Meet Our Quartets
A quartet is the essence of barbershop singing. Many chorus members are also members of quartets. Building strong performers with an enriched understanding of the barbershop art form and building strong relationships, are benefits of small group singing. A performance by a quartet is accessible to any size audience, any time, any where. Northwest Harmony is proud to be home to these groups.
Up To Something
We’ve been Up to Something since 2015! Voted Audience Choice in 2017, 2018, 2022, Bravo Award in 2019. We are a multi-regional quartet. Our Bari Denise sings with Oregon Spirit Chorus in Region 12.
We’ve been Doctors, Pirates, Spokesperson for Youth Potion #9, Rodeo queens. If you watch and listen closely, we often include an “Easter Egg” or two, carried over from previous packages.
We like to tell a story. Most of our ideas start with “what if?”, taking a normal situation and placing it in a not so normal circumstance. A little corny, a little slapstick, a few puns and “groaners”, but it works for us.
Hot Notes Quartet
Hot Notes quartet is an up and coming mixed voice quartet out of the Pacific Northwest featuring brother and sister duo Ted Chamberlain and Anna Wright Chamberlain and life long best friends Melanie McGuire and Shelly Membry! They are members of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) and this past October, competed and placed 5th overall in the Evergreen District competition. They are currently the highest ranked mixed voice quartet in the area. All members are seasoned Barbershop enthusiasts and have sung in several choruses and quartets over the years.
In addition to singing in Hot Notes, Anna sings with Jet Cities Chorus and Rhapsody Quartet. Melanie and Shelly also sing with PDX Voices chorus and Melanie directs Northwest Harmony Chorus. Ted owns and operates “Ted’s Voice Academy” and is a teacher and vocal coach. As you can see, music is a big part of their lives!
In addition to singing they also love spending their free time with their significant others, family, their dogs, grandchildren and drinking coffee so they have the energy to do all of this!
They love singing at community gatherings and events and sharing their love of music with audiences just like you!
