Biographies

Paul Keiser -- Aaron Wilson -- Dave Montera -- Ray Sturdy
Paul Keiser - Tenor	Paul Keiser sings Tenor in the group. At the tender young age of 36, Paul is also the founder, manager, director, coach, and janitor.       A third generation barbershopper, Paul was practically weaned on the stuff. His earliest memories include cleaning the house with his father singing bass to his old barbershop records.       He joined the Detroit-Oakland chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A) in April of 2003, originally intending to sing baritone. Noticing the plethora of empty seats in the tenor section, he figured he'd try it for a day - and has been one ever since.       Though not joining the Society until 2003, he has been in quartets since high school, forming his first quartet , the Four Beauregards, for Dondero High School's Collage Concert in 1992 as a baritone. Since joining the Society, he has been singing tenor for quartets like Shindig, Loving Memory, and Name TBD (a pick-up quartet for a DOC performance), and the Great Lakes Harmony Brigade, and enjoyed every minute of it.       He's a music education major at Wayne State University, with plans to be a high school band and/or choir director upon his graduation. He now directs the Livingston Lamplighters Barbershop Chorus in Brighton, Mi, is a father of of 2 (Liam Sean - 11, and Courtney Teagan - 7), a Patient Care Specialist for a home delivery pharmacy, marching drill designer, marching band technician, and private brass teacher. He's a self-proclaimed "tenth level geek", whose interests include drum & bugle corps, comics, Star Trek, A cappella harmony, old comedy records, and dabbling on the ukulele (which has earned him the moniker of "Ukulele Guy" wherever he goes).       He would like to thank his parents for giving him music, and his high school choir director, Rick Hartsoe for giving him the tools to make music his life. For more on Paul's résumé , availability for quartet/chorus coaching, private brass instrument lessons, and marching band related endeavors, email pauldkeiser@gmail.com.
Aaron Wilson - Lead	Aaron Wilson sings Lead in the quartet and is also the webmaster. Aaron works in the IT field in the and is a native Hoosier, moving to Michigan in 2008.       He was introduced to Barbershop in 2002, and was hooked from the begining. Singing with the Columbus-Greenwood Indiana Chapter (The Chordlighters) was a great introduction into barbershop and the great group of guys this society is. Aaron served as President of the Chapter for 2 years. During this time he also sang baritone in the chorus and as part of a 6 person group called Coalition.       He is also active in the Harmony Brigade organization. He's the webmaster for that group as well. He's a member and been attending the Indiana Harmony Brigade since 2004 and also have been to the first two Great Lakes Harmony Brigade rallies.       As if Barbershop singing wasn't enough he's also a member of his church Choir and joined the Southfield Madrigal Chorale in the fall of 2010.
Dave Montera - Bass	Dave Montera sings Bass (no, not the fishy part) in the group. He began his singing career watching the Mickey Mouse Club on television, and singing along. Since that time he has graduated to singing along with the radio in the car, but not while his wife is riding with him.       Joining his first barbershop chorus while still in high school Dave has sung in New York and Michigan. The problem is, he can't figure out which part to sing. A lead for most of the many years he been in barbershopping, Dave has also sung tenor in a quartet, and still sings lead with his "other" quartet the Forum Shoppers. They are a group of four lawyers who sing legal parodies (as opposed to illegal parodies!) and perform for many Bar Associations throughout the state of Michigan.       As a bass, Dave makes a good cup of coffee. Currently the President of the Detroit-Oakland Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society Dave has held most administrative offices with the Chapter, with which he has been associated since 1980.
Ray Sturdy - Baritone	Ray Sturdy sings Baritone in the group. Ray is a retired utility worker whose roots go deep into barbershop singing. He claims his grandfather outfitted the first barbershop quartet contest winners at his ready-to-wear store in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in the 1930's. As a youth, he used to play in the park across the street from the Barbershop Harmony Society's headquarters in Northwest Detroit. Ray has played the violin, trumpet, and was the lead bugler in his Boy Scout troop.       He began his barbershop career singing in the later part of the last century with a group called Today's Lineup that was well known and in high demand throughout the West (-ern parts of Wayne County).       Today Ray also sings with the Gentleman Songsters chorus in Royal Oak and the Big Chief Chorus in Waterford.