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No matter whether you spell it acapella, acapela or a cappella we have all the singing news that's fit to blog. Keep up with all the latest from your favorite vocal harmony groups.en-us2010-09-01T21:30:14-08:00A cappella on the Amazing Race
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The one reality show my family enjoys is the Amazing Race and the show has just announced the competitors for the upcoming season. One of the teams is Connor and Jonathan who proudly sing with the Princeton Nassoons. See...acapnews2010-09-01T21:30:14-08:00Welcome to the new King's Singer
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The King’s Singers have announced that Jonathan Howard will become the new bass in the group when Stephen Connolly steps down in September 2010. Jonathan, who is 23 years old and a graduate of New College, Oxford, beat off...acapnews2010-08-28T00:00:08-08:00The Lion Sleeps Tonight writer dies
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New York Times George David Weiss, a songwriter who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of midcentury pop music, recorded by some of the biggest stars, died on Monday at his home in Oldwick, N.J. He was...acapnews2010-08-25T00:00:09-08:00Mormons on a Mission
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New York Times: At 3:30 in the morning on July 23, 1962, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir gathered at the airport here for a flight to a military base in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Preparations for a now nearly...acapnews2010-08-24T00:00:39-08:00The a cappella condom song is back!
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Press Release:> BBC World Service Trust Revamps www.condomcondom.org to Showcase Its Work to Promote Safer Sex In August 2008, when www.condomcondom.org was launched by the BBC World Service Trust in order to thwart the spread of HIV in India and...acapnews2010-08-23T21:17:26-08:00DaleDiva scoop Don't Stop Believing title
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BBC : DaleDiva, the Derbyshire a-cappella chorus, have stormed to victory in this year's Don't Stop Believing live final. The Derbyshire Dales-based group took top honours following two stunning performances in the Channel Five show. They survived the elimination part...acapnews2010-08-22T21:04:57-08:00Estonia hosts virtual song festival
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AFP: Thousands of people across Estonia on Friday took part in a landmark virtual choir festival, gathering in front of big screens to sing the small Baltic state's cherished anthems. Organisers said crowds massed at over a hundred open-air locations...acapnews2010-08-20T21:59:11-08:00The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency
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The Guardian (UK): On the afternoon of the show, the 10 members of the choir mill around the hall, chatting between rehearsals. In Cuba, they are known as Grupo Vocal Desandann, meaning Descendants, in reference to their Haitian roots. Much...acapnews2010-08-19T22:26:10-08:00The Magnets prove to be a draw at The Fringe
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STV.TV: Immensely likable and supremely slick, The Magnets apparently started off as buskers in Edinburgh way back in the day, the a capella group working their way up at the Fringe over the past five years, so this run of...acapnews2010-08-18T00:00:43-08:00Authorities grab famous choral director on child-support warrant
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The Oregonian (OR): A renowned choral master who has performed all over the world was arrested as soon as he stepped off the plane at Newark International Airport this week, nabbed on an Oregon warrant for criminal nonpayment of child...acapnews2010-08-17T00:00:55-08:00Pungent Harmonies Drawn From Ancient Traditions
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New York Times: When the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center was being revamped a decade or so ago, some thought that it should give its overworked hero a rest and do something else entirely. Instead the festival has deftly...acapnews2010-08-16T21:55:04-08:00FRINGE REVIEW – Fabulous Female A Cappella, In the Pink
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Edinburgh Spotlight (Scotland): This show is exactly as billed – a vivacious group of lovely girls sing in close harmony to produce a most enjoyable entertainment. All of the performers are current students at Oxford University, and have carried on...acapnews2010-08-16T21:39:53-08:00Todd Rundgren seeks singers for tour
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I have just been contacted by rock musician Todd Rundgren who is seeking groups of 12 – 15 mixed voice singers to perform background vocals on his upcoming tour this fall in the following cities:- Wednesday, September 8 Frauenthal Center...acapnews2010-08-13T11:38:53-08:00Summer sojoun is finally over
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Well its back to reality for me as the family and I returned last night from the UK after an extended summer vacation. We had a simply marvelous time visiting family, going to my old haunts in Norfolk and for...acapnews2010-08-12T14:25:07-08:00Lady Gaga's Record Label Signs A Group of Singing Nuns
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ITN News: Lady Gaga may have writhed around in a red leather nun's habit for her "Alejandro" video, but that didn't stop some French nuns from signing with the same label as the pop star. An order of Benedictine nuns,...acapnews2010-07-31T00:48:04-08:00