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Essentials in
Youth
All about Millennium
They hadn't anticipated their success, but other collegiate musicians are taking notice.
Updated: 4/3/2002 4:07:00 PM
All about Millennium
In Kansas City, Millennium won with a score that would have nearly qualified them for the international stage. Above, with collegiate gold medals, they got to perform on that stage in Kansas City. They are Kalin Tapp , Sydney Libsack , Soren Wohlers , Eric Woodward.
Millennium formed in October 1998 for the purpose of performing on tour as a small ensemble with the Northwest Missouri State University Celebration Show Choir. The members of Millennium are Eric Woodward, tenor; Soren Wohlers, lead; Kalin Tapp, baritone, and Sydney Libsack, bass.
Sydney and Soren went to high school together where they sang in a barbershop quartet until their sophomore year when Sydney moved to Minnesota. The two met again at NWMSU and auditioned into Northwest Celebration, where they met Kalin and Eric.
With a lot of barbershop experience among them, (Kalin sang with The Bungee Chords in the 1997 MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest, Sydney is a third-generation Barbershopper and sang with The Great Northern Union, as well as singing in the high school quartet with Soren), the foursome decided to enter the 1999 collegiate competition. Eric was unable to compete in the district competition so Jim Clark filled in. The quartet finished third in the international competition in Anaheim, California.
This year, Eric rejoined Millennium and the four took another crack at competition. The quartet won the Central States Competition in April and began to prepare for the international competition in Kansas City in July. Sydney Libsack tells of the quartet’s journey through the victory in Kansas City and what the experience has meant to the four men:
"Millennium never expected to be so successful in the world of barbershop harmony, but more importantly the experience of winning the International gold is not the only asset we’re taking with us. With the numerous hours of coaching from Darin Drown and Chris Droegemueller, the musical experience, entertainment, and knowledge will be with us forever. The thrill of ringing barbershop chords, performing for hundreds of people (thousands at the international competition!), representing our college, and being cheered on by the world’s best music lovers is an experience nobody should turn down.
"As Millennium heads into this year as the current collegiate quartet champion, we hope to represent this wonderful Barbershop Harmony Society the best we possibly can. There is no better way to preserve this great Society than to share our love of music with each and every person we meet."
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