Jim Civarra, Baritone/Tenor
Jim is the quartet’s Seattle native. He started barbershopping in a production of “The Music Man” back in 1971. He joined the Barbershop Society in 1983 while living in New Jersey and then returned to Seattle and joined the new Northwest Sound Men's Chorus in 1985. He has sung in a number of quartets including Vocal Vintage, Pieces of Eight, which sang together for 21 years, and Premium Blend. In addition to barbershop and school and community choirs, Jim has sung in the Seattle Opera chorus and in over a dozen musical comedies and operettas.
Eileen Kelly-Meyer, Tenor/Soprano
Eileen has been singing for as long as she could talk - from high school and church choirs, to community theatre - you name it. And she LOVES those high notes! Eileen met Dan singing a cappella in January 2000 when A Cappella Pops was formed in the Philadelphia area. She has been attending Barbershop events ever since to cheer him on. Finally singing Barbershop with Northwest Mix when it was founded in 2019, she's the rookie of this bunch!
Marie Grafwallner-Huseth, Lead/Alto
Marie discovered Barbershop music in 1995 when she was invited to a Sweet Adeline concert back in Wisconsin and was hooked immediately. From that point on she dove-in headfirst, singing primarily Lead, with Bari and Bass at different times in her “career”. Sometimes multiple parts in the same song!! She has been active both in choruses and quartets since the start, earning an SAI Reg 3 Championship with By Request Quartet in 2016. Since moving to Washington in 2022, Marie has been an active part of ACNW, and Northwest Mix in particular. She “hooked up” with Eileen, Jim, and Dan to experience a lifelong dream of singing in a Mixed Quartet.
Dan Meyer, Bass/Bass
Dan has been singing in barbershop and a cappella choruses, and quartets since 1986. He started as a baritone but 13 years or so ago switched to lead when his voice teacher told him he was really a tenor (you'll find him singing lead in Vocal Vintage). To complete the circle, in order to sing in Northwest Mix and In The Mix he has switched to Bass! Dan's interest in musical leadership also led him to direct the Wilmington, DE barbershop chorus for six years prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2014.