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Farewell Fine Friends
Approaching the end of our Sound of the Rockies’ performance and competition season each year is bittersweet for our members. Most years, we are coming off the high of a lively Acappellooza event and the thrill of competing at the top of our game at the International...
Meet a Member: Brian Avner
" A cappella is unlike any other type of musical performance. If you don’t produce a sound correctly, the music doesn’t happen. I love the challenge that a cappella presents to better my own singing, and to figure out how to blend effectively with my fellow...
A Song of Hope During Hard Times
We hope that you are staying healthy and safe during these trying times. Sharing our love for music with our friends and fans is one of the great pleasures of being part of Sound of the Rockies and we missed seeing you at our March show, rehearsals and community...
The Science Proves it: Singing is Good for You
For Sound of the Rockies, and countless other choruses, quartets, choirs and singing groups, the COVID-19 pandemic and this time of staying home and social distancing really shines a light on what we are missing when we aren’t getting together to rehearse or perform....
Meet a Member: Bruce Henson
"I have sung next to high school kids, construction workers, medical doctors and military veterans. Music is a great leveler and nobody cares how much money I make or how old I am as long as I can carry my part. This has led to many friendships spanning generations...
Spring Shows Postponed
Out of concern for artists, patrons and staff in the wake of the growing COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic and in keeping with the University of Denver's decision to cancel or postpone all upcoming events at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Sound of the...
Singing Valentines: No better way to say ‘I love you’
For Denver videographer Cindy Ball a favorite memory of spending Valentine's Day with her mother was seeing the pleasure on her face as a barbershop quartet serenaded her. Cindy sent her first Sound of the Rockies Singing Valentine to her mother, who was living in a...
Colorado Military Families Celebrate the Season with SOR
Sound of the Rockies took to the Newman Center stage earlier this month to celebrate “The Secret of Christmas” with a good, old-fashioned holiday show of carols, songs, our beloved telling of the Christmas Story and plenty of seasonal cheer. But it’s not common...
52eighty paves the way for the future of barbershop
Sound of the Rockies’ 52eighty youth chorus is always looking to the future. Since its founding in 2008, the mission of the award-winning 25 and under ensemble has been to introduce new generations of singers to the barbershop art form. In 2017, 52eighty opened its membership to women, becoming the first mixed barbershop chorus in the Rocky Mountain district.
SOR Takes Home District Title
Sound of the Rockies took first place at the Rocky Mountain District Barbershop Convention in Cheyenne, Wyoming in late September. https://youtu.be/yOwao56DJ60 This is the 18th consecutive year that the chorus took first place in the district and means that Sound of...
