2025 Clinicians

Debbie Cleveland

Girl's Clinician

Debbie Cleveland is a two-time International Quartet Champion (“the BUZZ” 2005 & Showtime 1994) and the current 2024 Silver medalist with her awesome quartet Dynasty!  She served as a public school choral music educator for 35 years. She was named the National Music Educator of the Year for NAfME/SAI in 1997 and again for NAfME/BHS in 2018. Her choirs at Gaither High School were consistently rated "Superior" and are regularly selected to perform at EPCOT's Candlelight Processional as well as Saint Patrick's Cathedral in NYC.

Besides sponsoring a Barbershop Harmony Club at school, her top 70-voice traditional choir became an award-winning barbershop chorus known as the "Hurricane of Harmony". They won top ratings and placement at the 2018 and 2019 BHS Midwinter Youth Chorus Festival, as well as being named Audience Favorite both years.

​Debbie has been the Coordinator and Girls' Clinician for the annual Hillsborough County Barbershop Workshop for over 20 years, serving 300 students from 20-25 schools each year. She is also a yearly clinician at the Sunshine District Harmony Explosion Camp, and the University of Missouri St. Louis's Acappellooza with Dr. Jim Henry. Three prior gold medalist and one bronze medalist youth quartets ("Duly Noted" SAI Rising Star Champs, "Wildfire" BHS Next Gen Champ, "Singing Double" BHS Junior Quartet Champ and Rising Star 5th Place) have members who were students at Gaither High School, introduced to barbershop by Debbie. She has served on the Education Direction Committee for SAI, as well as being a webcast host and Chair of the Young Women in Harmony Program Coordinators.

Tony DeRosa

Guy's Clinician

Tony DeRosa is an accomplished musician, choral ensemble director and barbershop society member, Tony also has won five international barbershop quartet gold medals which is the current world record! 
​He sang baritone in the 1992 Barbershop Harmony Society’s International Champion Quartet, Keepsake, and the 2000 Champs, Platinum. He sang lead in the 2007 Champs, Max Q and the 2017 Champion Quartet Main Street.  Most recently, Tony once again has grabbed the gold singing baritone with the 2024 gold medalist quartet, 3.5 Men! What made this last win perhaps a bit more special than the others? Most likely because Tony got to share the quartet stage with his son Joseph singing tenor! 
Tony also directs the Heralds of Harmony, a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, where he has continued his father’s legacy regularly taking the Heralds to International competition  Tony also holds the Sweet Adelines International's distinction of Master 700 Director.
While these are important barbershop and musical stats, Tony points out that his true pride and joy are his wife Jodi and his family. Jodi and Tony met when they both sang with the Voices of Liberty where Jodi sang the soprano part. This year Tony and Jodi are celebrating 25 years of marriage! 
Together they have shared some amazing and challenging musical moments. They share four terrific children: Alec, Kayla, Joseph, and Sophia. Watching the kids grow and change is Tony’s greatest pleasure!