANCE: There's no hiding in the back row in Barbershop, and no auto-pilot. Songs are short, and every measure is a litany of rhythmic changes, rapidly aligning chords, juxtaposed dynamics... all delivered with a larger-than-life performing style that will push you to be present in every moment. But it's not all about performance, it's all about…

COMMUNITY: When you sing Barbershop, you're always only 3 guys away from a song, because there's a common repertoire and a perpetual desire to sing. Everyone's on the same team playing the same game, and you always win. 

​You might think Barbershop is only old guys singing old songs, but you’re wrong. Sometimes the songs are new, sometimes the guys are young, but you know what? There's a lot to be learned from your elders, and if a song has lasted a century, it's still around for a good reason. I'm not saying you have to learn Barbershop to be a great a cappella singer... but I am promising you if you do sing Barbershop, you'll be better than if you don’t.”

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