CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

{mosimage} Does a group need to get permission to arrange a song before performing it live? It’s a question that comes up a lot. The answer to that is it depends on where you perform. Live in the shower? No, you don’t need permission. Unless you invite the public.

The Contemporary A Cappella League, CASA's flagship community chorus program is holding the first round of auditions in the cities listed below. To learn more about the Contemporary A Cappella Leage, click here. Continue below for the list of audition locations.

{mosimage}The Back Row’s “After This I’ll Show You My Rock Collection” has the formula down for an impressive sophomore release. Start with dense, multilayered (but never “busy”) super-pop arrangements by Ian Goldstein, Joe Goetz and others. Add Bill Hare’s exceptional mixing and a free hand to go hog wild on the electronic effects. Now plug in high-energy deliveries by Back Row’s worthy soloists (notably Jon McDonald and Casey Andree) and you’ve got a hot new pop vocal band (of 15 college guys).

{mosimage}Every year wide-eyed young singers get together with a dream: to form a great new professional group. There is little more exciting than a first rehearsal and the ensuing late night discussions about sound, style and focus. Twenty years ago there were almost no professional groups, so regardless what decisions the members would make, they were likely forging new ground. In fact, the simple decision to be a professional a cappella group was novel enough.

{mosimage}Carefully, patiently dissecting the urge to perform yields the unexpected anatomy of our truest motivations. What are these factors that drive us? They may be obvious or obtuse, noble or base. They may appear in one guise, only to be exposed later in truer form. They often take a bit of coaxing before revealing themselves. But if, as Socrates believed, the unexamined life is not worth living, then this part of life, this sliver we share with so many others, is perhaps most worthy of our unfaltering gaze. Why do we perform?