http://www.acappellanews.com/ 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-us editor@acappellanews.com 2010-03-12T00:00:41-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002364.html Winnipeg Free Press (Canada): Four years ago, Andrew Balfour, artistic director of the Camerata Nova vocal ensemble, needed a last-minute replacement for an Inuit throat singer. In a panic, he called the Aboriginal People's Television Network to ask whether staff... 2364@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-12T00:00:41-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002362.html It's the first big weekend for the Harmony Sweepstakes with shows on Saturday night in San Francisco, Pacific Northwest (Olympia) and Rocky Mountain (Denver). Now in our 26th year there has been a certain amount of ebb and flow... 2362@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-11T00:00:44-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002363.html Congratulations to Bobby McFerrin on his 60th birthday today. He is and always will be the true master of the art of a cappella singing.... 2363@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-11T00:00:09-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002361.html I just came across this photo of Blake Lewis, former a cappella singer (Kickshaw) and the American Idol runner up. Well this is not the Blake I remember singing at the A Cappella Summit - yes Blake has certainly... 2361@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-10T21:37:59-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002359.html Australian Stage: They just get better and better. Australia’s premier a-cappella vocal ensemble held a capacity audience completely wrapt in the neo-gothic splendour and superb acoustic of St Peter’s Cathedral for over an hour. This awesome foursome has earned well-deserved... 2359@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-09T21:13:51-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002358.html Chronicle Herald (Canada): The excitement started when Symphony Nova Scotia, led by Bernard Gueller, played a full and symphonically righteous ABBA medley at the top of the Pops Series concert in the Cohn on Friday night. The magic started when... 2358@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-08T21:09:01-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002351.html TV Guide is confirming that NBC does plan to bring back The Sing Off for a second season. No dates, judges or other info has been decided. The industry word seems to be the show got solid ratings during a... 2351@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-01T21:16:36-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002352.html Kent News (UK): Ground-breaking research into the effects of singing on health could lead to significant savings for the National Health Service (NHS), according to experts. And a unique study, commissioned by Eastern and Coastal Kent NHS Trust, could also... 2352@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-03-01T20:52:23-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002350.html 2350@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-27T00:00:01-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002348.html Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): When Irwin Keller of the Kinsey Sicks isn't singing in drag, he's teaching at the synagogue, writes Katrina Lobley. By day, he's a highly unconventional lay rabbi. By night, Irwin Keller breaks even more rules, dressing... 2348@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-26T00:00:51-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002344.html Chicago Classical Review (IL): The composer Ingvar Lidholm once defined the Scandinavian brand of choral singing as “an absolutely even, equalized sound, in which every singer consents to relinquish his or her own personality in favor of the choir’s.” While... 2344@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-25T00:00:39-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002343.html CNN: When mothers speak to children, it's often in a singsong tone. That's no coincidence, scientists say, given that music and language are so intricately linked in the brain. Scientists are using this fundamental connection between song and speech to... 2343@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-22T21:28:35-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002342.html Decorah Newspaper (IA): Craig Arnold, Luther College professor of music, director of choral activities, and conductor of the internationally acclaimed Nordic Choir, has announced his intention to leave his position at Luther at the end of the academic year. Arnold,... 2342@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-19T22:40:12-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002341.html Variety: 40th anniversaries are no longer a rarity in popular music, but they're usually accompanied by some degree of acrimony -- manifested in public sniping, separate buses and the like. But as they commemorate that milestone, the Manhattan Transfer haven't... 2341@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-16T21:51:38-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002340.html Pioneer Press (MN): History shouldn't be boring. The best writers and teachers of the subject know that you make people care about history by bringing them to feel a kinship to those who experienced it, a sense of the spirit... 2340@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-15T22:17:20-08:00