Musical Island Boys Explained
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]
Discography
- Musical Island Boys (CD; 2006)
- Once Upon a Time (CD; 2009)
- Dream (CD; 2013)
- Four (CD; 2015)
External links
Notes and References
- 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 .
- 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 . .
- Web site: Musical Island Boys . 8 July 2014 . Primarily A Cappella .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- Web site: Musical Island Boys . wickED . . 8 July 2014 .