Musical Island Boys Explained

Musical Island Boys
Genre:Barbershop
Origin:Wellington, New Zealand
Website:AIC entry
Current Members:Jeff Hunkin – tenor
Marcellus Washburn – lead
Will Hunkin – baritone
Matt Gifford – bass

Musical Island Boys is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2014 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] From Wellington, New Zealand, the quartet began in 2002 at Tawa College,[2] and competed in its first international barbershop contest in 2004.[3] They won the international collegiate contest in 2006 at Indianapolis,[4] and won second-place silver medals in 2011,[5] 2012,[6] and 2013 international contests.[7] Other awards include the New Zealand and Pan-Pacific Open Gold Medals at the 4th Pan Pacific Barbershop Convention in 2004,[3] and second place in the International Open Barbershop Championships in 2011.[8]

Bass singer Matt Gifford is self-described as "half Cook Island and half New Zealand Māori", lead singer Marcellus (Lusa) Washburn is from Samoa, and Jeff and Will Hunkin (tenor and baritone, respectively) are both half-Samoan and half-Niuean.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 5, 2014 . PDF . 5 July 2014 . 7 July 2014 . Barbershop Harmony Society . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170850/http://barbershopconvention.com/files/INTL20140629_QF.OSS1.pdf . 14 July 2014 .
  2. News: Musical Island Boys claim barbershop gold . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200943/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbent/730603544-musical-island-boys-claim-barbershop-gold . dead . 14 July 2014 . 7 July 2014 . 7 July 2014 . .
  3. Web site: Musical Island Boys . 8 July 2014 . Primarily A Cappella .
  4. Web site: Official Scoring Summary, BHS, MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest International, Quartet Finals, Indianapolis, Indiana . 8 July 2006 . Barbershop Harmony Society . 14 September 2016 .
  5. Web site: Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International Quartet and Chorus Convention, International, Quartet Finals, Kansas City, Missouri, July 9, 2011 . PDF . 9 July 2011 . 14 September 2016 . Barbershop Harmony Society .
  6. Web site: Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International Convention, International, Quartet Finals, Portland, Oregon, July 7, 2012 . PDF . 7 July 2012 . 8 July 2014 . Barbershop Harmony Society .
  7. Web site: Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Toronto, Ontario, July 6, 2013 . PDF . 6 July 2013 . 7 July 2014 . Barbershop Harmony Society . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130717213917/http://barbershopconvention.com/INTL20130703_QF.OSS12.pdf . 17 July 2013 .
  8. News: Musical Island Boys Featured in New Zealand Press . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020225400/http://barbershop.org/news-a-events-main/587-musical-island-boys-featured-in-new-zealand-press.html . dead . 20 October 2011 . 19 July 2011 . 7 July 2014 . stuff.co.nz . barbershop.org .
  9. Web site: Musical Island Boys . wickED . . 8 July 2014 .

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