Rick Taylor is a proud member and musical director for the Chorus of the Chesapeake, Dundalk, MD chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. He is also the musical director for The Upper Chesapeake Chorus of Sweet Adelines Inc.  Rick is what is often known as a “barbershop brat”, meaning that he is the son of a barbershopper. In fact not only is his dad a barbershopper, but was also a barber (not that you would be able to tell by some of the pictures we’ve seen). Rick has sung in several notable quartets, beginning back in his junior year in high school, (you know when slate and chalk were used). The rumor is true that he missed his senior prom in order to compete in his first division contest.  Rick’s dad, Bob Taylor sang baritone along with son Rick together in the now famous, “Virginia Gentleman”. In spite of that experience (oops...BECAUSE of) Rick continued his prolific quartet career. Rick’s the proud owner of 8 international bronze quartet medals (4 as baritone with BSQ and 3 as tenor with Riptide and his new one with Old School).  Rick has served on the Harmony College East faculty as a quartet & chorus coach since 1979.  He also has been involved with Young Men in Harmony coaching several college quartets.  Most notably, New Release and Road Trip.  Rick still manages to avoid chores at home by coaching quartets and choruses, both hither and ‘yon. In his spare time, he works for Home MediService, a home medical equipment supply company based in Havre de Grace, Maryland.  Rick and his beautiful and talented (and also a barbershop brat and extremely patient) wife, Susan reside in Abingdon, Maryland.


Eddie Holt has been singing barbershop harmony since the early 90s when he started singing tenor in his first college quartet The Moonlighters, eventually placing 3rd at the International Barbershop College Quartet Competition in 1995. After moving to NYC in 2001, he sang lead with the Big Apple Chorus and in 2004 qualified for the International Quartet contest with his quartet Yankee Dime. His quartet Resolution qualified in 2005, and after moving to Nashville later that year, he sang baritone with International qualifier Great Nashville Singout in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, singing lead, he earned his highest rank to date finishing 13th place with his comedy quartet Lunch Break. So far, Eddie has performed with Lunch Break in 13 states across the south (and a few up north!) and currently serves as section leader for Nashville's Music City Chorus.


Mark Paul has been teaching kids how to sing for the last twenty years, including every year at the Rahway Festival of Harmony since its inception five years ago. Mark has served on both the Harmony College East and the Northeastern District Harmony College faculties, coaching quartets and teaching vocal production. He has formally coached barbershop in Russia and New Zealand,  as well as barbershoppers all across the US. Mark was the bass section leader of the West Towns Chorus (IL District) and The Big Apple Chorus (MAD District) for seven and ten years, respectively. (These two choruses won gold and silver medals in the same year, 1987). Mark has sung in a number of quartets, including a comedy quartet called Reveille, which placed in the top 20 Internationally several times during his nine year tenure with them. He is now in a new quartet called the Hudson Chronicles. Mark is an experienced vocal coach for individuals, quartets and choruses. His speciality, Natural Voice Coaching, helps men, women and kids across the country. His talents for assisting choruses with both leadership development and solid vocal fundamentals is well known to members of Sweet Adelines International and the Barbershop Harmony Society. Mark is an Executive Business Coach, working for Paradigm Associates, LLC. In addition to barbershop singing and coaching, his passions include golfing and surf fishing. Mark and his much-better-half Nancy live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NY.