Barbershop Harmony Society
Lorin May has over two decades of experience in the editing and publishing field, currently serving as the Owner of Valore Media, LLC since January 2000, where also holds the position of Editor for The Harmonizer, a magazine dedicated to barbershop harmony enthusiasts. Prior experience includes serving as Associate Editor for Crosstalk Magazine at NCI Information Systems, where Lorin contributed to a prominent Department of Defense technology journal. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a focus on journalism from Weber State University, obtained between 1989 and 1993.
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society is the world leader in close-harmony a cappella singing, with approximately 14,000 members across North America. Founded in 1938 as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, the Society welcomes all people of all ages to sing in more than 1200 quartets and nearly 700 choruses that range in size from a dozen to 150 singers. Allied organizations in more than a dozen countries bring the total number of active barbershop singers to more than 70,000 worldwide. Through active programs in music education, publishing, performance and outreach, the Society preserves and extends the reach of a uniquely American close harmony musical art form whose roots lie in African-American communities of the South in the late 1800s. Today, the Society now expends nearly $1 million annually in support of community and school programs that bring the fellowship, fulfillment and excitement of vocal music to a new generation of singers.