Rochester Music Men Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society
WHO WE ARE | WHAT WE DO | CHAPTER MISSION | ADMINISTRATION | HISTORY

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Celebrating Our 50th Year of
Barbershop Music in Rockester, MN
FREE Annual Show - 11/6/2010
(MORE INFO HERE)

Winner of the Barbershopper
of the Year Award 2009
Dick Klobuchar

WInner of the Barbershopper or the Year Award 2009 - Dick Klobuchar

Land O' Lakes District Web Site
Barbershop Harmony Society Web Site


 

 

OUR DIRECTOR

Merle Savage has been a barbershopper for over 20 years. He sang with the Sheldon, IA and Windom, MN chapters and served as director of the Worthington, MN chapter before moving to Rochester and becoming director of the Rochester Music Men. He has sung with many local quartets in each of these chapters.

Merle currently lives in Rochester with his wife Shelly and four children. He directs the choirs at John Adams Middle School and has other various elementary school music education assignments in the Rochester community. In his "spare" time you can see him in performances at the Rochester Civic Theater.

He also does some arranging for our chorus.

OUR BOARD

Our board members are made up of these positions and teams leaders:

  • President: Terry Kueper
  • Secretary: Terry Therneau
  • Treasurer: Michael Clausen
  • Music Vice President: Todd Mueller
  • Membership/Chapter Development VP: Dick Ahern
  • Marketing/PR Vice President: Chris Carter
  • Board Member at Large: Jerome O'Conner
  • Past President: Dick Ahern

THE BIGGER PICTURE

The Rochester Music Men is the chorus name of the Rochester, MN chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the largest all-male singing society in the world.

Our chapter is part of the SouthWest Division covering southern Minnesota and the LaCrosse, WI area.

There are 6 divisions that make up the Land O' Lakes (LOL) District, which covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, the U.P. of Michigan, parts of North Dakota and parts of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada.

There are 16 districts that encompass the international Society, covering the USA and Canada. This society is over 26,000 members strong. Other forms of Barbershop organizations exist around the world.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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