Canberra 2025 - Barbershop Harmony Festival

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Mr Ben Gibiec

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  • Bio/Profile
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  • 2018
    Started singing barbershop 1st of January 2018 with Vox Canvas - through Taveet and Rubi from a fountain-pen society.
    Formed Bardic Post for the Eastern Region Competition and tied Bronze
    4th in Nationals in Adelaide with Vox Canvas (Joined as Marketing manager - switched to Secretary, then added Chorus-manager) Rainbow
    Formed Bardic Post for ER (1-Mason, 2-Paul-Mai, 3-Li-Wen, 4-Ben) tied Bronze~! Sang heart-of-my-heart and 1st-Hello

    2019
    Vox Canvas chorus Bronze - Hobart - Dance with my Father
    Bardic Post most improved quartet 2019 SML and Smile

    2022
    Vox Canvas chorus Silver - Hobart - Lately, Shoulder

    2023
    Vox Canvas Pan Pacs Gold for Men's; BHA Men's Gold, BHA open Silver, Pan Pacs Chorus 4th Bronze - If I can Dream, When I was your Man

    2024
    Somatic formed 1-Rubi, 2-Chris, 3-Michael, 4-Ben

    2025
    Somatic #1 NSW / ACT Mens/Mix-gender quartet, silver after Allouette
    BHS USA Denver Internationals - Clowns, Here's where I stand

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    As a kid I played piano, clarinet, flute, then high school choir and singing five times in the Town Hall Radio Community Chest Handel's Messiah concerts, in uni a bit of guitar/bass, played mandolin in a community band for a few years. Vox Canvas barbershop since 2018 and Musical theare performing in 3 shows with the Hornsby Musical Society and one show as Vocal Director, 2022 show as assistant music director (including orchestra conduction training) with David Lang from Vox Canvas