Kelly Shepard hails from the USA and has been singing barbershop since 1982, when he and his friends thought it would be ‘cool’ to form a barbershop quartet. This fascination with the harmony dark arts led to a 30-year career as a music teacher and to a lifetime of singing in barbershop quartets and choruses.

Kelly was lucky enough to find himself singing with the Masters of Harmony and has two international chorus gold medals with them. He also managed to trick Metropolis into choosing him to sing baritone and won two international quartet bronze medals (3rd and 4th).

Since moving to Australia eight years ago, Kelly has won the Australian Open Quartet Champion and the Pan Pacific Men’s Quartet Gold with The Collective. Kelly is also a BHA Certified Singing Judge and serves as the VP Music Education for Barbershop Harmony Australia.