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Head Row 2009/2010

Simeon Jackson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:37:19 +0000

The barbershop group Head Row will be starting again this year. Here’s a general overview of what the group is about:

All-male barbershop group
Based at University of Leeds (although it is not exclusively students)
Between four and eight members, depending on availability, music and cost for each event
Available to hire for corporate, private or public events
Available for lower cost or for free for charity events, LUU society events and collaborations

We will have a range of repertoire depending on the audience and particular date of season:

Traditional Barbershop
Modern Classics (Queen, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel)
A Cappella arrangements of Jazz standards
Classical light music (16th century madrigals, part-songs and folk-songs)
A Cappella choral music
Traditional Christmas carols (at Christmastime)
Jazzy love songs and romantic barbershop stuff (particularly around Valentines’)

Possible set lists will be announced shortly.

Please contact us (as above) if you are interested in hiring Head Row for your event. Listen to our past recordings on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/headrow). The ones on there at the moment are quite old, but we will hopefully have a new set up shortly!

Please contact us (headrow@googlemail.com) if you are interested in singing with us, in which case we will require a summary of your musical ability and you may be called to audition.

Edit 28th December 2009: There is no longer any plan to restart the barbershop group. Enquiries can still be forwarded to the above address for information.

Head Row at Hifi 2008

Return of the Heads?

Simeon Jackson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:48:56 +0000

I haven’t finally decided yet, but I’m thinking of re-establishing Head Row when I return to Leeds next year. It would be a completely new set of men and I may or may not sing with the group during performances, since when it continues, I won’t be there beyond next year.

I have a selection of suitable music which has been passed down to me or has somehow found its way into my possession, but I was thinking that it would be really nice to do new arrangements or even absolutely new pieces. The repertoire wouldn’t be confined to the strict barbershop style but would branch out to various popular a cappella music styles.

If you’re a University of Leeds student who is interested in singing in an all-male light music group of between 6 and 8 members, please leave a comment. I would expect members to be able to read music competently and members who can arrange music or have other skills that they can bring to the group would really help too.

Head Row’s First mp3

Simeon Jackson — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:33:25 +0000

Head Row is the name of a barbershop group that I am in in Leeds. It consists of 8 (up from the 6 we had last year) students at the university who are passionate about singing a cappella. This group is all male, although occasional female guest vocals have been used.

UPDATE 12th April 2009: To listen to Head Row, go to our myspace page. I have removed the mp3 of “For The Longest Time” which we recorded in May 2007 from this site but you can listen to the same recording on the myspace page.