Acoustix is a

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-based quartet that won the 1990 International Quartet Championship of

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(now

Barbershop Harmony Society The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop ...

, or BHS). They have all, at different times, been members of the

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-based

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chorus. Acoustix shot to fame in 1990 at their first SPEBSQSA International Contest appearance in

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, just six months after the quartet formed. They stormed to victory in the third round, overcoming 139th Street Quartet and The Naturals to take the gold medal home. The original bass in the quartet during their championship was Jeff Oxley, who went on to direct the

Masters of Harmony Founded in 1985 with just a few dozen men, the Masters of Harmony is a 110-member men's chorus, based in Greater Los Angeles, California. Winner of eight consecutive gold medals (1990–2011) in international barbershop chorus competitions, the ...

chorus from California to their fourth International Championship win in 1999. He also sang bass with the 1984 International Champion quartet

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and

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, the 2007 International Champion quartet.

Discography

Acoustix have recorded several

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in various genres. * ''The New Science of Sound'' ( CD; 1991) * ''Stars & Stripes'' (Acoustix Productions; CD; 1993), (

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; CD; 1995) * ''Jazz, Jazz, Jazz'' (Acoustix Productions; CD; 1998) * ''Cool Yule'' (Acoustix Productions; CD; 1999) * ''O Worship the King'' (Acoustix Productions; CD; 2002) * ''All the Best'' (Acoustix Productions; CD; 2015) Also appear on: * ''Bolton Landing "LIVE"'' 1998, double

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, double CD

References

External links

Official website

AIC entry
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