Vox Pop, a semi-professional, mixed-voice a cappella group in the DC area, is holding auditions for a versatile female voice and a tenor.

We're looking for singers who:

• have excellent tuning and precision
• have strong blending skills
• are solid musicians who learn music quickly
• have the chops to rock a solo
• have a cappella singing experience and experience singing on mic
• want to have fun making great music

Think you may be a good fit for our band? We'd love to meet you. Emailauditions@... for more information about auditions.  

About Vox Pop: a member of the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America's Contemporary A Cappella League (CAL), Vox Pop has been entertaining audiences in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for a decade. We perform at least once a month: the past year’s gigs have included private events and charities, performances with regionally- and nationally-known a cappella groups, and our own headlining concert. Our repertoire ranges from rock classics to current Top 40 hits. More information, including audio and video clips, is available on our website,voxpopdc.com.

http://project-philly-clinic2012.eventbrite.com



Amy Engelhart and Jeff Thacher Headline the Second Annual Project-Philly A
Cappella Summer Clinic and Showcase



ARDMORE, PA (May 29, 2012) - Vocal professional and songwriter Amy Engelhardt,
former member of legendary a cappella group The Bobs, and Jeff Thacher, current
vocal percussionist with the equally legendary vocal band Rockapella, will lead
an open master class for all singers and provide on-stage performance clinics
for full contemporary a cappella groups at the 2nd Annual A Cappella Summer
Clinic and Showcase taking place at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA on
Saturday, July 28, 2012.





AMY ENGELHARDT spent 13+ years as the sole female member of Grammy-nominated
vocal "band without instruments," The Bobs, winning multiple ASCAP and ACA
awards for writing, arranging and vocals on their CDs and DVDs and touring
everywhere from Los Angeles to Lichtenstein.  She created Rhapsody In Bob for
the band (Gershwin's concerto arranged for piano and vocal orchestra), which
premiered at Wolf Trap and toured with Columbia Artists.  Amy's insanely diverse
vocal credits include Danny Elfman's score for Real Steel, Jim Henson's Animal
Jam, Harry Shearer & Judith Owen at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Barbra Streisand's
Timeless concerts, the Los Angeles Bach Festival, Neil Young's Living With War,
The Doctor Demento Show and dozens of  professional theatrical productions. Her
solo album, Not Gonna Be Pretty, hailed as "the unlikely marriage of Nellie
McKay and Jim Steinman," garnered multiple Just Plain Folks Award nominations
("The Grassroots Grammys" – LA Times).  Amy was recently honored with the MAC
Award for Songwriting (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) and was a finalist for
the 2012 Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals for her score to BASTARD JONES,
a rock adaptation of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones.  A graduate of Syracuse
University and Boston's Berklee College of Music, Amy is a proud member of ASCAP
and AFTRA/SAG, and an honorary member of the Vienna Boys Choir.  She splits her
time between New York and Los Angeles. She can be found on the web at
www.coldfoot.net/amy



JEFF THACHER is best known as a 19-year member of the notorious Rockapella
(www.rockapella.com), which continues to be one of the most successful pro a
cappella groups of all time.   When not touring the globe with the group, he has
applied his talents as a professional producer and recording engineer on dozens
of a cappella albums, as well as for a variety of other independent artists. 
Jeff has been singing and performing in vocal ensembles from a very early age,
and is a co-founder of Boston's pro a cappella group, FOCS (Five O'Clock
Shadow).  He holds a music degree from Boston's pioneering Berklee College of
Music, and has given many lectures & workshops on the music industry and careers
in music, as well as his colorful life in the studio and with Rockapella.  He's
happy to be joining The A Cappella Project to share the love!



These two accomplished professionals will be offering an open session for all
singers attending the clinic. This open session will feature break-out sessions
with each clinician on a number of topics, and also a practice session for an a
cappella pick-up group composed of the clinic participants that will perform
that evening at the Showcase. Participants will include the three summers-only a
cappella groups sponsored by Project-Philly composed of undergraduate and adult
a cappella enthusiasts. Arrangements for the pick-up group will be provided by
and taught by Shawn Pearce of Value Vocals A Cappella Arrangements
(www.valuevocals.com).



After the open session, Engelhardt and Thacher will provide a live on-stage
clinic for Project-Philly's three summers-only groups and up to five additional
a cappella groups from high schools, universities, and semi-professional
post-collegiate backgrounds. Each group will have thirty minutes to perform and
have their work critiqued by the clinicians.



At 7:30 PM, several of these groups and the pick-up group will take the stage in
our Summer Showcase concert. This concert is free and open to the public, with
donations to Project-Philly's scholarship fund greatly appreciated.



This clinic and showcase is an educational offering of The A Cappella Project -
Philadelphia, a non-profit charitable organization promoting contemporary a
cappella music in the Greater Philadelphia area (www.projectphilly.org).
Resources for this event are also being provided by Value Vocals A Cappella
Arrangements (www.valuevocals.com).



The 2nd Annual Summer Clinic and Showcase is open to the public. Participants
can attend only the open session and observe the group clinics, bring their
entire a cappella group for coaching, and sing in the evening concert - or any
combination thereof! Registration can be completed online at
http://project-philly-clinic2012.eventbrite.com



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p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exg3-ubRqNk

KeyStone A Cappella, competitors at Harmony Sweepstakes Mid-Atlantic this year,
are proud to announce their first-ever headliner show at MilkBoy Coffee in
Ardmore, PA on Wednesday, August 15 beginning at 7 PM. Opening for us will be
singers from Project-Philly and Broad Street Beat.

Tickets are $7 cash at the door. Please join us for a night of a cappella, cozy
atmosphere, and great food and drink.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/205155489611362/

Milkboy event page: http://www.milkboycoffee.com/event/144957/

Hope to see you there!

Tom

Happy Day is recruiting a cappella artists.
Our repertoire is largely Southern Gospel Convention Songs..
We are based in King George, VA.
(East of Fredericksburg accessible to So. Md).
We rehearse on Sunday afternoons.
We would like to rehearse with 12 and perform with 8 singers.
A singer/arranger would be a bonus.
Dwight_petersen@... for further info

KeyStone A Cappella, Harmony Sweeps competitors at Mid-Atlantic in 2012, are
excited to announce our first live webcast show on StageIt.com tonight,
September 12, from 8:00-8:30 PM Eastern AND the release of our debut single on
iTunes.

StageIt is a live music platform where no recorded archives are made, making
each performance truly live and intimate.

Audience members who buy a ticket and attend will be the first to get the link
for our debut single on iTunes, a cover of Annie Lennox's song "Erased" which
was part of our set at The Birchmere for Sweeps.

Please join us tonight for songs, banter, and first dibs on the single!

http://bit.ly/KeyStoneWeb9-12

Tom West
KeyStone A Cappella

KeyStone A Cappella, Harmony Sweeps Mid-Atlantic competitors in 2012, invite you
to their next public performance, which occurs Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at
Hodgepodge, 1212 South Street, in the heart of Philadelphia. The show begins at
8 PM. Tickets are $5 pre-sale, $8 at the door, $2 for students/seniors. All
tickets are available at the venue.

Tom West
KeyStone A Cappella

Some of the Parts, a 5 person all male group based in Baltimore is looking for a
vocal percussionist.  We perform original arrangements of a wide variety of
music by popular artists from the Beatles to Bare Naked Ladies.  Contact Toby at
443.286.2294 to schedule a time to meet.

Do you miss watching The Sing-Off?  Well, your group can still go for the glory
and a first place prize of $2,500 at the newest Mid-Atlantic Sing-Off.

A Cappella Sing-Off will be held at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Dec. 6, 2012. 
Guest judges will be Rockapella.  First prize $2,500, followed by $1,000 and
$500 Fan Favorite award.

The proceeds for this show will benefit Williamsburg Choral Guild and Literacy
for Life.

Audition information can be found at www.acappellasingoff.org.  Deadline for
sending applications is October 15th.

Applications for the Atlantic Harmony Brigade's College Age Scholarships are now available by request.

Limited to the first ten, qualified young men to apply. It's a weekend of nonstop quartet singing in hundreds of quartet combinations.

For avid quartetters the Harmony Brigade weekend is an annual peak barbershop experience.

Spread the word or request an application by writing to: ahb.scholarships@...

or visit our web site: www.AtlanticHarmonyBrigade.com 

KeyStone A Cappella, Mid-Atlantic Sweeps competitors in 2012, have two holiday
shows in December. Our first public performance was last December for two
private holiday events. That original collection of seven songs has been
expanded to twelve, and we guarantee you haven't heard a collection of holiday
songs quite like this. Our holiday set includes some traditional holiday songs
(a few with quite a twist!) and covers of Barbara Streisand, Sixpence None The
Richer, Mariah Carey and more!

Saturday, December 15
MilkBoy Coffee, Ardmore, PA
7 PM
Tickets $5 in advance, $8 at the door
http://bit.ly/KeyStoneHoliday

Wednesday, December 19
Online streaming show on StageIt.com
8 PM
Tickets: pay what you can! ($5 seeds your free account, 10 cent minimum).
http://bit.ly/KeyStoneOnline12-19

Happy Holidays from the members of KeyStone!

BlueLine (www.bluelinedc.com) will host a free, a cappella Christmas concert
with Capital Blend (www.capitalblendsings.com) on Saturday, December 15 at
Church in Bethesda, 5033 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Maryland
(www.churchinbethesda.org). The free event will begin with a 6 p.m. wine and
cheese reception and be followed by a 7 p.m. concert including live performances
by BlueLine and Capital Blend, plus a Christmas carol sing along. Please RSVP at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4894695165/es2/

Please join BlueLine and Capital Blend for a free a cappella concert on
Saturday, Dec. 15.

We'll be performing a mix of our standards jazz/R&B/pop repertoire and Christmas
carols at the Church in Bethesda, 5033 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, MD.

There will be a complimentary wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m., followed by
the free concert at 7 p.m. Please RSVP at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4894695165/es2/

BlueLine is: Ashley Mattison, Brian Lewis, Jocelyn Ulrich, Joel Schneider and
Kakki Reynolds Lewis.

For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/510842495606606/

Thanks!
Kakki

SCHOLARSHIPS for individual college-age quartet singers (with or without a quartet) to attend the Atlantic Harmony Brigade for FREE are now available by request.

Only six remaining: limited to the first ten, qualified to apply.

Spread the word or request an application by writing to: ahb.scholarships@...

Additional Info at-----> http://www.atlanticharmonybrigade.com/young-mens-scholarships-available.html

The Western Wind is bringing their group singing workshop to DC.

http://www.westernwind.org/dcworkshop.html

I'm not associated with the group, but have gone to their workshops before and
had a great time. These are a good way to have some fun singing and improve your
sight reading skills as well.

Cheers,

Steve

Do you like to sing?  Did you sing a cappella in college – or do you just enjoy
singing in the shower?

Supreme Chord, a dynamic co-ed a cappella group based in the DC area, is holding
a round of auditions on January 13 in Arlington, VA for tenors, basses, and
vocal percussionists. We are a diverse co-ed group of young professionals (20s
and early 30s) who love to sing – and have a lot of fun doing it!  Our broad
repertoire covers a wide mix of music, featuring everything from the Indigo
Girls to Metallica, from Cee Lo to Jason Mraz, and a lot in between. For more
information, visit our Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/supremechord/info.

If you're interested in auditioning, please email us to set up a time and get
further details.  Hope to see you this Sunday!"

Two of DC's premier a cappella groups perform back-to-back on Friday night
at Jammin' Java - a DC-area music club and cafe!

$15, bar opens at 5:30, doors at 6:30, show at 7:30
227 Maple Ave E, Vienna, VA 22180

Info/Tickets:
http://bit.ly/Thl30O

The Tone Rangers
The Tone Rangers delight audiences from coast to coast with a dynamic
blend of tight harmonies, inventive arrangements and keen wit. In a few
choreographed minutes, the Tone Rangers propel through 900 years of
Western music--from Gregorian chant to classic rock to TV theme songs--in
a fresh approach to contemporary a cappella music and comedy. Nominated
for seven Wammies by the Washington Area Music Association in the past
four years, the Tone Rangers were voted the Best A Cappella Group four
consecutive years (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) and won Best A Cappella
Recording for "We Think You Love Us (But We've Been Wrong Before)." They
were also national finalists in the 2002 Harmony Sweepstakes (the
Superbowl of a cappella), and three-time winners of Mid-Atlantic "Audience
Favorite" and "Best Arrangement" awards.

The Chromatics
The Chromatics are a unique high-energy vocal band that delights audiences
with a combination of outrageous originals, crazy covers, melodic insights
into modern life, and a smattering of science songs. The Internet,
television, and fast food - they're all subjects of Chromatics originals.
The Chromies have taken their astronomically-correct a cappella songs, a
project called AstroCappella, from Palm Springs, to Orlando, from Las
Vegas to New York, and their CD has flown in space! Really! The Chromatics
have presented their "down-to-earth" repertoire at the Kennedy Center's
Millennium Stage, at various First Nights, the Atlantic Region Harmony
Sweepstakes, festivals, and concert series.


Hope to see you there!

Karen
for The Chromatics
www.thechromatics.com
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Chromatics/8042604794

Harmony Sweeps Mid-Atlantic 2012 Competitor KeyStone A Cappella is performing a
live concert of pop/rock music at the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School's
Center for Performing and Fine Arts in West Chester, PA on Saturday, January 19,
2013 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at
http://keystonecpfa.brownpapertickets.com - any remaining tickets can be
purchased at the door, cash only. Visit the ticketing site for full details.

Tom West
KeyStone A Cappella

The classic crooners boast a wide repertoire of doo-wop, gospel, and songs from
The Beatles to U2. Performing Friday, February 1, at p.m. at The Barns at Wolf
Trap. Tickets are only $25.
http://www.wolftrap.org/Home/Find_Performances_and_Events/Performance/1213Barns/\
0201show13.aspx