Tim Waurick (born 1981) is a barbershop tenor singer, and coach for various barbershop choruses and quartets. Waurick creates learning tracks – recordings in which one part is dominant and the others are sung softly in the background – for the Barbershop Harmony Society, Sweet Adelines International, and various other quartets and choruses around the world.[1] His learning track company is named TimTracks.[2]
Tim Waurick | |
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| Born | (1981-05-04) May 4, 1981 (age 41) Levittown, Pennsylvania |
| Genres | Barbershop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, recording artist, coach |
| Website | timtracks |
Waurick grew up and currently lives in Levittown, Pennsylvania. He used to live in St. Peters, Missouri, after graduating in 2007 from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.[3][additional citation(s) needed] He coaches men's and women's barbershop quartets and choruses worldwide, and is one of the few barbershop enthusiasts who has managed to turn his hobby into a profession. Waurick performs with Vocal Spectrum, who took the gold medal in the collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest in 2004[4] and the International Barbershop Quartet Contest in 2006.[5] Waurick also serves as the tenor section leader of the 2012 International Barbershop Chorus Champions the Ambassadors of Harmony.[3] He has released several solo multi-track albums.[6]
Waurick was selected in 2008 to be tenor of a Fantasy Gold Quartet, together with bass Jeff Oxley, baritone Tony DeRosa, and lead Joe Connelly;[2] then again in 2015 with lead Mike Slamka, bass Jim Henry, and baritone Tony DeRosa.[7]