About

Kate Morrical Towne (Tenor) – Kate has been singing since elementary school, but only discovered barbershop in 2005. She’d always sung soprano, even though she really liked singing harmony, so she was thrilled to find a musical form where the highest voice part was not the melody! Kate sings with the Capital Accord Chorus and HCMC, and joined Lustre quartet as our new tenor in the summer of 2010.

Kate’s background is in structural engineering, and she currently manages design and documentation software for an engineering firm. When she’s not working or singing, she likes hiking, especially at Great Falls, and sports (go Bucks!). Kate lives with her husband and daughter in Falls Church, VA.

Lori Crouter (Lead) – Lori has been singing all her life. When she was younger, one might have heard her sister complain “Does she have to sing so loud?” but we’re glad it didn’t deter her. Before joining HCMC in 2002, she had achieved numerous musical accomplishments. For instance, she starred in multiple plays and musicals and learned to play nearly every instrument (at least well enough to play a simple song) for her degree in music education.

These days you’ll find Lori spending her daytime hours as an admin for an oral surgery practice in Baltimore. Her night/weekend hours are spent rehearsing, creating, scheduling, meeting, performing, section leading, and any other activity she can think of to make her quartet and chorus better! In addition to her two cats at home here in Baltimore, Lori has a terrific family in the Midwest and beyond.

Lori Dreyer (Baritone) – Before “Bari Lori” moved to Baltimore, her musical experience consisted of many years of underappreciated piano lessons growing up and she played trombone in the high school band, but she had no singing experience outside of church choir. Nevertheless, in 1991 she jumped into Sweet Adelines and HCMC (then known as the Elkridge Chorus), with both feet. She has been singing ever since in chorus, quartets, and a mixed a cappella jazz quintet called “High Five”. Sometimes you can hear her singing bass, lead or even the alto part, but she is a barbershop baritone at heart.

This Lori makes her living as a computer programmer and she makes many friends as an avid baker. If you visit her at home, she might make you one of her stellar, homemade (from fresh-squeezed lemons and limes!) margaritas. She sews and does needlework, costuming her chorus as well as local theater productions. Her immediate family consists of two cats and more Sweet Adeline sisters than she can count!

Jenny Harris (Bass) – Jenny has been a singer in Sweet Adelines since 2003, when she joined HCMC. Though she brought a strong musical background in the instrumental arena, her previous singing experience consisted only of church choir and regular radio sing-alongs during the morning and evening commute. But once she joined the barbershop hobby, she jumped in whole-heartedly, and soon became an avid “pick-up quartet” and tag singer, and the Bass section leader of her chorus.

In addition to singing in Lustre and in HCMC, Jenny directs The Annapolis Blend, and serves on the Sweet Adelines International Board of Directors.  Jenny lives with her husband and two adorable rescue pups, Hannah and Lulu in Baltimore, MD. She spends a lot of time on video chat with her adult kids and her grandchildren, who are the light of her life.