A Cappella Centennial Celebration

Posted by admin on April 11, 2009

Join us Saturday, April 18, at 7 P.M., for an A Cappella Centennial Celebration, a free community concert featuring several a cappella groups from the Tyler/East Texas area. Come listen to barbershop, classical, spiritual, and contemporary jazz a cappella music, in the parking lot of Glenwood Church of Christ, at the corner or Rice Road and Hollytree Drive. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Glenwood Family Life Center.

The Yale Whiffenpoofs began singing in January 1909. As the first college a cappella group, they were the spark for today’s exploding college and high school a cappella scene. College a cappella, in turn, was the birthplace of numerous contemporary a cappella groups, including Rockapella, The House Jacks, and many that followed in their footsteps.

The A Cappella Centennial Celebration is 100 days of a cappella concerts around the world, celebrating college a cappella and the musical movement it inspired. Running from Valentine’s Day 2009 (Saturday, February 14) through Memorial Day weekend (Sunday, May 24), this “virtual festival” will celebrate all styles of all-vocal music as performed by more than 5,000 ensembles around the globe.

Clearly Vocal is proud to be a part of the worldwide A Cappella Centennial Celebration and we hope you’ll join us! Please contact us if you have any questions.