{"id":11,"date":"2011-05-12T23:57:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T23:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/beta\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-07-03T22:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:51:01","slug":"bill-litz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Bill Litz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BillTux2020Close.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-398 size-medium alignright\" title=\"Bill Litz\" src=\"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BillTux2020Close-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Litz\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BillTux2020Close-222x300.jpg 222w, http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BillTux2020Close.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  Bill (<strong>TuneStruck\u2019s<\/strong> original Lead and now Baritone) is the musical engine of the quartet. A Music Major from <strong><em>San Francisco State<\/em><\/strong>, he formed his first quartet, <em>Gaslight Junction<\/em>, during college \u2014 launching what would become a lifelong case of full-blown Barbershop Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n  Over the years, Bill has shown classic symptoms of being TuneStruck: spontaneous tag singing, an inability to walk past a reflective surface without checking vowel shapes, and the tendency to turn everyday conversations into four-part arrangements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n  Bill directs the <em>Portsmen Chorus<\/em> and has sung in several registered quartets, including <em>Generation Blend<\/em> and <em>KaBLaM!<\/em> (with his son Jordan) before settling into his long-running role with <em>TuneStruck<\/em>. Despite the condition, he has managed to serve as Chapter President and Board Member \u2014 proving that you can lead even while harmonically impaired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n  Recognized as Stockton\u2019s Barbershopper of the Year, Bill continues to spread the harmony bug wherever he goes. He\u2019s currently enjoying life with his partner Sue, his three grown children, and three grandchildren \u2014 none of whom are safe from catching the TuneStruck bug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill (TuneStruck\u2019s original Lead and now Baritone) is the musical engine of the quartet. A Music Major from San Francisco State, he formed his first quartet, Gaslight Junction, during college \u2014 launching what would become a lifelong case of full-blown &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/?page_id=11\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12801,"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/12801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tunestruckquartet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}