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Mark Paul is an accomplished a cappella performer, music director, vocal coach, and lifelong musician. A 44-year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), he’s currently the bass of the a cappella barbershop group The Square Route, specializing in digging out old, forgotten barbershop songs and re-introducing those harmonies to both young and old alike at a very high a cappella level. The Square Route holds a quartet championship in the BHS US & Canada Northeastern District. Formerly the bass singer of a top-20 international-level a cappella barbershop quartet, Reveille, that regularly entertained audiences across the United States and internationally. Reveille holds a quartet championship in the BHS six-state Mid- Atlantic District. Mark served for seventeen years in top musical leadership positions for gold and silver internationally competitive BHS choruses and was the front-line musical director of a BHS District level chorus. He has performed in a documentary film about barbershop singing and is on two music albums. An a cappella vocal coach for 38 years, Mark works with a cappella individuals and groups of all sizes and has served as faculty on several exciting a cappella music education programs, both domestically and abroad. Mark is a Reiki Master and an Executive Leadership Development Coach. Whatever level the group is at, he elevates them, instilling higher levels of awareness, confidence, teamwork, commitment and fun. Mark’s favorite downtime activities are surf fishing, photography and camping.