Let’s Sing!

When four experienced quartet men who love to harmonize are also busy professionals with active family schedules and other interests, it’s a challenge to find a balance in all areas. But for these guys, making time to ring those gorgeous Barbershop chords provides just the break they need from the cares of the world. In those precious moments together, they set aside their “honey-do” lists, switch off their computers, pull out the old pitch pipe, and say, “Come on, boys – Let’s Sing!”
 
Steve Tremper (Tenor) joined the Barbershop Harmony Society in Vermont in 1981, singing Lead, until IBM moved him to North Carolina in 1987. Since then he served as President of both the Research Triangle Park and Central Carolina (Durham) chapters, competed on the International stage with the General Assembly Chorus, placed in the International top 20 with bass Greg Zinke in The CrackerJacks (1991), and has sung tenor in many other quartets over the years. Steve is a certified Contest Administrator in the BHS judging program, and has served the Carolinas District as Vice President for Contest and Judging. Steve lives in Cary, NC, retired after 35 years with IBM but still active as a Technical Writer.

Mark Chandler (Lead) and his wife, Lisa, both North Carolina natives, live in Old Salem in an historic home that they have lovingly restored. Mark has been a member of the BHS since 1984, and lends his voice and talent to Triad Harmony Express, the chorus of the Winston-Salem chapter, singing lead. Mark is a past Chapter President as well. He sang with the 2001 Dixie District Championship Quartet, Crescendo, and the 2004 International Quarter-Finalist Quartet, Genesis. Mark is a partner in a CPA firm in Kernersville, NC.

Joe Doub (Baritone) has been a member of the Society since 1974, singing multiple parts in several quartets along the way, including tenor with the 1983 Dixie District Champion and two-time International Quartet Quarter-Finalist Blue Ribbon Edition. From 2004 – 2005 Joe sang with his then 16 year-old son David in Sweet Mother of Harmony. Joe and his wife Juli are residents of Lewisville, NC and are very proud of their three grown children (Jill, Jane, and David) who have all graduated from college and are gainfully employed. Juli is a first grade teacher at Vienna Elementary School, and Joe is in Supply Management at Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp in Kernersville. In their spare time, they both enjoy reading, and Joe enjoys NASCAR races and Duke Basketball.

Greg Zinke (Bass) is originally from New Jersey and has been singing harmony for over 30 years. Greg and his wife, Kim, live in Greensboro, where Greg was the Director of the Greensboro Tarheel Chorus for many years. He has competed at the international level with four different foursomes, placing in the Top 20 semi-finals in 1987 with the Mid-Atlantic District Champions Northeast Extension and in 1991 with Steve in The CrackerJacks in the Dixie District. He and Mark sang together in several quartets in recent years, including International Quarter-Finalist Genesis. Greg is currently working at Endura Products, Inc. in Stokesdale, NC, as a Tooling Coordinator.

Let’s Sing! represented Dixie District in International competition in 2009 and 2010, and won the Dixie Quartet Championship in October, 2009. They won the Carolinas District Championship in October, 2010, only the second quartet in Society history to win in two different Districts. They finished 33rd in the world at their third International appearance in July 2011. After a 3-year hiatus they returned to International competition the last two summers in Pittsburgh and Nashville. The quartet was extremely honored to be inducted into the Carolinas District Hall of Fame in the Spring of 2014. Their current CD, “Let’s Sing!,” is available in the lobby after the show. Come say hello!