THE BOBS
NEW WEB SITE  & "BACK TO SCHOOL" NORTHEAST TOUR
AUGUST 2011
"Rewarding ear candy of the best kind" - www.indie-music.com
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New Web Site 

The Bobs revamped website is up! 
Free Song Downloads! 
New Photos and Video! 
www.bobs.com  

Amy Bob goes back to school! 
Not as you might imagine for post-doc work in veterinary science or cosmetology - 
read all about it here: www.bobs.com.

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DUETS ON THE RADIO  http://www.richardbobgreene.com  

Our CD of vocal duets "He Said, She Said," with Dan Bob and Angie  Doctor from Clockwork 
singing and Richard Bob producing and arranging,is burning up jazz radio! 
We're getting airplay on 130 stations in the US and internationally. Naked harmony: one man and one woman. 
With no band, no multi - tracking, and  no overdubbing - entangled yet liberated, precise yet passionate. 
BUY IT HERE: http://www.cdbaby.com/angiedan  

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"Like" THE BOBS on Facebook 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bobs/39698992362  


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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 8:00 PM

TCAN

The Center for Arts, Natick

14 Summer Street, Natick, MA 01760

tix/info: (508) 647 0097

http://www.natickarts.org/tcan_ticketsales.php

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011  8:00PM
ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE

181 State St, Portland, ME

tix/info (207)  761 1757

http://onelongfellowsquare.com/Details.asp?ProdID=1150&category=2 

Background Information: For Good Measure is Emmanuel's first all female a
cappella group, created in Fall 2010. Acapocalypse is Emmanuel's new co-ed a
cappella group, created in Fall 2010.  Being a new addition to Student
Activities, our purpose is to share our love of music and performance with the
Emmanuel community as well as the greater Boston area. By taking a contemporary
approach to a collegiate tradition, Emmanuel A Cappella strives to entertain
audiences as well as create a more rich and valuable environment for the
Emmanuel community.

Position Description: This position will help in all aspects of the musical
process, including but not limited to: arranging, teaching, and assisting in any
performance or musical need. They will be responsible to attend all practices
including dress rehearsals and performances.

Requirements: Must have good communication skills and be flexible with schedule.
Requires a proficient knowledge of music, specifically pertaining to a cappella.
Must attend a minimum of 6hrs/wk for practice, twice per week. Must have or be
able to acquire proper computer arrangement software (i.e. Sibelius) and be
familiar with the arrangement process.

Compensation: Monetary benefits will be paid through Emmanuel College's Student
Activities Office

Application:
For Good Measure - Please send resume and sample music (i.e. audioclip, youtube
video, sheet music, etc.) to Sarah Ribeiro at ribeiros@....
Acapocalypse - Please send resume and sample music (i.e. audioclip, youtube
video, sheet music, etc.) to Sarah Flynn at flynns@....

Massport is seeking a Boston Area Group to perform 2 appropriate songs for their
9/11 Remembrance Ceremony scheduled for Friday, September 9th at 10:00AM at
Logan International Airport.  Interested groups should contact Michael Cataldo
immediately at mcataldo@....

Working For Scale is looking for a tenor with a great blend who can also sing
lead.  We're a low-key but musically serious seven-person co-ed group (ages 30s
to 50s) based in Acton, MA.

Learn more about us at www.workingforscale.com.  If you're interested in
auditioning, call Wendy at 978-635-3465.

Hey Boston aca-folks, know anybody in the DC area? Please pass this along!

After 5 great years with our current line-up, Cartoon Johnny is in transition. Tenor Malcolm Lee is leaving at the end of the fall season to pursue musical theater interests. So we're looking for great singers to audition to complete our future line-up!

Cartoon Johnny is a six-person contemporary a cappella vocal band, covering Motown to Katy Perry, as well as original songs. Located in the DC area, the group is a two-time Harmony Sweeps National Finalist, and was recently nominated for 2011 CARA for Best Holiday Album. To find out more about us, visit www.CartoonJohnny.com or www.facebook.com/cartoonjohnny.

We are currently auditioning BASSES and TENORS.

BASSES:
Should be able to hit and sing consistent low-Ds, have great pitch, and a great sense of rhythm in order to complete a tight rhythm section with our vocal percussionist.

TENORS:
Should be able to hit a high-B consistently, nail contemporary pop and rock solos, and play front man as needed.

ALL:
Regardless of vocal part, the ideal new member should be very comfortable on stage, have a great solo voice, be able to blend well with our existing line-up, and have the ability to learn music quickly and on his own with supplied sheet music and digital learning files. But don't worry, we'll help ya!

Positive attitude, commitment to group goals, and a team player approach are a must!

Time commitment includes:

�      Weekly rehearsals currently held in Northern Virginia

�      Individual music learning/preparation time

�      Performances in 20-30 gigs per year, usually on evenings and weekends

�      Recording sessions, on average 2-3 times per month (new release scheduled for 2012)

Sound good to you?

We're hearing singers Wednesday evenings throughout September, as well as other times by appointment/as needed. To set up an audition time, contact kieran@.... In your email, please include:

�      Brief description of your music experience, specifically in a cappella

�      Vocal range

�      Availability for auditioning

�      If possible, include a live performance video link or audio sample

We look forward to meeting you!

UMBRIAN SERENADES is a life-transforming choral program that brings together
passionate singers from all over the U.S. who seek opportunities to perform
exquisite a cappella repertoire within a small vocal chamber ensemble. These
choral enthusiasts come together to perform in a small chamber ensemble, as well
as savor all that small medieval hilltop towns in the heart of Italy can offer
culturally, be it wine, olive oil, cooking, and the like. This select chamber
ensemble performs sacred a cappella vocal works, spanning from Renaissance to
Gospel, Spiritual and contemporary repertoire in unique spaces throughout the
lush and breathtaking hills of Umbria.

For the 2012 session, Umbrian Serenades is happy to announce that DR. JOSEPH
FLUMMERFELT, Musical America 2004 Conductor of the Year, will return to the
program and conduct the ensemble.  Graduate Credit (1 unit) available through
Westminster Choir College/Rider University.

Dates: July 26-August 7, 2012
SPOLETO, ASSISI, MONTEFALCO, TODI, UMBRIA, ITALY

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  JANUARY 3rd, 2012 (postmarked)

For more details and application procedures visit:
http://www.umbrianserenades.com/

CONTACT:
Paulo Faustini
Founder, Artistic & Administrative Director
Umbrian Serenades, LLC.
P.O. Box 56314
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(267) 259-0575
umbrianserenades@...

Join Vinyl Street for our big winter show at the All Asia Cafe in Central Square
(334 Mass Ave)! We're bringing a cappella to Cambridge in a big way; three great
groups singing all your favorite tunes. This is a show not to miss at a really
great venue. Not only will you get to hear all of VSt's new songs, but you get
access to see two other groups that we're big fans of PLUS the All Asia has a
full kitchen and bar as icing on the cake. What could be better?

We're joined by Merrimack College's own Mackapella at 2pm and the incomparable
Fermata Town at 3pm. Vinyl Street is taking the stage at 4pm. This is an open
house, so come by when you can, grab a drink, some food, and join us for a ton
of fun!

2pm Mackapella

3pm Fermata Town

4pm Vinyl Street

Admission: Tickets sold at the door
$5 - 21+
$8 - under 21

Like our Facebook fan page(https://www.facebook.com/#!/vinylstreet) and let us
know you're coming on the event invitation. Can't wait to see you there!!

THE FOUR FRESHMEN

presented by
Stoneham Theatre

Sunday, January 8, 2012
at
2 pm

�Vocal Group of the Year�
(Downbeat Magazine, Readers Poll, 2000)

(Stoneham, MA 02180)�Stoneham Theatre presents The Four Freshmen. On Sunday,
January 8th, at 2 pm. Tickets: $44-55, with $5 discount for seniors, theatre
subscribers, and Stoneham residents. Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main Street,
Stoneham. Wheelchair accessible. For advance tickets and information, visit
or call the Box Office at 781-279-2200 (hours Tues.�Sat., 1�6pm) or log onto
www.stonehamtheatre.org.

Now in their 62nd year of performance, The Four Freshmen continue to bring
their unique brand of vocal harmony to audiences worldwide. The legendary
sound that began in 1948 with Bob, Don, Ross and Hal continues on in the
21st century.

Brian, Curtis, Vince and Bob have been performing together since 2001.
Whether performing with a full symphonic orchestra, in front of a big band,
or playing self-contained, their unmistakable sound continues to thrill
audiences all over the world.

Audiences are invited to kick back, relax, snap fingers, and tap toes to
such timeless tunes as �There Will Never Be Another You,�� �Give Me The
Simple Life,� �I�m Always Chasing Rainbows� and �Graduation Day.�

Current members of The Four Freshmen:

Brian Eichenberger (lead vocal, guitar) was born near Minneapolis and got
his first taste of jazz harmonies in high school and then went on to study
jazz theory and harmony at Phil Mattson's School for Music Vocations in
Creston, Iowa. In 1996 The Four Freshmen were looking for a new member to
play bass and sing the second part. Eichenberger got the job and within a
few years, moved up to lead singer. He is only the third lead singer in the
Freshmen�s history. When not touring with the Four Freshmen, he works in his
home studio on recording projects as an arranger, singer, and producer.

Curtis Calderon (2nd vocal, trumpet/flugelhorn) joined the Freshmen in late
2001. He grew up in San Antonio, TX and started trumpet at the age 11. He
won first chair in the Texas All-State Jazz band his senior year in high
school. After graduating, he went on to play and tour with many big bands,
including the modern day Glenn Miller Orchestra. Some of his musical
influences early on were Clifford Brown, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis,
Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane.

Vince Johnson (3rd vocal, bass) sings baritone and plays bass, guitar and
trombone. He was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, California. He received
his Bachelor of Music Degree from California State University Long Beach and
his Master�s Degree in Jazz Studies from USC in 1996. His musical
experiences vary from playing principal bass in a symphony orchestra to
playing drums throughout his childhood. Before joining the Freshmen in 1999,
Johnson worked as an accompanist, educator and performer.

Bob Ferreira�s (4th vocal, drums) music studies started comparatively late
in life when he started taking drum lessons his sophomore year in high
school. Vocal training began Bob's Junior year when he joined the Symphonic
Choir and eventually the vocal Jazz ensembles. He then attended Edmonds
Community College in Lynwood, Washington where he joined the regionally
renowned vocal jazz ensemble 'Soundsation' under the direction of Kirk
Marcy. After 2 years of performing with 'Soundsation' and 1 year playing
drums in the alternate vocal jazz lab, Ferreira transferred to Central
Washington University majoring in music education. In 1992 he joined the
Freshmen and moved to Vegas where he still lives today.

Further background on The Four Freshmen (source: Bruce Eder, All Music
Guide):

The Four Freshmen were one of the top vocal groups of the 1950s, and formed
the bridge between '40s ensembles like Mel-Tones and harmony-based rock &
roll bands such as the Beach Boys as well as groups like Spanky & Our Gang
and the Manhattan Transfer. The group's roots go back to the end of the
1940s and a barbershop quartet-influenced outfit called Hal's Harmonizers,
organized at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Butler University in Indiana
by two brothers, Ross and Don Barbour. Their repertoire centered on
standards such as "Moonglow" and "The Christmas Song," and they began to
show an unusually free, improvisational approach to their harmony singing. A
couple of membership changes brought Bob Flanigan, a cousin, into the fold
alongside Hal Kratzsch, and suddenly the Four Freshmen were assembled in all
but name, and that fell into place a little later.

The group struggled for a long time, living hand-to-mouth while building a
repertoire and a sound � many people who've heard the group's records or are
familiar with their sound are unaware that they were also completely
self-contained instrumentally, each member playing more than one instrument
and allowing the others to switch off to different roles. They came to
attention of various jazz figures of the era, including Dizzy Gillespie,
Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton, and it was Kenton who took matters into his
own hands, bringing the group to the attention of Capitol Records, where the
bandleader had a longstanding relationship. Thus began a long and fruitful
relationship with the label, initially under the guidance of arranger Pete
Rugolo � gigs followed on The Steve Allen Show (then one of the top-rated
entertainment showcases on television) and with Ray Anthony's band; they
also managed to make an appearance in the MGM movie �Rich, Young and
Pretty.�

Their first hit single was "It's a Blue World," released in 1952, and they
enjoyed further success with "Mood Indigo" (1954), "Day By Day" (1955), and
"Graduation Day" (1956). They released their first LP, Voices in Modern, in
1955 (and some dozen more 12" discs over the next five years); that album
was as impressive a jazz document as it was a vocal pop effort, showcasing
the group members' playing as well as their singing and showing that these
guys had lots of complex musical strings in their bow. It was on these
albums that the quartet also showed itself to be a very smart outfit, not
just in musical terms but logistically as well. Rather than simply doing any
12 songs that might have been working well in its stage act, the group made
these releases into conceptual works, either musically (built around the
sounds achieved by combinations of the group's sound and specific
accompaniments, such as Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones, Four Freshmen and
Five Guitars, etc.) or as thematic arrays of songs (such as Voices in Love
and Voices in Latin).

This approach to devising and creating albums (which paralleled the kind of
work that Frank Sinatra was doing concurrently on the same label) would have
an influence on groups like the Beach Boys that was nearly as important as
their harmony sound. (Brian Wilson frequently expressed admiration for the
quartet as part of his inspiration behind putting together the Beach Boys�s
sound.). It�s also an important reason why, in combination with their
virtuosity, their albums have held up so well across 40 years. Their sound
and range were helped by the fact that their benefactor, Kenton, was on the
same label, which made it possible for them to record together on occasion.
Most of their late-'50s albums were good sellers � most have been reissued
several times on vinyl and CD � and they had no shortage of top bookings and
top pay to keep them going into the early '60s.

New lineups of the group have continued to perform into the 21st century and
are considered an artistically valid ensemble. In 2001, no less a label than
Mosaic Records � the company that issues complete catalogs of jazz legends
going back to the 1930s, in deluxe packaging � released a multi-CD box of
the Four Freshmen's complete 1950s recordings, proudly proclaiming the
quartet's validity as a jazz outfit.





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The Copley Cats are holding auditions for Sopranos and low Altos on January
30th.  See our website for more information about our group and auditions:
www.copleycats.org

Some helpful information about the Cats�
We sing because we love it and we enjoy each other's company.  This is not a
business venture, and any money we make goes into a kitty (no pun intended) for
general use by the group for expenses.  However, we are serious about the music
we make and are committed to the group and each other.  We rehearse Monday
evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at a Cat's home.  We try to keep the rehearsals in
a central location, such as Coolidge Corner (Brookline), Arlington, or
Wellesley, but on occasion we meet in Framingham.

Please let us know if you are interested!

Hey folks,
   We're going to have an opening soon in Similar Jones for a tenor or a lady.
Email me or Jeremy at info@... if you are interested.

Thanks!
Mike

Working For Scale is looking for a Tenor 1 with a great blend who can also sing
lead.  We're a low-key but musically serious seven-person co-ed group (ages 30s
to 50s) based in Acton, MA.  Learn more about us at www.workingforscale.com.  If
you're interested in auditioning, call Wendy at 978-635-3465.

Saturday, Mar. 17, 2012 - 8:00 pm

Funkin' A! and special guests None of the Above will be performing a special St.
Patrick's Day show at the Lily Pad in Cambridge! Start your night of
green-themed drinking off right with a little Funkin' A!.

Inman Square
1353 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA

http://www.funkina.org
http://www.noneabove.org
http://www.lily-pad.net

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150724877683738

Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Syncopation
www.syncopationsings.com

A cappella for all ages on Saturday April 28th 7:30pm
UU Church in Wellesley MA.

For the under 20 crowd we have Weston Town Criers
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Town-Criers/59364180959

For the 20/30 crowd we have Funkin' A!
http://www.funkina.org/

For the 30's and up crowd we have None of the Above
http://noneabove.org/

Something for everyone.

Details can be found at: http://noneabove.org/sf/