Doran Ritchey to leave Liberty Quartet
For the past four and a half years, Doran Ritchey has been the baritone/pianist for Liberty Quartet. He moved toward focusing more on his piano role (with some occasional vocals) several months ago, when Jordan Cragun (a nephew of Kim Collingsworth) joined Liberty as their baritone.
Ritchey has accepted a position to join the Crossing trio with Southern Gospel songwriter / vocalist Phil Cross. Both Doran and his wife, Diane, will be joining the group. Rotchey said: “The last four and a half years have provided a wealth of experiences while singing with Liberty. The friendships that I have made are deep and lasting. I’m grateful to Royce and the opportunity he provided to travel with Liberty. While I’m going to miss traveling with the guys, I’m also looking forward to the chance to minister with my wife, Diane. Thank you for your support and prayers as we make this transition. We love you guys!”
Ritchey will be staying with the group through both their annual Family Fest event in Idaho and through NQC. Liberty Quartet has a CD scheduled to come out in a few weeks; he was a producer for the project, and his feature song will still appear.
For the time being, Liberty Quartet’s office confirms that they will be sticking with the four-man vocals-only lineup, though they have not ruled out bringing a new pianist on down the road.
Blame it on whatever you like! Fact is, my reason is simple enough: I have no interest in any secular music. 
(jealous pout)
Comment by Nathan Stainbrook (July 30, 2009, 7:43 pm)
I am sad to see him leave Liberty, but he will do great studying under Phil Cross. He is already a great song writer, that is starting to get some national exposure. Now that he is in with Phil he should do even better.
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