Tam Large

Tam Large - Tenor

Tam has been singing barbershop harmony for 34 years. He joined his first chorus in 1977, was a member of the British Champion Chorus the Crawley Chordsmen in 1978, and he is currently a member of The Sussex Harmonisers.

He has been a member of a series of quartets over the years since 1979, and has sung on TV, radio and as backing vocal in animations, including one for Disney. Apart from many dinners, weddings and shows, he has sung at Livery Company Banquets, at Epsom Races and all day on a train for First Great Western railways. He has sung competitively in music festivals and in National Barbershop Contests, up to Semi-Final level, both as a bass and singing tenor. He was also in The Music Man produced by Crawley Operatic Society in 2009.

Outside barbershop harmony he has sung with a major Sussex Choral Society and with the Esterhazy Chamber Choir: and still regularly sings Gregorian Chant, West Gallery (Sacred Psalmody), and Shapenote music. He has also sung solo professionally for a Church in Surrey, and with his Ukulele has sung and performed at dinners and Ladies' Nights. He says his motto is: "A Day Without Singing is Day Wasted".. He also regularly announces and acts as MC in engagements and shows with The Sussex Harmonisers.