Contest and Judging

BHNZ has a judging community. Alongside Barbershop Harmony Australia, the two organisations have trained members that belong to the Australiasian Judging Guild.. Identified members of the Barbershop Harmony New Zealand are also members of the Australasian Guild of Barbershop Judges. This covers the 4 judging categories in BHNZ barbershop:

• Singing
• Musicality
• Performance
• Administrative

Scores are given for each song for each judging category of up to 100 points. For most competitions, competitors can receive feedback from the judges following the contest.

SINGING	PERFORMANCE	MUSICALITY	ADMINISTRATIVE
Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa	Charlotte Murray Trent Taylor Liam Whitney	David Brooks Will Lynch Liam O'Shanassy	Kevin Day Angie Schonegger
Judges in this category evaluate the degree to which the performer achieves good singing in the barbershop style. This involves the production of a consistent resonant sound created by good individual vocal techniques free from apparent effort, and by the quartet or chorus singing as a unit. Singing judges listen for precise tuning – melodic line (lead part) and harmonically a feeling of fullness or expansion of sound a high degree of vocal skill a high level of vocal unity and consistency throughout the performance a freedom from apparent effort that allows the full communication of the lyric and song.	These judges evaluate how effectively a performer brings the song to life. They respond to both the visual and vocal aspects of the performance, to evaluate the interaction of these aspects in creating the image of the song, as well as everything about the performance that contributes to emotional impact upon the audience. A performance judge will be asking if the musical and visual delivery of the song is from the heart, believable, and sensitive to the song and its arrangement throughout.	Judges in this category assess the extent to which the musical performance displays the hallmarks of the barbershop style, and the degree to which the musical performance demonstrates an artistic sensitivity to the music's primary theme. Judges in this category assess the musical elements in the performance: melody, harmony, range and tessitura, tempo rhythm and meter, construction and form embellishments.

SINGING

PERFORMANCE

MUSICALITY

ADMINISTRATIVE

Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa

Charlotte Murray
Trent Taylor
Liam Whitney

David Brooks
Will Lynch
Liam O'Shanassy

Kevin Day
Angie Schonegger

Judges in this category evaluate the degree to which the performer achieves good singing in the barbershop style.
This involves the production of a consistent resonant sound created by good individual vocal techniques free from apparent effort, and by the quartet or chorus singing as a unit.

Singing judges listen for

precise tuning – melodic line (lead part) and harmonically
a feeling of fullness or expansion of sound
a high degree of vocal skill
a high level of vocal unity and consistency throughout the performance
a freedom from apparent effort that allows the full communication of the lyric and song.

These judges evaluate how effectively a performer brings the song to life. They respond to both the visual and vocal aspects of the performance, to evaluate the interaction of these aspects in creating the image of the song, as well as everything about the performance that contributes to emotional impact upon the audience.

A performance judge will be asking if the musical and visual delivery of the song is from the heart, believable, and sensitive to the song and its arrangement throughout.

Judges in this category assess the extent to which the musical performance displays the hallmarks of the barbershop style, and the degree to which the musical performance demonstrates an artistic sensitivity to the music's primary theme. Judges in this category assess the musical elements in the performance: