In his tenure as director of The Vocal Majority Chorus, Jim Clancy has built an international reputation as composer, arranger, conductor, clinician and vocalist. Jim has conducted the Chorus in performances throughout the United States, Canada, Scotland and England, and before three United States Presidents, at national athletic events, with major symphony orchestras, and before hundreds of national conventions. As the record setting eleven-time Gold Medal International Chorus Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the reputation of The Vocal Majority Chorus is a sharp reflection of the man who has served as its primary director for almost 40 years. Jim Clancy is often called upon as a coach with national and international choral groups, having directed multiple concerts for the American Choral Directors Association and Music Educators National Conference. He has understudied American greats such as Fred Waring, Madeleine Marshall, Paris Rutherford, Martha Moore Clancy, Warren Angell, and B.B. McKinney in addition to pursuing academic work at Baylor University, Centenary College, and the University of North Texas.

Jim is known throughout the recording industry as America's most recorded bass singer in jingles and commercials on radio and television. His discography with The Vocal Majority Chorus includes 25 albums of popular, jazz, classic, barbershop, and inspirational music and a DVD, A Vocal Majority Christmas, released in 2003. As a guest conductor with the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Clancy combined the Utah ensemble with The Vocal Majority in a joint album, Voices In Harmony, for CBS Masterworks. He has also performed on stage with many artists including Jimmy Dean, Bob Flanigan, The Four Freshmen, John Gary, Lee Greenwood, The Lettermen, Johnny Mann, The Oak Ridge Boys, and the Suntones.

In October 2000, Clancy was honored by the Barbershop Harmony Society Southwestern District when a new Chorus Champion trophy was unveiled and named in his honor as the Jim Clancy Chorus Champion Award. In 2005, Jim Clancy was inducted into the Barbershop Harmony Society Hall of Fame.

As primary arranger for The Vocal Majority Chorus, Jim Clancy has shaped its rich harmonies and distinctively elegant sounds in his years as its director. Jim served as principal arranger and executive producer of the VM's latest audio recordings, You Raise Me Up, Believe, Something's Coming, VM Bandstand and the newest release The Jim Clancy Collection.