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April 2026

Learn about the wonderful barbershop education coming to Columbus, Ohio in October! Discover the human connection and impact music can bring to senior living communities. Get advice on improving chorus scores. Find out what's new with the Chorus Toolkit. All that and more in the April 2026 issue of The Pitch Pipe.

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April 2026 Issue

Article Submission Criteria

Have you had a meaningful, funny, or interesting experience during rehearsal or performance? Have you received or witnessed a kindness from your Sweet Adelines family that you'd like to share? We'd love to publish it in The Pitch Pipe!

General Guidelines:

Tell a story (beginning, middle end).
Keep your submission between 500–700 words in length.
Send your submission in a Word document.
Send photos (High resolution is preferred, but send what you have!)
Include a 1–2 sentence bio telling your chorus/quartet affiliation, voice part, etc.

Submission Deadlines

Send your submissions to communications@sweetadelines.com with "Attn: The Pitch Pipe" in the subject line.

The Pitch Pipe	Article Submission Deadline
January 2026	October 9, 2025
April 2026	January 16, 2026
July 2026	April 10, 2026
October 2026	July 10, 2026

All submissions are subject to editing, and not all submissions will be published in The Pitch Pipe. (Some may be used for other Sweet Adelines media.) You will be notified about the status of your submission.