BinG! - Barbershop in Germany e.V.

BinG! invites you to the 15th Barbershop Music Festival

From 3rd to 5th of April 2020 BinG! organises the bi-annual, international Barbershop Music Festival for the 15th time. This time again in Dortmund's Konzerthaus!

More information here.

other news

Sought & Found

EKBC's search for a new musical director ended with considerable success. Matthias Neuburger, long-time and now outgoing director says: "I am enormously pleased that the chorus has chosen Andrea Figallo as my successor."

Vocal FX - Workshop with Kerstin Greaves

Grunts come from the rehearsal room. A crow "answers" from outside. Truly unusual sounds produced by EKBC singers and singer friends. But it's all in good fun: Kerstin Greaves, singer, coach and certified CVT trainer, asked to try out sound effects like have been systematically described in the "Complete Vocal Technique".

Not the first best...

We are the "Erster Kölner Barbershop Chor" and have also successfully participated in the casting of the Best Choir in the West. Nevertheless we are not looking for the first best!

We like to spice up our performances with the Cologne way of life and a lot of humor. Nevertheless, we are seriously searching!

"Klangsurfer" singing at the "Zürcher ACAPELLA NIGHT"

The BinG! quartett "Klangsurfer" will sing January 29th 2022 (subject to the pandemic) at the Zurich ACAPELLA NIGHT, Volkshaus Zürich (Weißer Saal).

Come over or tell your Swiss friends and relatives!

WEBtronome: Tolle Ergänzung für virtuelle Chorproben

Wer kennt nicht das Problem, bei virtuellen Chorproben das Tempo zu halten? Gemeint sind hier nicht Einweg-Sessions mit einer Videokonferenz-Software wie z.B. Zoom oder Jitsi, sondern echtes Miteinander-Singen auf der Basis von Jamulus.