4-PART HARMONY ARRANGEMENTS…barbershop style

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Nancy BermanNancy Bergman is the “Nancy B” of Nancy B Music.  She began her involvement with barbershop harmony in 1950 and has served as arranger, composer, judge, coach, teacher, chorus director, quartet singer, administrator...basically, Nancy does it all. She is one of the pioneers of the women’s barbershop harmony singing organization, Sweet Adelines International and in  November, 2002, they honored her with their coveted “Lifetime Achievement Award”. She has also been designated a Master Arrangerthe highest level in the organization’s arranging program.

A feature article* in the January, 2003 issue of The Pitch Pipe, written by Maggie Ryan, reveals a lot about Nancy:

“For Nancy, Sweet Adelines has been a 24/7 passion as long as anyone can remember. When Sweet Adelines needed a new executive secretary in 1956, she moved to Tulsa...and took over the job as top employee. She served in that capacityrunning headquartersfrom 1957 to 1968. Setting aside all that paperwork, she found time to direct a couple of choruses, sing in great quartets, serve as an international judge and faculty member, and compose and arrange hundreds of songs. Her greatest hit?  ‘Harmonize the World has had the most play,’ she will tell you, with a laugh.

“Her song list is long and impossible to recite. Suffice it to say she keeps it winnowed down to seven typed pages, and when she adds a new song, she drops another from the list. Does she have a favorite? ‘Whatever song I’ve just finished,’ says Nancy.

“Clearly, Nancy is a master of nuance and her arrangements are timeless. ‘Nancy Bergman knows what a smile sounds like,’ says Scottsdale Chorus Master Director Lori Lyford. It is the emotion Nancy pours into her music that makes it special, according to fellow arranger Joni Bescos. ‘Feeling...that is what sets her apart,’ Joni says. ‘When I look at her music, I can see what she wants.’”  

Nancy continues her coaching and arranging activity, writing new material, mentoring up-and-coming arrangers, conducting classes for those who are arranger-wannabee’s, and offering advice to choruses and quartets who seek assistance in selection of music (click here for more information!). Her music is in great demand wherever barbershop harmony is sunga lasting legacy to a fine musician who loves harmony and “the old songs” with a passion.

* excerpts reprinted with permission from The Pitch Pipe (Volume 55, Number 3, January 2003).

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