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Written by CASA NewsLink
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
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Most of us use our voices every day and never think about what power they have.
The cast members of the music group "Toxic Audio" clearly take their voices more seriously than most people, and they know how to use them in impressive ways.
The Orlando-born Fringe Festival act has grown into an off-Broadway and Las Vegas hit and Grammy Award-nominated musical act that is now in Sarasota through May 4 to close Florida Studio Theatre's Stage III season.
The program is a theatrical concert of a capella singing, like a vocal
variation on the long-running hit "Stomp."
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Written by CASA NewsLink
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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The Madeleine Festival of the Arts and Humanities opened its 20th season Sunday with a stunning performance by the Calmus Ensemble. The a cappella ensemble presented four centuries' worth of sacred music from Leipzig, Germany, where all five young singers received their musical training.
Calmus Ensemble members are soprano Anja Lipfert, countertenor Sebastian Krause, tenor Tobias Pöche, baritone Ludwig Böhme and bass Joe Roesler. Including a woman in the lineup is a bold move for an ensemble like this; the blend of soprano and countertenor timbres is the Calmus Ensemble's most distinguishing feature. The effect was particularly arresting when Lipfert's and Krause's vocal lines crossed, or when Krause took the higher line, as he did in Bach's "Herr, nicht schicke deine Rache (Lord, send not thy wrath)." In another Bach chorale, "Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (Christ the Lord came to Jordan)," arranged by Böhme, the baritone took the lead.
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Written by CASA NewsLink
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 |
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The Renaissance came alive again tonight at the Pontifical College Josephinum as Early Music in Columbus presented Pomerium, a 14-voice a cappella choir founded in 1972 by conductor Alexander Blachly.
Titled “Musica Vaticana, 1503-1534,” Pomerium's program featured a collection of 16th-century papal music, many parts of which were performed in the Sistine Chapel in the time of Michelangelo's service.
As should be expected, the selections were richly textured, dripping with reverence and nobility. Most pieces were scored with five- or six-part polyphony, which creates an interesting complexity without muddiness.
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Written by Bill Hare via RARB.ORG Forums
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
 Sitting here in the Chicago Airport with yet another delayed flight, but it's all been worth the effort! A great event from beginning to end thanks to the tireless Jonathan/Diana/Marty/Chris/Christina/Mu Beta Psi/South Lakes High School volunteers. A special shout out to Marty Gasper - anyone who was there saw him running back and forth from the board to the stage to other duties outside the room (he promises he wasn't taking a bathroom break), then running back up for a killer VP solo, then somewhere else... anyway, you get the picture.
So many great groups from here and abroad. Anyone who is in New York City this week MUST go see MAUF, who is here from Austria and turned the ECS into a big trance/dance club! 4 countries were represented in this year's ECS, amazing talent previously unseen in the US!
Vocaldente from Germany treated us to some "pure" A Cappella, meaning they didn't use microphones, but they still rocked. And rolled. And wiped boogers on each other... you had to be there.
Country #3 is Canada, with our old friends Cadence. If any of you are worried about how they might have changed with the departure of Kevin and Dylan, well - no reason to! Much as I loved K&D, Cadence is way more dangerous than ever - I mean, just check out Ross' new look!
Like I said, you had to be there.
Lots more to say, but they are about to call my plane - I will say that I was quite impressed with Blue Jupiter - all those months in Asia with nothing else to do but perform day in and day out has made them a crack performance unit - kind of like when the Beatles came back from Hamburg - the group themselves didn't know they had changed all that much, but their audience sure noticed! I think this is happening in this case too!
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