By Mike Chin on Apr 29, 2008 | In Featured, News, Tuesday Tubin' | 1 Comment »
Each Tuesday, The A Cappella Blog presents a link to a collegiate a cappella performance, or related material, that we recommend to you.
We welcome clip suggestions from anyone who would like to submit them.
This week, Rutgers University Casual Harmony performs Cake’s “Short Skirt, Long Jacket”
By Mike Chin on Apr 25, 2008 | In Measure for Measure, News | No Comments »
Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.
We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.
We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.
This week’s topic: A group has the best chance of succeeding in competition if its material is fresh and new to the judges and audience. Therefore, it is not in a competing group’s best interests to have its performances posted on YouTube or other public websites.
By Mike Chin on Apr 22, 2008 | In Event Reviews, Featured, News | 2 Comments
Mike Chin checking in here after the ICCA and ICHSA Finals in Rugers this weekend. Avery Fisher Hall at The Lincoln Center in New York City. A lot of folks in attendance, but the crowd seemed a little on the old side—very parent and alumni heavy, in my estimation. I was expecting to see more representation from NYU students, who would have a relatively short commute to come support The N’Harmonics, but it doesn’t seem like it was to be.
For this show, we’ll be going with a he said-he said style, with both my own commentary, and the words of ACB Production Manager Mike Scalise.
By Mike Chin on Apr 22, 2008 | In News, Tuesday Tubin' | No Comments »
Each Tuesday, The A Cappella Blog presents a link to a collegiate a cappella performance, or related material, that we recommend to you.
We welcome clip suggestions from anyone who would like to submit them.
This week, we present a performance that has been the subject of much debate in our comments sections. The Carnegie Mellon University Originals perform “Run Freedom Run” from Urinetown.
By Mike Chin on Apr 20, 2008 | In Event Reviews, Featured, News | 5 Comments
Mike Chin checking in here after quite a night in New York. Out of this show, I bear some good news and some bad news.
Bad news: This year’s ICCA finals, on the whole, did not live up to the previous year’s show. No offense to the competitors, but looking at the evening as one big showcase, there just weren’t as many big moments or finals level performances to knock me for a loop this time out.
Good news: The SoCal VoCals’ winning set gave them perhaps the best-deserved victory I’ve ever seen at an ICCA show. This is the sort of set that needs to be seen to be believed and I am proud to have been a witness to something truly fantastic. Believe the hype–this was probably the best competition set I’ve ever seen.
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