Recording Review: Vanderbilt Melodores 2009-10: "Rain Check"
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Friday, August 17, 2012 - 09:41
Among 7 or so a cappella groups at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, an all-male, 16-member group called the Melodores has released a CD. Rain Check is the title of their latest release... |
Recording Review: “Pulse" by the Cornell Chordials
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Friday, August 3, 2012 - 15:17
What's an album gotta do to get your attention?The abundance of a cappella albums released each year has made it difficult for groups to distinguish themselves from the noise. It's hard to believe... |
VoCAL Nation '12 Wrap Up: So Good You Forget To Breathe
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 12:04
The weekend I spent at VoCAL Nation is not one I’ll soon forget. The awesome showcase featuring some of the Contemporary A Cappella League’s (CAL) greatest groups, the in-depth workshops given by... |
KeyStone A Cappella at VoCALnation 2012
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Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 17:53
KeyStone A Cappella has been in existence for a little over a year, and we’ve accomplished quite a bit in that time. We’ve learned a repertoire of twenty songs, sang an on-stage clinic for Barry... |
Recording Review: “Keepin’ it Low Key" by UNC's Tar Heel Voices
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Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 15:43
With Keepin’ it Low Key, the Tar Heel Voices offer a simple case of truth in advertising. Outside of a musical context, “low key” can mean subdued or restrained in style and quality, or it can mean... |
Pitch Perfect Proves That All The Plastics Needed To Reconcile Was An A Capella Group
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Friday, June 15, 2012 - 17:03
This is the first I’ve heard of Pitch Perfect, which looks to be “Mean Girls meets Glee” but has thankfully drawn more from Tina Fey‘s classic than the latter. Anna Kendrick is in the... |
The House Jacks Hit Drinking Age
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Monday, May 14, 2012 - 09:58
The House Jacks Hit Drinking AgeTwenty-first Anniversary Celebration Concert, April 14, 2012, Freight & Salvage, BerkeleyOK, deep breath – confession time. Twenty-one years ago, when I first saw... |
BOSS 2012 Hangover: Because of SATURDAY, Part 1
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Friday, May 4, 2012 - 21:08
Certainly Friday alone was worth the cost of the entire festival, but then came Saturday.
I. Was. Not. Ready.
Mostly I wasn’t ready because of too much Friday night afterparty, but then again, it... |
3 ICCA/ISHSA Reviews: Judge, Director, Audience
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Friday, May 4, 2012 - 11:12
In addition to our previous review, we offer 3 perspectives on the ICCA/ISCHA finals, from that of an audience member (Elie Landau); a judge (Amanda Roeder); a group director (Matt Woodward):
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Event Review: 2012 ICCA Finals
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 09:46
April 28th 2012: A date that 7 collegiate groups put in their Google calendars as the day that they fight for the coveted 2012 ICCA Champion title. This year, I was lucky enough to sit in the center... |
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