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[dearmistermuse]

The Chordettes in 1951 when they returned to Sheboygan for a show

[lesser-known-composers]

Anton Arensky (1861-1906) - Vocal Quartet op57 with cello accompaniment

Russian State Synphonic Capella under Valeri Polyansky

Dmitry Miller - cello

[ohshootradio]

It's A Blue World (Remastered)

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Out of pure curiosity and hypothetically speaking, who from The Rampage have a chance of joining Exile if they are adding new members?

My picks are Shogo and Riku. Shogo just has an ernest and sincere way of dancing and Riku can sing and dance which makes him versitile as a dancer or singer.

This one is difficult 😂 I can't give you much more than Vibes:tm: as justification for most of them, sorry, anon!

Quick overview: Likiya, no; Zin, no; Riku, yes; Kenta, maybe; Rui, maybe; YamaSho, maybe; Kazuma, no; Hokuto, no; Shogo, yes; Shohei, maybe; Itsuki, no; Kaisei, yes; Makoto, no; Ryu, no; Takahide, no; Takuma, no.

(bolded names means I have thoughts placed below)

Riku - I am hardcore biased for my boy. It's a lot of debate on my end, but I'm landing on yes. He could either slip into the same position Shokichi and Nesmith currently hold, as a Vocalist/Performer, or I think he could maybe be a full Vocalist like Takahiro or Atsushi. At this point, I'd think any vocalist they pick up would need to be able to sing the songs at the current arrangements and I think Riku's voice is close enough to what they currently have he might be able to do it. He also has a year of backup dancer experience - I don't think they'd pick him up as exclusively a performer, but performer/vocalist maybe.

Kenta has the stage presence, I'd argue, to go to Exile. He's very eye catching on stage, super fun to watch. For him, my thoughts are Kenta very much dances to beat of his own drum, he often does his own little - additions or flourishes to the choreography, I am wondering if that wouldn't make him stand out too much? So he's a maybe.

Shogo, I do agree, has a good chance. He's fun to watch on stage and he always catches my eye, I love how intense he is when he performs. He's also got the technical skill. And I'm not gonna say backstage politics would play a huge part in it, but I don't think it's gonna hurt. He was a backup dancer for years before RMPG and he's close enough with Bobby (one of the original founders of the original J Soul Brothers with Hiro) that the man gave him the 1992 hat he wears all the time. The hat is embroidered with JSB on the side, there are exactly two of those hats in Japan - one is now in Shogo's possession and the other belongs to Exile's founder and LDH's current CEO, Hiro. Again, not saying backstage politics would matter a lot, but his position there probably wouldn't hurt.

Back in 2014, Kaisei, Rui and Shohei almost made it into Exile - they were chosen as finalists, even though they weren't chosen ultimately. That's why Shohei and Rui are both listed as maybes, they've already almost done it.

But of those three, I feel like Kaisei has the best chance. He got that far at sixteen, he's the youngest of the Exile audition finalists. He's often put at the center of formations in RMPG and he had the opening at the filmed Go on the Rampage concert and he had the jazz dance solo at the same concert - they have a lot of faith in him and they've had a lot of faith in him for a long time. So I will argue for Kaisei as an option.

I don't have a justification for YamaSho's maybe beyond - I feel like he has a chance. Not as solid of a chance as, like, Kaisei and Shogo, but I feel like he has a chance. He's a maybe with Rui, Shohei and Kenta.

[plus-low-overthrow]

The Golden Gate Quartet - Judgment Day (Jazz Stars Series, Columbia)

Gospel.

[spilladabalia]

Orbiting Human Circus - It's So Peaceful in the Country

[cactus-cactus-cactus]

Coming out as Dave Malloy rn. Yeah actually I wrote hit Broadway musical great comet. I plotted all of ghost quartet down to the very last spooky Pearl monologue. The eight-person chamber choir musical about phone addiction? Came directly from my brain. I recorded the Vimeo don’t stop me demos also. Please listen to my song.

[burlveneer-music]

Tiptons Sax Quartet & Correo Aereo - Mujer o Bruja

During the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic, two powerful ensembles joined forces in Seattle Washington in late 2020 to research and create the history of the role of women in culture. Written and directed by Madeleine Sosin, MUJER O BRUJA? takes us on a journey inspired by partnership societies of the Paleolithic Era, revealing the advent of the Dominator Systems and organized religion, and looking towards a balanced future. The musicians in Correo Aereo duo and the all-women Tiptons Sax Quartet developed ideas and compositions with digital technologist Jing ‘Jude’ Dai for a full year during the pandemic. The group developed the piece in 2021 by video conference and met in Seattle In October 2021 for a 2-week creative residency. where they honed, rehearsed and premiered. MUJER O BRUJA’s world premiere was a co-production of Wayward Music and the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle on October 22/23, 2021 at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center. The ensemble went on to record and mix the audio at Stone Gossard’s Studio LITHO in Seattle. Inspired by The Chalice & The Blade by Riane Eisler Conception & Direction: Madeleine Sosin Creative Technologist, Visual Concept & Curation, Digital Artist, Video Production: Jude Dai Visual Curation & Concept: Madeleine Sosin Produced by Amy Denio Co-Producers: Madeleine Sosin and Jessica Lurie MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Correo Aereo Duo: Abel Rocha: harp, guitar, percussion, voice / Madeleine Sosin: violin, percussion, voice + Tiptons Sax Quartet Amy Denio: alto sax, clarinet, accordion, guitar, voice / Jessica Lurie: soprano & alto sax, flute, auxiliary percussion, kazoo, voice / Sue Orfield: tenor sax, piano, percussion, voice / Tina Richerson: baritone & alto sax, percussion, voice / Elizabeth Pupo Walker: percussionist in absentia

[parkakeet]

been listening to cello pieces. I don’t even. god I love music. I’m not a cellist but if I could choose one instrument to learn by god would it be that one.

[myobt]

Newfangled

Newfangled Four (more…) “”

[donospl]

JAZZOWE REKOMENDACJE: Janis Siegel & Yaron Gershovsky “The Colors of My Life: A Cy Coleman Songbook”

Club 44 Records, 2024 Dwoje Artystów związanych przez lata z legendarnym zespołem The ManhattanTransfer, powraca we wspólnym, duetowym projekcie, poświęconym piosenkom Cy Colemana. W grudniu roku 2023 zespół The ManhattanTransfer zagrał swój ostatni koncert, zamykając w ten sposób  jeden z najbardziej znanych rozdziałów w historii jazzu wokalnego. Jednak występ w Walt Disney Concert Hall w Los…

[helloparkerrose]

[lesser-known-composers]

Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940) - Drei Quartette : für Frauenstimmen mit Klavierbegleitung, Op. 24 (1892) text by Emil Claar

1. Uralt - 00:00 2. Ich reite hinaus in das Weite - 01:11 3. Ich schreite heim - 02:22

Irene Maessen, soprano Rachel Ann Morgan, mezzo soprano Christa Pfeiler, mezzo soprano Corrie Pronk, alto Frans van Ruth, piano

[jules-has-notes]

Total Vocal 2018 — a cappella concert

Beginning in 2015, a cappella legend Deke Sharon has hosted an annual concert each spring in collaboration with Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY). The hundreds of performers for Total Vocal include a combination of professional singers, student groups, and community groups of all ages from around the world.

For the fourth year in 2018, the featured artists were VoicePlay; Matt Sallee, who had just joined Pentatonix; Shelley Regner from the Pitch Perfect movies and the newly formed DCappella; and the Shemesh Quartet, a choral ensemble made up of opera students from the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City.

The show was livestreamed via Facebook for the first time in its history, and the recording was later uploaded to YouTube in two parts.

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Act 1 performances

[1:30] — "I Got the Music In Me" by the Kiki Dee Band — ensemble, feat. Lydia Browell, Gabriella Derke, Alexis DiLucia, Kat Hammock, Mary Laster, Chloe Mesogitis, Sara Parker, Alexandra Prodanuk, Carson Richmond, & Hannah Salley

[6:38] — "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" by Nat King Cole — ensemble

[11:58] — "Toxic" by Britney Spears (arr. from Pitch Perfect 3) — women's ensemble

[16:35] — "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones — Room 100 (Peters Township HS, Pittsburgh, PA)

[21:15] — "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner — men's ensemble

[25:15] — "Lollipops and Roses" by Jack Jones — ensemble

[29:30] — Latin medley — Shemesh Quartet

[37:40] — "When She Loved Me" by Randy Newman for Toy Story 2 (arr. for DCappella) — ensemble

[42:00] — "Mercy" by Duffy — Evolve (Chesapeake HS, Pasadena, MD)

[47:00] — Percussion solo — Layne Stein

[49:20] — "Sing Sing Sing" by Louis Prima — ensemble, feat. Layne Stein

[53:45] — "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie (arr. from The Sing-Off, s.3,ep.5) — ensemble, feat. Matt Sallee & Layne Stein

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Act 2 performances

[0:58] — "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon (arr. from The Sing-Off, s.2,ep.2) — ensemble, feat. Amanda Gomma Allan, Clare Cay, Jenna Dearness-Dark, Sarah Jackson, Gwendolen James, Madeleine James, Abigail Moore, Daniel Peet, Dennis Seifert, Penelope Simpkins, Anya Small, Emily Summerling, & Jaimie Volkaerts

[5:40] — "Deep Beneath the City" / "Not There Yet" from In Transit — ensemble, feat. Kari Francis

[11:30] — "Waving Through A Window" from Dear Evan Hansen — VoicePlay

[16:40] — "Dangerous Woman" by Ariana Grande (arr. for Vocalosity) — women's ensemble

[22:05] — "Royals" by Lorde — Psycho-Chor der FSU Jena (Jena, Germany)

[27:30] — "F You" by Lily Allen (arr. from Pitch Perfect) — ensemble, feat. Candice Helfand-Rogers

[30:00] — "When I'm Gone" by The Carter Family (aka "Cups" from Pitch Perfect) — No Treble (Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India)

[33:15] — "Walkin' On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves (arr. for Groove 66) — ensemble, feat. Shelley Regner

[37:40] — "If I Loved You" from Carousel (arr. for the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus) — ensemble

[40:45] — "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess — ensemble, feat. Deke Sharon & Kari Francis

[46:00] — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 (arr. from The Sing-Off s.1,ep.4 & 2015 national tour) — ensemble, feat. VoicePlay, Candice Helfand-Rogers, Shelley Regner & Matt Sallee

[49:40] — "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens — ensemble, all featured guests, & audience

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Trivia:

The show received glowing praise from Jeffrey Williams on the New York Concert Review site.

A full list of the participating vocal groups can be found on the DCINY website.

Shelley Regner was also a featured performer at the first Total Vocal in 2015.

Layne recorded a bit of the group finale number during rehearsal on the day before the concert.

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Fellow beatboxer Kari Francis got the reverse angle.

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J.None filmed a quick video at the post-show dinner with the other featured performers and friends, including some of his and Shelley's fellow DCappella members, as well as Bryant Vance and Hannah Juliano from Vocalosity. (scroll to the second-to-last slide)

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The Shemesh Quartet documented their trip in a video, mostly the travel, sightseeing, and rehearsal parts.

The director of the Rock Vox Choir from Ely, England also recorded much of her group's journey. The VoicePlay guys can be seen during rehearsals starting at ~18:45.

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Additional photos

[cheongha]

Stunning Korean Quartet - FORESTELLA - SCARBOROUGH FAIR - Best Cover [불후의 명곡2 전설을 노래하다/Immortal Songs 2] | KBS 21050...

[supercantaloupe]

gas house gang’s barbershop arrangement of eine kleine nachtmusik is really fun. sorry haters