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About Our Director

Anne Bureau has been directing the North Pennsmen Chorus since 2005  An incredibly committed director, she shares over 22 years of barbershop experience every Tuesday evening with our chorus.  She has always had a love for music and entertainment and continues to share that passion with others in her life. 

Anne has attended numerous training sessions with Harmony Inc. and the Barbershop Harmony Society.  Training sessions included basic, intermediate and advanced singing techniques, performance and choreography, advanced vocal production, physics of sound, and theory of tuning.

As well as directing North Pennsmen Chorus, Anne once served as the performance coach for a second place international chorus for 10 years and sang competitively in choruses and quartets at various area and international competitions.  In addition, Anne sang baritone in the 1993 Harmony Inc. International Championship quartet "Spectrum".

Anne’s extensive directing experiences began with her studies at Harmony College where she was formally introduced to the art of directing a chorus.  She has been a certified Barbershop Harmony Society Director since 2000 and has directed several choruses in Harmony Inc., Sweet Adelines International, and Barbershop Harmony Society. 

In 2006, Anne became a Certified Music Judge.  Since then she has judged, evaluated, and coached numerous quartets and choruses in the Barbershop Harmony Society and Harmony Inc. 

Currently, Anne serves as the musical director for the North Pennsmen Chorus (Barbershop Harmony Society) as well as the Liberty Belles of Lansdale (Harmony Inc.).

 

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