Joe is a born and raised New Yorker and has been singing and performing for as long as he can remember – and probably for quite some time prior to that.

Joe is a founding member of the Big Apple Chorus and was the Musical Director from 2000-2013. He directed the Long Island Twin Shores Chorus from 1994-2007. In 2013 he retired and was named as Director Emeritus. He and his wife Diane recently moved to Northern Kentucky, and he is a proud member and Music VP of the Cincinnati Southern Gateway Chapter.

He has been barbershopping for the last 48 years and is a past BHS Presentation Category Specialist and 15-time PRS and PER Board of Review member and was the Project Manager and one of the architects for the development and implementation of the new Performance Category. Joe also serves as mentor for Harmony Inc’s Performance Category. He is also a certified CDWI (chorus director workshop intensive) trainer and sought-after coach. He has served multiple times as faculty at Harmony University and has also served at numerous regional schools, Top Guns and youth camps.

Joe has sung with many different quartets, most notably 4 Under Par (International finalists and all around wild and crazy guys), Reveille (7-time International Competitors), and he currently sings baritone with Up All Night (8 Time International Competitors and MAD District Medalists). All these quartets are known as original, entertaining groups that have looked to push the creative envelope and develop a varied and proprietary repertoire.

In the real world, Joe was an SVP of Technology, where he managed teams of software developers. Ironically, in this role he also focused on performance!