Dealer's Choice Award

The Dealer's Choice Award is an award given to the highest placing new quartet each year in the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Contest.

History

The award was first given in 2009. It was named in honor of the Dealer's Choice quartet, who won their first time out in 1973.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Dealer's Choice award, a quartet must be a "new" quartet, meaning that no two members have competed together before on the International Stage (this does not include the Collegiate competition.) It may not include a prior international quartet champion (full AIC member) nor two or more prior winners of the award.

Winners

Year Quartet Score District Place Overall Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass 2024 Full Effect 86.8 SHD/DIX 6th Brett Beard, Andrew Easterling, Caleb Hayes, Wyatt McCarter 2023 HusAar 83.7 SNOBS 13th Anders Slot Sørensen, Yngve Lyngsø, Søren Detlefsen, Jonas Rasmussen 2022 Windfall 79.3 RMD 26th Ashley Banks, Siobhan Drown, Johnny Bugarin, Jr, Tyler Wigginton 2019 Midtown 90.1 MAD 5th Nick Gordon, Anthony Fortino, KJ McAleesejergins, Christian Diaz 2018 Rhapsody 81.8 SWD 21st Aaron Turner, Drew Prince, Matt Swann, Donovan Davis 2017 Pratt Street Power 82.3 MAD 16th Vincent Sandroni, Ed Schubel, Ben Hawker, Darren Schmidt 2016 Route 1 82.4 MAD 19th Brian Schreiner, Scott Disney, Brandon Brooks, Thomas Moyer 2015 Flightline 78.9 FWD 30th Oscar Sotelo, Daniel Huitt, Cody Littlefield, Kyle Williamson 2014 The Newfangled Four 82.0 FWD 16th Joey Buss, Jackson Niebrugge, Ryan Wisnieski, Jake Tickner 2013 The Con Men 79.8 JAD 30th David A. Strasser, Matthew A. Hopper, Russell T. Watterson, Brent A. Suver 2012 Lemon Squeezy 81.1 SNOBS 19th Alexander Löfstedt, Victor Nilsson, Mattias Larsson, Martin Jangö 2011 Da Capo 83.5 MAD 14th Ryan Griffith, Anthony Colosimo, Joseph Sawyer, Wayne Adams 2010 TNS 84.4 DIX 10th Rick Spencer, Ryan Killeen, Dusty Schleier, David Carden 2009 Musical Island Boys 84.1 BHNZ 10th Jeff Hunkin, Marcellus (Lusa) Washburn, William Hunkin, Matthew Gifford