Musical Island Boys

Musical Island Boys is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2014 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] From Wellington, New Zealand, the quartet began in 2002 at Tawa College,^[2] and competed in its first international barbershop contest in 2004.^[3] They won the international collegiate contest in 2006 at Indianapolis,^[4] and won second-place silver medals in 2011,^[5] 2012,^[6] and 2013 international contests.^[7] Other awards include the New Zealand and Pan-Pacific Open Gold Medals at the 4th Pan Pacific Barbershop Convention in 2004,^[3] and second place in the International Open Barbershop Championships in 2011.^[8]

Musical Island Boys
Origin	Wellington, New Zealand
Genres	Barbershop
Members	Jeff Hunkin – tenor Marcellus Washburn – lead Will Hunkin – baritone Matt Gifford – bass
Website	AIC entry

Bass singer Matt Gifford is self-described as "half Cook Island and half New Zealand Māori", lead singer Marcellus (Lusa) Washburn is from Samoa, and Jeff and Will Hunkin (tenor and baritone, respectively) are both half-Samoan and half-Niuean.^[8][9]

Discography

• Musical Island Boys (CD; 2006)
• Once Upon a Time (CD; 2009)
• Dream (CD; 2013)
• Four (CD; 2015)