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Email harmonyfestwest@harmonyinc.org
When: July 10-13, 2025
Where: Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU, 7 East University Drive, Tempe Arizona | https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/tempe-asu
Who: Any a cappella ensembles (quartets, choruses of 5 or more) may enter Harmony Fest West.
What: Harmony Fest West is offering to ensembles the opportunity to sing in a "contest" or "festival" with certified Harmony, Inc. and Barbershop Harmony Society judges scoring and providing post-contest Evaluation / Coaching sessions to all contestants.
Thursday: Education classes by trained certified judges and premier music educators on scoring categories (Musicality, Singing, Performance), enhancing performance skills, tag singing, etc.
Friday: Additional classes followed by the Harmony Fest West Quartet Contest, Evaluation / Coaching sessions.
Saturday: Harmony Fest West Chorus Contest, Evaluation / Coaching sessions, dinner, and Showcase.
Contest: Harmony, Inc. ensembles located in the Expansion Area and Mixed Barbershop Harmony Association (MBHA) ensembles may enter the contest. Registrants will receive numerical scores and, if their average score meets the qualifying score of 69 for 2025, will be eligible to sing at Harmony Inc.'s International Convention & Contests (IC&C) in Hershey, PA, in November 2025. Evaluation / Coaching sessions will follow.
Festival: Any a cappella ensemble may enter the festival and will receive festival ratings (superior, outstanding, excellent, good) rather than numerical scores. Entrants may include any Harmony, Inc., or MBHA quartet, or chorus.
NOTE: All participants, contest or festival, will be expected to register and perform two songs (see entry form on the website, www.harmonyinc.org/hfw). Festival registrants will be judged on a two-song a cappella package that includes at least one barbershop arrangement. Contest registrants will be judged on a two-song package in accordance with Harmony, Inc.'s contest rules. (See entry form on the website, www.harmonyinc.org/hfw).
Hotel: Room rate at the Omni Hotel is $139 per night.
Entry Fees: Early Bird fees paid before May 12 are as follows: Quartet Contest $40 and Chorus Contest $65. Post May 12 entries add $10 and will sing first. Entry remains open until June 10.
Attendees only (not performing) - $30 per day (Friday, Saturday), ticket at the door. May add Saturday dinner / Showcase to a ticket for $100 total.
PERFORMING
$50 - ONE DAY Pass (Friday OR Saturday)
One Contest (Quartet or Chorus) Evaluations / Coaching May add Saturday dinner / Showcase for $115 total
$90 - TWO DAY Pass (Friday AND Saturday)
Two Contests (i.e., compete in one and attend other, OR compete in both) Evaluations / Coaching May add Saturday dinner / Showcase for $155 total
$165 - ALL EVENTS Pass
