| MEET THE QUARTET
Terry Finn (lead)
Terry brings that 'feeling of cheerful and lively joy' onto
stage with Exhilaration! She was introduced to barbershop
music in 1996 and shares an unequivocal passion for 'that
old Barbershop style' with her quartet mates. She has
previously sung lead and baritone with the
Women
of Note and Post
Road Choruses and, in 2007, joined the lead section of
the
Sounds of The Seacoast Chorus in New Hampshire. Prior to
her barbershop experiences, Terry performed as a vocalist
for various audiences throughout New England, singing a
repertoire of love songs, Disney, jazz and sacred tunes.
She is an Oncology Research Nurse in Central Massachusetts
where she lives with her husband, Mark. In addition to
singing, Terry loves to hike, garden and read, and is
now furthering her professional education. The presence of
barbershop simply adds more fun and excitement to her life!
Shanno Wilson
(bass)
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Shanno started studying music at age
six and never stopped. She began with piano, but found her
calling at age eight, when she joined the church choir.
After graduating from a performing arts program in high
school, she went on to study voice at Bowling Green State
University (OH), where she started barbershopping. Though a
lyric soprano by day, she sang bass with the Toledo Seaway
Chorus (now Pride of Toledo) of
Sweet Adelines and competed in her first quartet at 18. She relocated to
Boston where she attended the
Boston Conservatory of Music, and spent some time
away from the barbershop world. In 1993, she re-discovered
the joys of harmony as a bass with the
Women
of Note chorus of
Harmony,
Inc., and as a bari
with two time International silver medalist quartet,
Heartsong. She also sang lead with crowd favorite, Zing! and
was last seen as a bass with 2002 International 4th place
medalists, Tunetown. Shanno lives in the
beautiful Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts and
works as an operation manager at the
Kripalu
Center for Yoga + Health.
Dianne Theoharous (tenor)
Dianne was bitten by the barbershop bug
in 1991, when she joined the Merrimack Valley Chapter of
Sweet Adelines as a baritone. She has been
singing since the age of seven when she joined the church
choir. She studied the viola in her youth and graduated from
the University of Massachusetts in Boston with a degree in
Music. Over the years, Dianne has sung in many choruses in
the Greater Boston area and was selected to perform in the
Massachusetts All State Music Festivals in both viola and
voice. Dianne is currently singing in
Sounds
of The Seacoast Chorus and previously sang with
Coastline
Show Chorus of
Sweet Adelines,
Boston Jazz Voices, and The
New Greeley Singers. She lives in Pelham,
NH.
Wendy McCoole (baritone)
Music has always been a mainstay in
Wendy’s life. She played guitar, sang and wrote songs all
through her young adulthood and although she grew up in a
barbershop family and loved going to shows, she didn’t truly
catch the bug until she was in her late 20's when she
starting singing in quartets, performing on shows and going
to competitions. In addition to Exhilaration she has been a member of two
International Championship Quartets in
Harmony, Inc. singing with her sister Debbie
Borsari in both
of those quartets — Heart’s Delight (won in 1989) and
Limited Edition (won in 1995).
She currently
directs
Sounds of the Seacoast
chorus, also of
Harmony,
Inc.. Wendy has taught at numerous barbershop schools and
coached a number of men’s and women’s quartets through New
England and southern Canada. Aside from Wendy’s barbershop
activities, she is also Executive Director of a non-profit
organization called
BreastCancerStories.com and is raising
two children, Brittany (22) and Ryan (20).
She and husband, Kevin live in Eliot, Maine and Wendy loves
spending time sailing, gardening, biking, visiting with friends and
family, and enjoying the beautiful seacoast.
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