Meet Our Director
Jet
Cities is thrilled to introduce our director,
Teresa
McCafferty.
Our director since
2005, Teresa also sings
with
Livewire, the 2010 Region 13
Championship Quartet.
In addition, Teresa may be familiar to many of you as the tenor of
Unplugged, the 2006 Sweet
Adelines International Seventh Place Quartet Medalists.
Teresa has been a barbershopper since 1991, when she joined Pacific
Sound Chorus, where she was an assistant director, tenor section leader
and a member of the Music and Teaching Teams. She began quartetting in 1992 with Rainier
Rhythm, winning the
Novice Quartet Award at their first contest. In 1994, she won her first
Region 13 quartet contest with Park Place. Following that, Teresa has brought
home five more regional championships: TrademarK (1996),
Seattle
Style (1998-2000), and
Unplugged (2001) and
LiveWire (2008, 2009 and
2010). With
Unplugged, Teresa had four International Top Ten placements and a mic
testing spot (11th). Not bad!!
Oh... and did we
mention that Teresa and her quartet sang for President Bush in 2004? Ask
her about it if you get the chance!
Regionally, Teresa is a frequent faculty
member for area workshops, assists with coaching and PVIs, and is the
current Quartet Development Coordinator. Along with Anna Chamberlain
(also a member of Jet Cities), Teresa founded
the
Sea-Adelines Education Endowment Fund,
designed to
provide financial support for the promotion, education and development
of quartet singing in
Region 13. Teresa is from a
musical family. Her mother, Chris, sings with Jet Cities and her brother,
Christopher, studied Vocal Performance Degree at Pacific Lutheran
University.
In her "civilian" life, Teresa works for
a yacht insurance agency. She is not married, and has no children nor
pets, but counts hundreds of admirers throughout the barbershop world as
part of her family. Jet Cities' members number ourselves among them and
feel very fortunate to have her as our director.
We look forward to accomplishing bigger
and better things together.
Come and see for
yourself; visit a
rehearsal
soon. 
Christopher has sung
with several groups around the Seattle area, including the
Seattle Opera and Seattle Choral Company, but to Teresa's chagrin, not
barbershop. Older brother John lives in Philadelphia, setting up sound
equipment and instruments for concerts; he's worked with BB King, Elton
John, Willie Nelson and the recent Live 8 Concert, to name a few.
Teresa's dad, John, can sing ... but doesn't! However, he attends all
contests and shows, and is typically the one tearing up and mouthing all
the words.
