How Quartet Member Finder Works

Use QMF when you want to find quartet openings, find singers for an incomplete quartet, or understand who nearby might be open to singing together.

The app is not a public social network or a directory of personal contact details. It is meant to support safer introductions and enough context for people to decide whether a conversation makes sense.

Most people arrive with one immediate goal: they are a singer looking for opportunities, or they represent a quartet looking for one or more singers.

Start with the profile that matches your current goal, or use Find first to understand how discovery works. Your first choice does not lock you into a permanent role.

Discovery requires sign-in so browsing, contact, reporting, and feedback are tied to accountable accounts. Help and Privacy remain available before sign-in so you can understand the app before creating a session.

Privacy starts with approximate location, independent visibility controls, and app-mediated Messages instead of exposing private email addresses or phone numbers in discovery.

You can fill out My Singer Profile, My Quartet Profile, both profiles, or neither while you get oriented. You do not need to publish both profiles just because both options exist.

The two profiles are independent. Taking My Singer Profile out of Find does not take My Quartet Profile out of Find, and taking My Quartet Profile out of Find does not take My Singer Profile out of Find.

Each profile has its own visibility control. Filling out a profile does not make it discoverable unless you turn visibility on.

Both profiles can be discoverable at the same time if that matches your situation, such as when you personally sing and also represent a quartet looking for another part.

A singer profile can include your display name, parts, goals, experience, availability, travel willingness, and approximate location.

Only display name is required to save the form, but parts, goals, availability, and location make discovery and first contact more useful.

Parts are stored with voicing context. TTBB Tenor, SATB Tenor, and SSAA part labels are not casually treated as the same thing.

Use every part you would be comfortable being contacted about. That helps people avoid guessing from a short bio.

Keep the profile out of Find while it is incomplete, while you are not open to opportunities, or while you are only using the app as a quartet representative.

If important discovery or location fields are incomplete, your profile can be harder to interpret and may not place well in map or radius search context.

Use My Quartet Profile when the group has some parts covered and is looking for one or more singers. The profile should explain enough for a singer to decide whether to start a conversation.

Useful details include covered parts, needed parts, goals, rehearsal expectations, commitment level, availability, travel willingness, and approximate location.

Covered parts and needed parts are separate. That lets a Lead, Bass, Baritone, or Tenor see whether the opening actually fits before contacting you.

Like My Singer Profile, My Quartet Profile has its own visibility setting. Keep it out of Find when the opening is filled, paused, or not ready for people to discover.

Choose what you are looking for: quartet openings, singers, or both. Use Voice Part(s) and Goal(s) filters when a specific part or set of goals matters.

Find combines filters, a privacy-safe interactive map, and result cards. Result cards give the practical context you need before starting contact.

Search From can use My Singer Profile location, My Quartet Profile location, or another location you type. Choose a radius and switch between miles and kilometers. Miles are the default display unit.

Radius search uses approximate geocoding and approximate distance. It is meant to answer whether a match is plausibly nearby, not provide exact navigation.

The map is part of Find. It shows privacy-safe approximate regions rather than exact home pins.

Use the map to understand broad geography, then use result cards and Messages for actual introductions.

No street address is required. Profile and listing forms ask for globally tolerant fields such as country, state/province/region, city/locality, and ZIP/postal code.

ZIP or postal code can help approximate search and map placement, but it is not shown publicly.

Discovery can show approximate area labels such as a city or region. It should not show exact coordinates, private postal codes, street addresses, private emails, or phone numbers.

Global support is intended. Early defaults are most polished for the United States and Canada, but the app avoids assuming US-only address formats.

Approximate geocoding supports radius search and map placement. If a profile or listing has incomplete location data, it may still be useful but may not place well on the map.

Distance search defaults to miles, with kilometers available when that is more useful.

When you send a message from a profile or opening, the recipient receives an email notification and signs in to read it. The full message stays behind authenticated app access.

Messages includes Inbox and Sent views so both sides can keep track of contact requests and replies.

Users can reply through the app without revealing private email addresses or phone numbers by default. Either person can choose to share direct contact details later if they are comfortable.

Use the same judgment you would use in a singing community: meet in public or group settings when possible, and do not share private details until you are ready.

Profiles shown in Find can appear in discovery. Profiles not shown in Find stay out of discovery. My Singer Profile and My Quartet Profile have separate visibility controls.

Do not put private contact details or exact home-location information in public bio, description, availability, or goal fields.

Discovery should show enough to evaluate a possible match: display names, parts, goals, experience, availability, travel willingness, approximate area, and contact links.

Discovery should not show exact home addresses, exact coordinates, private postal codes, private email addresses, or phone numbers.

The Privacy page explains the public/private boundary in more detail. Help and Privacy are both available before sign-in.

Use Report this message from a message detail page when something is inappropriate, spammy, suspicious, or concerning.

Reports are private and are reviewed as the project team is able. The app does not promise real-time moderation or background checks.

Reported behavior may lead to a profile being hidden from discovery or an account being blocked from sending additional messages.

Ordinary users do not see admin review notes, report history, or internal action details.

There may not be many visible profiles yet, your filters may be too narrow, or your selected Search From location and radius may exclude likely matches. Try clearing part filters, increasing the radius, or searching both singers and quartet openings.

Your profile may not be shown in Find, may be incomplete, or may be missing useful location details. Filling out a profile does not publish it; check the visibility setting before expecting it to appear in Find.

Map and distance search are intentionally approximate. The app avoids exact home-location pins and uses broad area placement for privacy.

Yes. One account can have both optional profiles, and neither profile has to be discoverable until you choose to make it visible.

The recipient gets an email notification, signs in, reads the message in Messages, and can reply through the app. Private email and phone are not shown by default.

Open the message detail page and use Report this message. Choose the closest reason and add a short note if it helps explain the concern.

Useful feedback includes bug reports, confusing behavior, unclear copy, missing location formats, search problems, and suggestions for safer contact workflows.

Signed-in users can send feedback from the bottom of this page. Signed-out users are invited to sign in first so feedback can be tied to an account for follow-up and abuse prevention.