About Da Capo
Da Capo is an a cappella quartet hailing from the Washington, D.C. area comprised of music professionals from varying walks of life. Among our ranks you will find music educators, a digital forensic engineer, and even a farmer. We believe strongly in promoting a cappella music and educating youth about the Barbershop style. We have also been members of the Barbershop Harmony Society for a combined total of more than 56 years!
Ryan, Tony, Wayne, and Joe have officially been singing together since October of 2009, when our lead singer Tony asked us to help him sing his marriage proposal to his wife-to-be. Since sharing in this blessed day, we have grown closer as friends and share many memories that we will cherish for the remainder of our lives.
We have all sung together in some fashion in past quartets, but never all at the same time. This configuration has been ‘tagging’ together at District events for many years. After we formed for Anthony’s proposal, we figured "Hey, this sounds decent. We should sing together, right?"
Da Capo literally means “from the head” or “from the beginning.” For us, the meaning is two-fold. We are four relatively young guys who are starting fresh, developing our identity as we mature as a quartet. The second meaning aligns more with our goal of keeping barbershop, well… barbershop. While we enjoy a diverse repertoire to appeal to our audience, we strive to include a healthy dose of good old barbershop to let people know that it is "okay to sing a Harmonic Seventh and like it!
RyanTonyWayneJoeOur Mission
Da Capo, growing on the positive experiences and friendships cultivated through the Barbershop Harmony Society, has established a sort of mission statement (a sort of jab at our D.C. connection), which speaks to our personal goals and objectives as a quartet. We've done this taking into account the support from our families, Chapters, District, and Society, as well as our own individual commitment to share--at the highest quality level possible-- the joys of the art form from which we've all benefitted so much from.
Da Capo stands to:
- Educate the public, especially young people, in the skills associated with a cappella singing, with a focus on the barbershop art form
- Entertain as wide an audience spectrum as possible, introducing them to many forms of a cappella, but with a focus on the barbershop style
- Support our Chapters in their public performances and educational/youth outreach efforts
- Support our District by participating and succeeding in Society-sponsored Contests, District Convention activities, and Chapter Shows
- Participate as trained clinicians, coaches and performers at District- and Chapter-sponsored youth workshops and clinics
- Participate in Regional and National a cappella events and competitions to educate other a cappella singers about the barbershop art form
- Provide our individual skills as section leaders, directors, assistant directors, youth chorus members, M&P team members, learning track producers, coaches of Chapter quartets, and advocators of our glorious hobby
By the way, she said "yes"...