For Greg, the best part about being a barbershopper is the culture. Nothing beats people coming together and singing just for the joy of it. And when it comes to singing, his motto is simply that we “sing better today than yesterday.” This is his heart as a barbershopper, one that motivates everything he does.

Over the years, his contributions span performance, education, chapter development, and community outreach but his biggest focus remains the Stampede City Mixed Chorus. In 2024, after a yearlong experiment, this 70-year-old men’s chorus that had dwindled to about 15 members became a mixed chorus. With a bold vision, relentless energy, and infectious enthusiasm, Greg helped the leadership team grow the chorus to about 60 members strong in just two years. They’ve partnered to support many non-profits and become a vibrant non-audition mixed community chorus that is beginning to make a difference in Calgary.

Greg’s involvement with Harmony Platoons over the past 10+ years in the EVG District and across North America is permeated with this same enthusiasm and energy. Starting as a helper, he now manages the logistics for the EVG District and HCNW platoons where singers from different chapters are paired up to learn songs together and build friendships that reinforce our Convention and Afterglow culture. In addition, he helps provide support to other BHS Platoon Coordinators, manages the Harmony Platoon Website, and helps plan future Platoon Events. The EVG and HCNW platoons have grown each year to become models for others that regularly attract 40+ singers from across the District and beyond.

In 2025, instead of a formal Div III Convention, Greg worked with his team put their creative juices together to provide a weekend that was blend of coaching Festival and informal competition. They invited two certified judges and over 170 participants from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana. The Friday focused on coaching while the Saturday was a mock contest followed by an afternoon afterglow, a tag event, and feedback sessions. As one official said, “It’s a model for how these should be done.”

Then there are Greg’s BHS quartets, B.R.A.S.S. and Hybrid Harmony, as well as his Novice Show Quartets, coaching, and teaching (including HCNW and virtual MidWinter). In these also, his motto and philosophy shine.

All while Greg remains devoted to those most important in his life—his family, while taking time to cycle, run, read, and travel.  As a devoted husband, dad, and son, he also is the kind of leader who makes every single new singer feel like they belong and are part of something bigger, a place “where acappella meets happy.”