Melody Hine has been singing barbershop in various quartets and choruses since she was 14. She earned her music education degree from the University of Georgia, and after that spent a year working for Disney World and Universal Studios. She then taught middle school chorus for seven years before completing her master’s degree in Education Policy. She currently works as a full-time arranger, coach and director.

Melody is proud to be a member of Harmony Incorporated, Sweet Adelines International and the Barbershop Harmony Society. Her roles currently include certified BHS Music Judge as well as Musical Director of Parkside Melody, the upper voices ensemble of the Hershey Chapter of the BHS. She also sings baritone in the Song of Atlanta Show Chorus and was a member of the 2019 HI Harmony Queens, Hot Pursuit. Melody loves arranging and coaching groups of all levels, and she especially enjoys being a part of barbershop youth events.

Clay joined the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) at the age of 14, singing under the direction of his dad in the Detroit #1 Chorus. After he moved back to Chicago, he sang with The West Towns Chorus (Lombard, IL) winning 2 silver medals (1985, 1986). He developed an interest in arranging when he was a teenager, and had the chance to arrange for his 1st quartet, Debut, and dad’s quartet, The Four Henchmen. After college and a move to Atlanta, he began arranging for a newly chartered chorus in Marietta, GA (The Big Chicken Chorus) and his first post-college quartet Atlanta Forum (1987 Dixie District Champs).

His early arrangements were for the purpose of helping Atlanta-area and Dixie District quartets and choruses, but he soon had requests nationwide from internationally competing choruses and quartets. Since then, Clay has arranged music for many male and female quartets and choruses, including Keepsake, PLATINUM, 4 Voices, MaxQ, Main Street, OC Times, Nightlife, Stateline Grocery, Riptide, The Allies, The Masters of Harmony, The Alexandria Harmonizers, Voices in Harmony, The Heralds of Harmony, Class Ring, Windsor, Martini, the Buzz, Showtime, Song of Atlanta Chorus, Lion’s Gate Chorus, Toast of Tampa Show Chorus, Harborlites Chorus, The Rich-Tone Chorus…and many more. Several of the highest scoring performances in the history of BHS contests feature Clay’s arrangements (PLATINUM/Cuddle Up a Little Closer, MaxQ/Here’s to the Losers, Main Street/Pop Songs Medley).

Clay directed the Big Chicken Chorus from 1989 through 2004, finishing as high as 3rd place internationally, and has directed the Atlanta Vocal Project since 2005. He sings baritone in 1999 International Quartet Champion FRED, sang baritone with A Mighty Wind (finishing as high as 3rd in international competition), and currently sings with Category 4 (2018 7th place at international competition). Clay has arranged most of the repertoire for all of these groups.

Although Clay had many years of piano as a child, he is a self-taught arranger, having little formal music education at the university level. He has arranged over 400 songs in various styles, and is currently a certified MUSIC judge for the Barbershop Harmony Society. Clay also coaches quartets and choruses throughout the US and around the world.