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 2010-02-08T23:36:31-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002335.html With scores of daily phone calls, emails, IMs, Skype video calls, in person meetings and of course posting on this blog I at first resisted starting a Facebook page. I have, however, come to realize the value of maintaining... 2335@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-08T23:36:31-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002334.html WTOP James "Pop" Dobson is a soft-spoken man who doesn't move very fast, either. But that's understandable since the Annapolis resident is 93 years old. All that changes, however, when he starts singing. As the lyrics of a song flow... 2334@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-08T22:43:54-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002333.html A beautiful and moving safety message! Do watch this.... 2333@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-04T14:41:32-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002332.html Here's a cool site that will locate a quartet in your area who can perform a singing valentine for your sweetheart. Always a winner this is a great way to delight the one you love.... 2332@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-04T00:05:11-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002331.html We are about on the deadline for a cappella groups who would like to perform in this year's Harmony Sweepstakes. Interested groups should contact us right away. www.harmony-sweepstakes.com... 2331@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-03T00:00:57-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002330.html Press Release The World Choir Games, a prestigious competition of vocal groups representing an estimated 400 choirs from more than 90 countries, has selected Cincinnati USA — home to the oldest choral music festival in the Western hemisphere — as... 2330@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-02-01T20:47:15-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002329.html Savannah Morning News (GA): What began in the mid-'90s as an all-male student choral group at a college in Minnesota has, through the years, become one of America's finest professional male vocal ensembles. Cantus will make a tour stop in... 2329@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-28T00:00:58-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002328.html Weekend Edition (NPR): It's been said that voice is the original instrument. The a cappella group Sonos takes this idea to a new level. Sonos isn't your typical glee club. Aside from its novel vocal techniques, and even some electronic... 2328@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-25T22:07:43-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002327.html M-Pact and Sonos headline the 2nd annual Los Angeles A Cappella Festival. This one day event will be held January 30th at UCLA with classes and workshops for a cappella singers conducted by luminaries such as Marco Cassone, Trist... 2327@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-23T00:00:09-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002326.html Sun-Times Media (IL): If it's a choice between seeing The Blanks and seeing the movie "Avatar" again, Sam Lloyd and Phil McNiven would like to assure you that their band's show is just like "Avatar." They'll perform with a cappella... 2326@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-22T00:00:30-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002325.html The Times (UK): A Monday evening choir practice in London. The ladies smooth their skirts and look expectantly at their choir mistress. She waves a hand and the singing begins. “I’m a drunk! I’m a drunk! One rum, one vodka,... 2325@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-21T00:00:25-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002324.html Press Release Folgers® is teaming up with one of the nation's most well-known judges of musical talent, multi-award winning songstress Kara DioGuardi , to invite Americans to create their own version of the iconic "The Best Part of Wakin' Up™"... 2324@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-20T00:00:59-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002323.html Chattanooga Times Free Press: On the way to Jackson, Miss., for a recent performance, the Voices of Lee vocal ensemble pulled into a Mississippi truck stop in the wee hours of the morning to gas up their bus. As the... 2323@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-19T00:00:12-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002322.html Access Atlanta: What happens when an Italian-American trio loses a singer and picks an African-American replacement so it can compete in a singing competition? Such an incident would mean nothing today, but back in the ’60s, it packed the potential... 2322@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-18T22:48:58-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002321.html Variety (US): BBC America will premiere BAFTA-award-winning series "The Choir ," a nonscripted show reminiscent of Fox hit "Glee," in the spring. The series made choirmaster Gareth Malone an unlikely star in the U.K. in depicting his efforts to build... 2321@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2010-01-16T00:08:08-08:00