Our Mission

• To promote and encourage four-part harmony and good fellowship among our members.
• To serve the musical needs of all members by providing and supporting a wide variety of barbershopping opportunities which shall include group singing, organized quartetting, pick-up quartetting, woodshedding, tag singing, and musical technique instruction.
• To encourage and promote education of our members and the public in music appreciation.
• To promote and participate in charitable and youth projects.
• To promote public appreciation of barbershop harmony.

Our Vision

The Quad City ChordBusters will be recognized in our area as a quality choral group, commonly bound by our love of four-part barbershop harmony, where ordinary men produce extraordinary music. Our membership will grow and thrive because we exhibit a brotherhood of belonging, a tradition of sharing and seeking musical excellence, and pride of accomplishment.

Our Values

The Society aspires to preserve for its members and for all future generations of prospective members the sacred right of people to seek haven from the burden of the daily cares through indulgence in old-fashion vocal quartet harmony, and to that end we do hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to abide by the precepts of the Code of Ethics.

• We shall do everything in our power to perpetuate the Society.
• We shall deport ourselves and conduct the Society’s functions in such manner as to reflect credit upon the Society and its membership.
• We shall conform in all respects to the bylaws of the Society and the rules from time to time promulgated by its Society Board of Directors.
• We shall accept for membership only congenial men and women of good character who love harmony in music or have a desire to harmonize.
• We shall exhibit a spirit of good fellowship toward all members.
• We shall refrain from forcing our songs upon unsympathetic ears.
• We shall not use our membership in the Society for personal gain.
• We shall not permit the introduction of political, religious or other similar controversial issues into the affairs of the Society.
• We shall by our stimulus to good music and vocal harmony, endeavor to spread the spirit of harmony throughout the world.
• We shall render all possible altruistic service through the medium of barbershop harmony.