Our Directors
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Garry Texeira - Director
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Garry began singing at age 12 and has been singing for over 30 years. He was
voted "Most Outstanding Vocalist" during his senior year at West Covina High
School in California and was honored with a Bank of America achievement
award. Garry started his barbershop obsession with the Pasadena Chapter of BHS,
in 1980. Then, in 1985, he had the privilege of being involved in the
chartering of what is now the eight-time International Champion Chorus,
The Masters Of Harmony. Garry won six of those championships with them and was an
integral part of their music team.
Garry has coached and mentored many quartets and choruses over
the years. He has also sung in many quartets himself, including TKO which won the Johnny Appleseed District contest in 2007 and placed in the top twenty at the International contest. Most recently he sang with Forefront, which placed in the top ten in the 2011 & 2012 International Contests, and won the Cardinal District Quartet Championship in 2010. Most notably though,
starting in 1996, Garry became the tenor of Gotcha!, one of the most exciting quartets of all time. Gotcha! moved up the ranks in the BHS International Contest, becoming a Silver Medalist in 2003. Then, in 2004,
they won the coveted International Quartet Gold Medal in Louisville, Ky. Garry has traveled to
almost all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. He also had the honor of
traveling to Ireland, Russia, Canada and Australia, to spread the word of this
wonderful musical art form we call barbershop.
After Gotcha! retired in 2006, Garry moved to Indianapolis with
his beautiful wife Ashley and works as a Business Consultant. They were
blessed with their son Dawson in June 2009 and their son Hudson in November 2012. Garry brings a wealth of
knowledge and even more enthusiasm to our chapter. We are proud to have Garry Texeira as our Director. He has directed Circle City Sound in International competition twice since joining us. His most treasured honor is to be the 2012 BOTY, or Barbershopper Of The Year, for the Greater Indianapolis Chapter. Congratulations, Garry!
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Theo Hicks - Assistant Director
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Theo Hicks grew up in a musical family and has loved singing since elementary school. In high school, he fell in love with barbershop and started singing in quartets at the age of 14.
Theo earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education at Anderson University, where he received several honors, including initiation in Pi Kappa Lambda, the Excellence in Music Education Award, and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Music, and graduated Cum Laude with Music Honors. He was the recipient of the Theodore Presser Scholarship and also the Zachary Novak Memorial Scholarship. He also won the Concerto-Aria Composition Award for best composition of a choral work.
Theo is an active composer and arranger in the choral and instrumental genres and has several arrangements published in the Barbershop Harmony Society's music catalog. He has coached several quartets and choruses, and has sung in numerous quartets, including The Goods, who placed 5th in the 2007 International Collegiate Quartet Contest, and On the Fritz, who placed 6th in the 2011 International Collegiate Quartet Contest, and is actively singing in the 2012 Collegiate Silver Medalist Quartet, Instant Classic, who also placed 24th in their first time out in the regular International Quartet Contest. They have an active show career, performing all over the Midwest, Canada, and over 10 States.
Theo currently lives in Anderson with his beautiful wife, Laura, and their black lab, Nellie. He is the Choral Director of Madison-Grant Jr./Sr. High School, and teaches private voice and percussion lessons at Arts Place in Portland, IN. He joined Circle City Sound in 2011 and has enjoyed the ride ever since!
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David Zimmerman - Assistant Director
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David grew up in Centerville, Indiana and began singing barbershop as a freshman at Centerville High School. He later met Kyle Kitzmiller during his sophomore year of college and began singing in the quartet, Instant Classic, with Kyle, Theo Hicks, and Kyle's brother Kohl.
David attended Ball State University in 2006 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education in 2010. He is currently the Vocal Music Director at Pike Township's Lincoln Middle School in Indianapolis. He has experience teaching and conducting ensembles at the elementary, middle school, and high school level all over the state of Indiana. He is also the Youth in Harmony Director for the Cardinal District, helping to organize camps and activities designed to introduce youth to barbershop harmony.
David is a performer, arranger, and coach for barbershop quartets and choruses. He currently sings with the 2012 Collegiate Silver Medalist Quartet, Instant Classic. Since its formation, the group has performed at many venues across the United States and Canada. He joined Circle City Sound in late 2010.
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