About the Vocal Majority
Pull together a group of 100+ men volunteering from all walks of life with varying degrees of musical talent and experience, ask them to sing, and the listener may hear something that resembles beautiful music. But call that group The Vocal Majority® Chorus and stand Jim  Clancy before them in the role of director, and one is in store for an extraordinary musical experience from a group that has touched literally tens of thousands of listeners around the world. The Vocal Majority® Chorus’ diverse repertoire encompasses music from barbershop favorites, classics to jazz, patriotic to sacred, rounded out with standards and Broadway pops. 

The Chorus counts tens of thousands in its list of VM fans. Relationships with other performers and supporters have been remarkable, but undoubtedly there is a relationship that has stood above the others. 

Vocal Majority on Tour
The Vocal Majority Chorus has  performed in Glasgow, Scotland and Tornoto, Canada. In Salt Lake City, the men arranged a concert at the famed Mormon Tabernacle. That led to a return invitation to sing a concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. During that visit, the VM joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in recording the CBS Masterworks release, VOICES IN HARMONY. The Choir would later reciprocate with a visit to Dallas and join the VM in two sell-out concerts at Dallas’ Reunion Arena. In 1997 the Chorus also performed as guests of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their worldwide broadcast, “The Spoken Word.”  

VM Recordings
The Chorus’ most recent recordings are: SOME THINGS COMING(2008) a collection of Broadway favorites, YOU RAISE ME UP (2005), a new collection of inspirational classics; THE VOCAL MAJORITY WITH STRINGS-VOLUME II (2004), 12 oldies, with orchestra, from the 60s and 70s; VMX (2003), a compilation of all 10 Gold Medal Contest performances, and LOVE SONGS BY REQUEST (2002), a collection of favorite love songs. In 2003, VM also offered its first DVD, A VOCAL MAJORITY CHRISTMAS, recorded live in December of 2002. All of Vocal Majority’s recordings are available in the lobby during intermission and after this performance.  

Guest Appearances
The Chorus has performed with numerous ensembles during these years including The Four Freshmen, The Lettermen, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Suntones, and the Texas Boys Choir. They have also joined many solo performers in concert including Glen Campbell, Jimmy Dean, Bob Flanigan, John Gary, Lee Greenwood, Jack Jones, and Johnny Mann

While the VM is known for its a cappella music, it has sung with symphony orchestras and other music groups. The 1998 performance with The Atlanta Symphony in Olympic Centennial Park stands out as the VM’s largest audience with over 135,000 people in attendance. The Chorus has performed with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Wind Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, Mid-Cities Orchestra, Richardson Symphony, Irving Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Utah State Symphony, and the Constitution Symphony Orchestra.

Vision and Mission of the Vocal Majority Chorus
The mission of The Vocal Majority Chorus is to bring four part a cappella harmony to the ears and hearts of the whole world, to touch people and change lives through music.

History of Chorus
Officially, The Vocal Majority® Chorus is the Dallas Metropolitan Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Not one of the 12 men who gathered on that first cold night of December 2, 1971, could have imagined the success of the VM. They wanted to form a chapter that would become the finest singing ensemble in the world. So, under the guidance of founder, first president, and marketing director Bob Arnold, the Chorus was born, and Ray Anthony consented to be the first director in April of 1972.  

Born to compete, The Vocal Majority® would win its first Southwestern District Chorus Championship in the fall of 1973. In the summer of 1974, seventy-three men mounted the risers as the VM entered its first International competition. After a disappointing third place finish, Ray Anthony convinced VM member Jim Clancy to take the role of director in August of 1974. The Vocal Majority® returned to International competition in 1975 in Indianapolis, yielding the VM’s first Gold Medal. There was great disappointment the following year, however, when a return to the next year’s International swan song performance in the summer of 1976 was financially impossible. 1977 would offer the VM its third Southwestern District Chorus Championship in Houston, and the men of The Vocal Majority® hoped to win their second Gold in Cincinnati in the summer of 1978. The chorus lost the Championship by only 10 points in a heart-breaking loss to the Louisville Thoroughbreds. Clancy would later say, “That one loss was the best thing that ever happened to us, because learning to overcome that loss helped us develop heart and character. It (the loss) is when the real heart and soul of The Vocal Majority® began.” It was to be the last Gold Medal lost in International competition. 

In July of 1979, the chorus returned to the winner’s circle with a second Gold Medal, this time in Minneapolis. With its winning tradition recaptured, The Vocal Majority® would capture each successive International Gold for which it qualified: Pittsburgh (1982), Minneapolis (1985), San Antonio (1988), Louisville (1991), Pittsburgh (1994), Indianapolis (1997), Kansas City (2000), and Montreal (2003). The VM won its 1lth gold medal in 2006 in Indianapolis The Vocal Majority® tradition extends well beyond the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Vocal Majority® has performed in England, Scotland, and Canada. In its 30-year history, the VM has sung for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.