Looking for a smaller group or a quartet to entertain during your private event or special occasion?   Our quartets Rip Chords and Take 5 are ready to sing for your special event. 

Rip Chords Quartet

Rip Chords brings together members of the Vocal Matrix Chorus who love sharing music, laughter, and a little fun wherever we go. We enjoy performing at retirement communities, churches, and special gatherings such as birthdays, anniversaries, and retirement celebrations. Our song list has something for everyone, including seasonal favorites for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and national holidays. Whenever we can, we love getting the audience involved and singing along with us. We would be thrilled to add a joyful musical touch to your next event or simply brighten your group’s day. For more information about Rip Chords, please contact Kim (864)363-5298 or at [email protected].

Meet our singers (from left to right): 

Susan Kelley, Baritone

Anne Elmerick - Lead

Kim Brown - Bass

Anita Edge - Tenor

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Take 5 Quartet

Take 5 Quartet’s members come from diverse backgrounds.   However, when we sing together, we blend our voices in 4-part barbershop harmony.  All of our members are part of Vocal Matrix Chorus.  Our repertoire includes modern as well as classic barbershop songs, and seasonal songs for Christmas, Patriotic and Valentines holidays.  We would love to entertain you for your next event, party or gathering!  For more information about Take 5 Quartet, please contact Jeanine Douglas at 864-940-5630 or at [email protected].

Meet our singers (from left to right)

Maggie Ingersoll is our Tenor.  Maggie has been singing her whole life in various choruses and as a soloist at church.  Since moving to South Carolina with her husband Gary and her three children, she found Vocal Matrix Chorus and has been hooked on barbershop sound ever since. You can ask her family how much singing goes on in the car and they will say it never ends!

Luanne Greenburg sings baritone. She learned to sing harmony as a child singing at the piano with her mother.  She is happily married to Joe , and is the proud driver of “Granna’s Taxi” for her four beautiful grandgirls.

Jeanine Douglas is our Bass.  She is retired from a Global Market Research Company in Chicago where she was a Sr. Vice President of Marketing.  When she moved to South Carolina, she was introduced to women’s barbershop singing and has been hooked for 17 years.  She loves to sing with several local groups and loves traveling to Ohio to see her 3 grandchildren.

Laura Beard sings lead and considers herself almost a native of South Carolina having lived here since she was 5 . In addition to her involvement with her Quartet and Vocal Matrix, Laura sings with various groups across the Upstate. Laura has 2 cats, Mocha and Macaroni, and enjoys fostering bottle baby kittens in her free time.