Joe Cerutti has served as Artistic Director of the Alexandria A Cappella Collective since 2007, leading the organization through one of the most significant periods of growth and transformation in its history. Under his leadership, the organization evolved from a single traditional ensemble into a multi-ensemble community choral arts organization focused on musical excellence, accessibility, education, and community connection. Today, the organization serves singers across generations and experience levels through a growing family of performing ensembles and educational initiatives.
In addition to his work with the Collective, Joe serves as Music Director of the Alexandria Singers since 2025 and as a full-time staff member of the Barbershop Harmony Society since 2013. As Director of Philanthropy for BHS, he leads fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and sustainability efforts for one of the world's largest vocal music organizations. Over more than two decades of experience in leadership roles, he has contributed extensively to youth outreach, educational programming, volunteer engagement, and organizational strategy at both local and international levels. In 2024, he was named the recipient of the Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the Barbershop Harmony Society's highest honors.
As a conductor, educator and clinician, Joe has collaborated with artists and organizations throughout the United States and internationally, with appearances and productions spanning venues such as Carnegie Hall, the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. He conducted the choral preparations for the D.C. premiere of Andrew Lippa's I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk with the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Kristin Chenoweth, as well as the world premiere of Jeremy Schonfeld's Iron and Coal – Survivor and Son, a contemporary masterwork based on the memoirs of the composer's father surviving Auschwitz at age ten.
Joe has served as a judge, faculty member, and clinician for choral festivals, educational programs, and conductor roundtables across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. His consulting work focuses on organizational sustainability, volunteer culture, community engagement, and helping arts organizations evolve without losing their artistic identity.
He is a lifetime member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, a charter member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and maintains professional memberships with the National Association for Music Education, Chorus America, and the American Choral Directors Association, where he previously served on the National Standing Committee for Advocacy and Collaboration.
Samantha Tramack is the Director of Metro Voices and a member of several award-winning quartets, including GQ, the 2025 Barbershop Harmony Society’s International 5th place Bronze Medalist quartet.
Samantha boasts a rich family heritage of vocalists, as a fifth-generation barbershopper on her father’s side and a third-generation barbershopper on her mother’s. She has been a member of Harmony, Inc. since the age of nine and joined the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) as soon as she was eligible.
Samantha is an accomplished quartet singer with accolades spanning over 19 years and has performed on all four different parts. She has loved taking the stage with her many ensembles, including Sweet & Sour, Showcase, Sounderella, New Q, Sister Act, and Harmony, Incorporated International Champions Taken 4 Granite.
Before becoming Metro Voices’ frontline director, Samantha gained 12 years of experience leading New England Voices in Harmony, the Minor Chords, and Generations Chorus (HI Area 2).
An elementary music teacher in Arlington Virginia Public Schools, Samantha teaches private voice, piano, clarinet, flute, saxophone, violin, and trumpet. She also produces custom learning tracks. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Plymouth State University and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Music Education at George Mason University.
For information about learning tracks, private lessons or coaching, contact her through her website. Samanthatramack.com
Tessa Walker is the choir director at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland, where she directs four choirs and serves as the vocal music director for musical theater productions. She is also the proud creator of her school’s special education adaptive music curriculum. Originally from Georgia, Tessa earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Choral Music Education with a minor in History from Kennesaw State University before making Maryland her home.
A dedicated barbershopper since 2010, Tessa began her journey in the art form at just 14 years old. Since then, she has participated in numerous contests, camps, and conventions and is a proud member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Harmony, Inc., and Sweet Adelines International. As a youth competitor, she won the 2018 Sweet Adelines International Rising Star Competition and the 2019 Harmony Incorporated International Quartet Contest with her quartet, Hot Pursuit! Over the years, she has performed and competed with eight different quartets, as well as with the Song of Atlanta Show Chorus and Northern Blend Chorus.
Tessa is especially passionate about diverse youth involvement in music and is committed to sharing her love of barbershop with the next generation of singers.
Anthony has been a member of the BHS since 1991. He has competed in quartets since the age of 12 with many of them being notable competitors in regional, national, and international competitions. Anthony is the lead singer of First Take (2023 BHS international finalists), the associate director of the Alexandria Harmonizers, a certified singing judge, and is an active coach and clinician for youth and adults in BHS events. Anthony is a professional singer in the Washington D.C. area. He has performed at the White House, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, on TNT, and under many notable choral batons. In 2005, Anthony sang on stage with Andrea Bocelli as the recipient of the NIAF Andrea Bocelli scholarship for music at Christopher Newport University where he received degrees in Vocal Performance and Choral Music Education. Anthony is a vocal music instructor in Montgomery County Public Schools at Sligo Middle School and a cantor and chorister at St. Stephen-Martyr Church in Washington D.C.
Maggie McAlexander Mendez, Assistant Director of Metro Voices and founding member of the chorus, is an international quartet champion who has dedicated her time to teaching others—particularly young people—about the joys of barbershop and music. As a performer who grew up in barbershop and joined her first Sweet Adelines chapter, Capital City Chorus, at age 13, Maggie now sings tenor in her current quartet Supernova.
Maggie won the 2013 Harmony Incorporated International Quartet Contest with Spot On and the 2017 Sweet Adelines International Rising Star Competition with Adrenaline. In 2011, Maggie earned a gold medal at the Sweet Adelines International Chorus Competition with the Melodeers Chorus.
An accomplished choral leader, Maggie is currently a Musicality Judge Candidate in the Barbershop Harmony Society. In Nashville, Tennessee, she was formerly the assistant director of TuneTown Show Chorus and the president and co-founder of Noteworthy Mixed Chorus. Maggie was a member of the Sweet Adelines International Faculty from 2020-2025 and faculty at dozens of barbershop youth camps across the United States. She has served on a number of Sweet Adelines committees and task forces committed to expanding global youth involvement in barbershop.
Maggie studied voice performance at Belmont University, earned her bachelor’s degree in public policy with a minor in music at Vanderbilt University, and received a master’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis. Maggie works in municipal government in Washington, DC.
Jason Lee is a lifelong singer who joined the Barbershop Harmony Society at age 13. He became the Assistant Director of The Harmonizers in 2025, and has sung and led the chorus in various capacities for over a decade. Prior to joining The Harmonizers, Jason served in numerous musical and administrative leadership roles, including section leader, assistant director, and Music VP, with the Big Orange Chorus, Barbergators, Atlanta Vocal Project, and the Harbor City Harmonizers. Jason also sings baritone with the barbershop quartet Breakthrough, coaches barbershop choruses and quartets, and has served as a clinician and director at numerous Youth in Harmony workshops.
Outside of barbershop, Jason is a statistician and public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Bringing together his professional and musical worlds, he appeared in the 2024 Off-Broadway musical Lifeline. Jason also serves as a cantor at his church and enjoys caroling with a local troupe during the holiday season. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and son.
Terry Reynolds has held numerous positions with the Barbershop Harmony Society, serving on the Leadership Operations Project Team (LOPT), Chorus Director Development Committee, as a Certified Trainer for Chorus Director Workshop Intensive (CDWI), and on the Leadership Academy Training Faculty for President and for Music and Performance. He is currently serving as chair of the BHS Leadership Development Committee.
He has been a member of the Alexandria Harmonizers since 1992 and has served in numerous musical and leadership positions including Executive Director, President, and Music & Performance VP. He also served as Associate or Assistant Director for over 20 years.
