Fact Sheet
For further information
contact:
Hal
Maples 
(636)
947-0334
Repertoire
Light Classical,
Traditional Jazz, Folk, Religious
Presentation
Style
A cappella
International
Activity & Honors
2007
BHS International Silver Medalists
International Medalists 11 times
since 1994
2004 BHS
International First Place Gold Medal Chorus
Central
States District Champions
12 consecutive times
St. Louis Area
Activity
Municipal Opera
performances:
Oklahoma
White Christmas
South Pacific
Have supplied quartets for "Music Man" and other productions
Other Performances:
Annual Holiday Show
Annual Show in June
Crescendo Concert Series
Alton Illinois Concert Series
Columbia Chordbusters Christmas Show
Land of Lincoln Chorus Show
St. Louis Mayor's Prayer Breakfast
Half Time Show at St. Louis Rams game
National anthem at Cardinal Baseball games
CD and cassette
tapes available
Leadership
Director
-- Jim Henry
Ph.D., Music Theory
and Composition, Washington University; Vocal Music Education,
Southeastern
Missouri State University
Director of Choral Studies, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Choral Director, Ambassadors of Harmony, 1990
- 1999, 2001-present
Associate
Director -- David Wright
Ph.D., Mathematics;
Professor of Mathematics, Washington University
Noted arranger, composer, certified SPEBSQSA music judge
Director, Ambassadors of Harmony, 1980 - 1990,
1999 - 2001
Associate Director, Ambassadors of Harmony, 1990
- 1999, 2001-present
Membership
238
Members,
147
in Performing Chorus
Membership by audition
Performing Chorus participation by tape qualification
Additional vocal training required and provided
Hobby for all members who represent a broad spectrum of occupations
ranging through a variety of professional and trade pursuits to
students at the Middle School, High School and University levels.
Active Membership
Missouri:
St. Louis City and County, St. Charles City and County, Jefferson
County, Franklin Country, Jefferson City, Marthasville
Illinois: Springfield, Decatur, Mascoutah, Collinsville,
Alton, Belleville, Godfrey, Chicago
Iowa: Iowa
City, Panora, Waterloo
History
Formed in 1963 by
26 men at St. Charles, Missouri
Affiliated with the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement
of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) in 1964
Original Name: "The Daniel Boone Chorus"
First qualified in 1988 to compete internationally in 1989
Grew to approximately 80 men in 1990
Changed name to "Ambassadors of Harmony" in 1990
Won International Medals (top five) for ten of the past eleven
years
