A Cappella News

I would like to introduce the remarkable youth singing group from the Republic of Georgia called The Quintessential Five who will be in the Bay Area to perform at the Harmony Sweepstakes A Ca****la Festival on May 17. Comprised of singers aged 13 - 17 they are by far the youngest group to ever reach the National Finals. In this video they are singing in the Krimanchuli style of Georgian polyphony which uses similar vocal technique as yodeling. They really are amazing.



http://www.quintessential-five.com

http://www.harmony-sweepstakes.com

Quintessential Five - Krimanchuli Filmed January 2014 at Channel 1, Georgia

Who is going to a Nylons Christmas show this week? Concerts in Ottawa on the 13th, Markham on the 14th, and finally in Toronto at Hugh's Room on the 16th!

Great new release with cover art by Rockapella's Jeff Thacher

http://tinyurl.com/ckucm3q

Singers.com: VoicePlay: Peppermint Winter (00 1 CD) Pride of Orlando, FL since their beginnings there as a barbershop act, and close friends of Mickey 'The Mouse,' all-male quintet VoicePlay, formerly calling themselves 42Five, brings us 'Peppermint Winter,' their joyous new Christmas CD! There are 17 songs here, with a handful of standards such as '...

Hellooooooo....!!! Thanks to Benedetta Pitscheider for her beautiful pictures! More to follow! :-)

Take 6 are looking sharp!

In the dressing room waiting for our dress rehearsal at the PBS great performances taping:)

New book from the master himself:-
http://tinyurl.com/bzymhmz

Singers.com: Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell: A Ca****la Arranging (01 Book) At the heart of every vocal group is the music it performs. This often means writing its own arrangements of popular or traditional songs. This book is the long-awaited definitive work on the subject, wide ranging both in its scope and in its target audience - which spans beginners, music students, ...