Barbershop Harmony Society
Wayne Grimmer is an experienced music educator and editor currently serving in dual roles at the Barbershop Harmony Society since October 2014, focusing on music publishing and outreach. Additionally, Wayne has been involved with Metro Nashville Public Schools as a Side By Side Coach since October 2015. Wayne's earlier experience includes a role as a music teacher at Five Towns College from 2006 to 2011, where responsibilities included teaching various music subjects and arranging for ensembles. Prior to that, Wayne taught private music lessons at Gil Brienes Music Store from 2002 to 2006, covering a wide range of instruments and voice. Wayne holds a Master's degree in Composition and Arranging and a Bachelor's degree in Music Teacher Education, both from Five Towns College.
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Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society is the world leader in close-harmony a cappella singing, with approximately 14,000 members across North America. Founded in 1938 as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, the Society welcomes all people of all ages to sing in more than 1200 quartets and nearly 700 choruses that range in size from a dozen to 150 singers. Allied organizations in more than a dozen countries bring the total number of active barbershop singers to more than 70,000 worldwide. Through active programs in music education, publishing, performance and outreach, the Society preserves and extends the reach of a uniquely American close harmony musical art form whose roots lie in African-American communities of the South in the late 1800s. Today, the Society now expends nearly $1 million annually in support of community and school programs that bring the fellowship, fulfillment and excitement of vocal music to a new generation of singers.