Old School is the
barbershop quartet
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella). The four voices are: the lead, the vocal part which typically carries t ...
that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the
Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...
,
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
.
The quartet had earned silver medals the two years before, losing to
Crossroads and
Storm Front respectively, before winning gold medals in front of future champions
Musical Island Boys,
Masterpiece
A masterpiece, , or ; ; ) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship.
Historically, ...
, Main Street, Forefront, and After Hours.
References
External links
Official website(archived)
AIC entry
Barbershop Harmony Society
Barbershop quartets
Professional a cappella groups
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