Sound of the Rockies chorus thrills audiences with award winning sound and high octane performances. Our efforts to show younger generations how fulfilling a lifetime of singing can be are applauded nationwide. Your donations make possible a cappella music for exceptional singers from 9 to 90.
"These guys really put on a show!" Tristan D.
"We loved the Acappellooza concert (June 2016) today! I've attended your shows for about 10 years and this was one of your best. Please continue bringing in young singers! Tonight was such fun. A great combo of mature singers matched with the hip vibrancy of youth!" Linda D.
"I expected singing but it was much more than that." Millie K.
"I was thrilled by the (Christmas 2015) performance, and my overall experience of the show was a 10...not least of which was seeing you and your cohorts so totally engaged during the performance. It was almost like I could see the sound moving out of each chorus member and converging into the lovely blending of voices I heard. The chorus was a real, living thing and watching you create the sound was thrilling." Coleen
"Way to go guys! You'll Never Walk Alone had me in tears and you rocked the uptune Steppin' Out. Standing O!!" Cindy W.
"Thank you for the opportunity you gave us all to make music with so many great people in so many places." Paul H. (52eighty youth chorus singer)
"I've Never done barbershop before, this was the coolest experience ever. Thank You!!!" Brian B. (52eighty singer)
"52eighty is one of my favorite things I look forward to every other weekend. Thanks for all the support." John T. (52eighty singer)
Our Vision -
We sing to lift hearts
Our Mission -
To entertain with excellence
To mold singers of all ages
To enrich and inspire our communities
The Sound of the Rockies (SOR) chorus is a 125-member, Denver-based, all-male barbershop harmony show chorus. SOR is the choral performance arm of the Denver Mile High Chapter of the International Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), the world's largest a cappella singing organization, based in Nashville, Tennessee. The BHS is comprised of over 23,000 vocal artists of all ages, from all walks of life, who love to sing a cappella harmony in the Barbershop Style. The Mile High Chapter consists of SOR, 52eighty (a subset of SOR consisting of young men and women singers under 25 years old) and multiple barbershop quartets.
In 2000, two aspiring Barbershop Harmony Society chapters in the Denver area merged their artistic membership to create the Sound of the Rockies Chorus. The original barbershop harmony franchise, the Denver Mile High Chapter, the continuing chapter, was chartered in 1948, and the Denver Tech Chapter was formed in 1987. While these chapters achieved success in local and regional competitions, chapter leadership felt that their combined resources were needed to compete at the international level.
Since this merger of talents - under the direction of Tyler Wiggington - the SOR has been creating captivating and exciting a cappella music. We have become a world-class show chorus singing contemporary, Broadway, gospel, sacred, folk, and jazz with emphasis on the barbershop style. We are a nine-time repeat medalist in the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual chorus competition, most recently achieving 4th place in the 2018 Barbershop Harmony Society Competition in Orlando and sixth in the 2019 Competition in Salt Lake City. We also have an unbroken string of Rocky Mountain District (7-state) championships.
When the chorus performed for the Colorado Music Educators in Colorado Springs in February, 2012, it was rewarded with three standing ovations and high praise from some of the toughest critics in the profession. In 2013, we performed for the Colorado High School All State Choir members and their directors at their annual meeting. We perform in 2019 for the Montana Music Educators annual convention in Billings, Montana.
Our 52eighty youth chorus competed regularly in the Barbershop Harmony Society's Youth Chorus Festivals - in Reno in 2016, for an "outstanding" rating, New Orleans in January 2015 - achieving the "Excellence" award category, and in San Diego in January 2014 they received the "Superior" category award. In Orlando in January, 2013 - the chorus reached the "Excellence" award category. They traveled to Tucson in January, 2012 and placed sixth in that Youth Chorus Competition. 52eighty had won the contest championship in 2009. Many of its members also sing with the Sound of the Rockies. 52eighty recently added young women to its membership - broadening our ability to impact all young singers. They performed at the 2019 BHS International convention in Salt Lake City in July, receiving a "Superior" rating (the highest). 52eighty was the first mixed chorus to be officially judged on the international stage since BHS initiated its "Everyone in Harmony" strategy, adding women to its ranks.
Organization name
Sound of the Rockies
other names
Sound of the Rockies, SOR
1951
Tax id (EIN)
84-6044526
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
Sound of the Rockies, C/O George Davidson, Executive Director 7524 E. Costilla Place,Arapahoe County, CO, US
Phone
7204796615
Other
303-807-1314
Other
303-335-0825