A Cappella Innovations
Posted by Allison Mack | Filed under Blog, Community, Projects, Thoughts
Hey all! I am going to be judging this competition with Kristin Kreuk December 1-2. If you’re into music or people or “Smallville” or any or all of the above, come out and join us for the weekend! It’s going to be a rocking time! Hope to see you all there!
A Cappella Innovations is a festival being put on by my friends, the acappella group Simply Human, the weekend of December 1-2.
A Capella Innovations intends to “promote innovation, evolution and unity in the acappella community, as well as fostering an appreciation in the general public of what can be done with the human instrument.” The two-day event/conference/festival will include 11 different workshops of acappella techniques, constructive evaluations, and professional performances and networking and community-building opportunities, culminating in a celebrity-hosted performance of acappella groups.
The workshops will focus on vocal instrument emulation, arrangement techniques, voice (singing) techniques and vocal percussion and “beatboxing.” Participating groups will have the opportunity to perform for a professional judging panel that will provide rich feedback. A Capella Innovations will be a living, evolving process of talent sharing where, through the exposure to each group’s different techniques and approach, participants will arrive to a whole new level in their performance and experience of acappella music. The public performance at the end of the weekend will showcase the results of this mutual enrichment process.
Tags: acappella, Conventions, Kristin Kreuk
60 Responses to “A Cappella Innovations”
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Regina Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 8:42 pmsounds great, unfourtanely, I’m to far!
:’( Have a good time with all your friends and good artists!
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Kyle Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 8:43 pmThat sounds very interesting and exciting, Allison. Music is and will always be a love of mine and a competition based on acappella sounds wonderful (literally). If I were not on the other side of the country I would attend.
I hope you will be having a cameo performance as well. As you know, your fans are incredibly in love with your voice. Hope everything goes well, judge Mack.
-Kyle
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Rafe Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 8:56 pmSure I would be there too Allison, but as the others, I am far. I Hope you all have a great time!!!
Ciao for now,
Rafe.
P.S: I forgot to say… I am a musician!!!
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luigi / shinefloyd Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 9:07 pmhi Allison….. thanks!!!
I’d like… but…..
Here I am again in this mean old town
And youre so far away from me
And where are you when the sun goes down
youre so far away from meSo far away from me
So far I just can’t see
So far away from me
youre so far away from me……. (dire straits…. so far away)best wishes judge Allison…… and Kristin
Good look!!!
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Alyson Lindley Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 10:47 pmHello Allison, Sound like you will have a great time. Wish I could be there. I love all three. Take care Alyson
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Jace Says:
November 17th, 2007 at 11:16 pmoh… that’s cool.. I wish i was there in that country, too far for me. I’m from Singapore. Hope u guys enjoy yourself. Cheers!
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Lydia Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 12:20 amMusic…wow…I would love to come but I live in Belgium so it’s a bit far for me.
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DavidHayes1956 Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 12:26 amThat was close! Albany is 527 miles away from me. Another 27 miles closer and I would be in violation of the restraining order.
But I do believe Roger the Cart Goon works at a What?Mart near there. I don’t know if he can sing acapella or not … ‘ceptin that there time he got gored by a bull!
Then there’s my friend Jennifer Wilson who lives in the Washington DC area when she’s not touring. She could probably blow you all out of your seats if she joined the competition. She is also a great writer of fan fiction. I’m very proud of her. Since this blog gears itself towards the “optomistic, work hard and achieve your dreams” ideals, I will post an article about Jennifer that was published in the New York Times in late 2005.
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November 13, 2005
Making Artists
The End of the Great Big American Voice
By ANNE MIDGETTE
CORRECTION APPENDEDIN March, Jennifer Wilson, an unknown 39-year-old soprano, suddenly burst onto the international opera scene by jumping in for Jane Eaglen as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, just a day after singing the same character in a rehearsal of “Die Walküre.” Artistry aside, this is a stunning athletic feat. Few people today have the vocal heft and stamina to get through even one of these roles, let alone take on both back to back.
Ms. Wilson not only sang the killer leading role of the five-hour “Götterdämmerung,” she also sang it so well, with a huge, beautiful sound and dramatic nuance, that she brought down the house. It was as if a pitcher were called up from the minor leagues and threw two perfect games on two consecutive days.
A baseball-like farm system has developed in American opera in recent decades, as more and more young-artist programs have sprouted up around the country. Aspiring singers now follow a career path from a music degree and graduate school to a residency with a smaller house to, ideally, a place in one of the top programs for young artists: the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindeman program, the Chicago Lyric Opera’s center for American artists, San Francisco’s Merola program or the Houston Grand Opera Studio. From there they are theoretically ready for the big leagues.
But Ms. Wilson didn’t go through the “minors.” She auditioned dozens of times over 10 or 15 years, but she couldn’t even get in. Either her big voice was deemed unwieldy, or she didn’t fit people’s physical standards, or perhaps they just didn’t think she had the goods. So she had been singing in the Washington Opera Chorus.
American vocal training has long been bruited as the best in the world and is supposed to be better than ever. Yet there has been no commensurate rise in great new talents. One clear measure of the problem is the system’s inability to deal effectively with large voices and talents like Ms. Wilson’s. It seems to favor lighter, flexible voices that can perform a wide range of material accurately, rather than the powerful, thrilling, concert-hall-filling voices on which live opera ultimately relies for its survival.
“We want interesting artists,” said Marlena Malas, who teaches at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music and is widely regarded as one of the finest teachers in the country. “Where are they? There must be something wrong with what we’re doing that doesn’t allow that to come forth.”
Gayletha Nichols, who runs the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, concurs. “I think it’s us, somehow,” she said, speaking not of her organization but of the field in general. “Even in our trying to be more helpful, we’re not.”
What exactly is being done? It can be hard to talk about. For one thing, talking to singers about vocal technique is like talking to the faithful about religion: views are dearly held, highly charged and difficult to prove. There are fairly objective standards to measure the performance of a young pianist or violinist. But a singer’s instrument has to be built at the same time the singer learns to use it, and each teacher might have different criteria for how it is supposed to sound.
“How can you teach voice without talking about the tongue?” asked Sheri Greenawald, a former singer who now runs the Merola program in San Francisco.
“How can you teach singing without talking about elasticity?” asked Ruth Falcon, a New York teacher whose students include the soprano Deborah Voigt. (You can do both, and many teachers do.)
Yet in the upper echelons of this fractious field, the one thing people seem to agree on is what’s going wrong. In dozens of interviews with singers, teachers and administrators around the country, the same complaints emerged again and again. Young singers are not being taught the fundamentals, in particular, the proper use of breath. Breath support, the coordination of lungs and diaphragm, has long been regarded as the key to singing, the thing that sustains powerful voices in huge auditoriums without a microphone. Without it, it’s difficult to hit the proper pitches (particularly the top notes), modulate from soft singing to loud, or even be heard beyond the footlights.
The conservatory system where most students start out is self-perpetuating; many of its instructors went right from graduating to teaching without acquiring any stage experience. Many teachers are therefore less accustomed to the acoustics of a big opera house than to the intimacy of a voice studio, where sheer volume can sound alarming – not at all like the smaller-scaled, lighter voices on contemporary CD’s (like Cecilia Bartoli’s or, worse, Andrea Bocelli’s). Big voices also take longer to mature, and by the time they do, those lucky enough to possess them may be considered too old to get a foot in the door. Many competitions, for example, are open only to those in their early 30′s or younger.
“A lot of teachers don’t understand that big voices don’t settle until 35,” said Speight Jenkins, the general manager of the Seattle Opera, which has a reputation in the opera world as a haven for large-scale voices. “Voice teachers in general do not encourage the unique, the original voice.” Instead, he said, they encourage “the voice that can hit all the notes and do what is supposed to be done,” but without any particular flair, artistry or distinction.
But voice teachers are not solely to blame. Young singers, too, are impatient, and in our “American Idol” culture, quick fame is more appealing than slow maturation. What’s more, the vaunted apprentice programs tend to look for singers they can actually use, in small roles, rather than simply train.
However these factors are combined, the result is a preponderance of light, agile voices in young, attractive bodies. They may be pretty to listen to – and certainly to look at – but they are not ultimately as interesting as bigger, more mature voices. Nor do they have the same staying power. Plenty of young American singers have sprung onto the scene only to fizzle within a few years.
“I worry that today many of the people judging singers judge on accomplishment as opposed to talent,” said Stephen Lord, the music director of the Opera Theater of St. Louis and the Boston Lyric Opera, known for his careful work with young artists. “If someone walks in and can sing every note of ‘Marten aller Arten,’ ” – a virtuosic soprano aria from Mozart’s “Abduction From the Seraglio” – “this is seen as the next coming, as opposed to someone young, struggling with physiology, but with more talent. What you see in front of you isn’t really the person with the potential for the biggest career.”
Big voices may even be actively discouraged. Take the star mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick, who said she “grew up in isolation” studying at the University of Nevada. “Whenever I ventured out into competitions,” she added, “people would say: ‘Oh, no, you’re singing too loud. You’re going to ruin your voice.’ Well, I’ve been ruining my voice for almost 30 years.” Encouraged, by contrast, was Sylvia McNair, a light soprano a few years younger than Ms. Zacik, who won the Met audition at 26 and went on to a big career. Today, she is no longer singing opera.
Patricia McCaffrey, a former singer now among New York’s elite voice teachers, scorns the American conventional wisdom that puts all young singers on a diet of Mozart arias to cultivate lightness and agility. To master those high-lying and florid vocal lines, some singers may have to compress their voices. “I send my bigger voices to Europe,” she said, “where they seem not to demand that every singer sing light repertory when they are young. Believe it or not, Mozart is actually bad for some voices.”
Vocal training is not only difficult, it is also expensive – for a New York student paying $150 for a private lesson or for a music school trying to provide a full-service vocal program with courses not needed by violinists or trombonists, including language instruction and fully staged opera performance. Richard Elder Adams, the dean of faculty and performance at the Manhattan School, described vocal training as “the biggest challenge at any music school.”
And the schools are dealing with students who came to music relatively late. A concert pianist begins studying the instrument in early childhood; a baritone has to wait until his voice changes. Many gifted young singers first come to music in high school; a gifted violinist the same age may already have performed professionally.
“And yet we expect them in four years to be at the same level,” Mr. Adams said. “There’s no way in an undergraduate program to master everything that needs to be mastered.”
But there’s a lot of demand, and the more students you accept, the more tuition you take in. “A lot of conservatories use the vocal department as a cash cow,” Ms. Greenawald said. And so there are large populations of young singers who can’t get the individual attention they need.
“They feel lucky that they’re in a school of music,” said Diana Hossack, the managing director of the service organization Opera America. “Too often students just take whatever voice teacher is given to them.”
In the past, young singers often worked with their chosen teachers every day. Today, students often choose a school rather than a teacher, or they go to a big-name teacher whose particular method might not be right for them. And the weekly voice lesson is only one component of a schedule that is overfilled with classes, rehearsals, mandatory chorus and other activities.
“One lesson a week is not enough,” said Marilyn Horne, the star mezzo-soprano who now mentors young artists. “They don’t remember.”
So the most important component of vocal training, the student-teacher relationship, is often the most arbitrary, or neglected.
“My junior and senior year at the University of Southern California I had three teachers in two years,” said Cynthia Jansen, a mezzo-soprano who is starting a two-year contract with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. “If you’re not somebody who really stands out, you kind of get shuffled through the system. I finished my degree with a decent education and no idea how to sing.” Ms. Jansen found another teacher who, over many years, was able to help her undo the damage.
Whether or not one sustains actual vocal harm, it takes a highly self-motivated person to negotiate the conservatory process successfully. Then again, some argue, it takes a highly motivated person to become an artist.
“What’s important is for singers to get their feet wet and survive bad teaching,” Ms. Zajick said. “But that is part of the ability to have a career. People say we’re ruining all these voices, but the people that have the ability are not going to let their voices be ruined.”
Still, all the help available to young singers today has not made the process any easier. Even the apprentice programs, designed to help develop young professionals, create a sink-or-swim environment. Ms. Jansen, who took part in prestigious programs like the Glimmerglass Opera’s and Merola, described Glimmerglass as both “artistically a wonderful experience” and an “opera boot camp.”
“Those programs squeeze as much out of you as they possibly can,” she said. “You start at 9 in the morning and are finished when they say you’re finished. It’s a survival program. You go through something like that, and you’re definitely going to learn about yourself.”
Part of the process is input from dozens of different people: directors and voice theaters, coaches and movement teachers, and a new category of professionals, breathing coaches, a field that has sprung up in recent years as voice teachers have ceased to tackle the subject themselves. All of this feedback is designed to help foster individuality, and yet any group program by its very nature places a certain emphasis on conformity.
“Sometimes the black sheep, the odd man out, could very well be the most talented one in the group,” Mr. Lord said. “They don’t fit into a particular mold. That means that perhaps when they get onstage, they won’t be like anyone else either.”
To their credit, the administrators of the top programs, like Ms. Greenawald in San Francisco, Richard Pearlman and Gianna Rolandi in Chicago, Lenore Rosenberg in New York, or Diane Zola in Houston, recognize the problems and are trying to find ways to accommodate singers with larger voices and less polish. One example is Marjorie Owens, a young soprano who stayed in the Houston Grand Opera program for three years and is moving on to the Chicago Lyric program, part of a deliberate plan on the part of administrators to give her time to develop further.
In the past, some singers did perform big roles at an early age. Regina Resnik, another retired star mezzo-soprano who now teaches, made her debut at 20 as a soprano, singing Verdi’s Lady Macbeth, a powerhouse role. “Her voice was pure, steady, easily produced and of lovely quality,” wrote the New York Times critic. “But I was prepared,” Ms. Resnik said. “We had more time.” Ms. Resnik had been trained under the watchful eye of a teacher who sent her to intense acting lessons and took her to performances. Before she sang her first “Fidelio” at the Met, at 22, the conductor Bruno Walter worked with her three times a week for two months to make sure she was ready. That kind of sustained, intense and highly personal attention from a world-class artist simply isn’t available to young singers today, despite the best efforts of the farm- team system to provide it.
The system isn’t even a prerequisite. Mr. Jenkins and Ms. McCaffrey advise young singers to skip the conservatory and get a liberal arts degree, learn languages and study voice on the side. Morris Robinson was an English major and a football star at the Citadel, a military college; today, he sings bass roles at the Met. Some older talents who are deemed to be ready for a career, like Isabel Leonard, a mezzo-soprano currently getting her master’s degree from Juilliard, are encouraged to skip the apprentice programs and start performing. For the most important element in learning to be an opera singer is something no training program can offer: on-the-job experience.
“Merola is one of the finest programs in the country,” said Thomas Stewart, the retired star bass-baritone. “Even if they go into that, what have they got? They still come out unproven.”
MR. STEWART and his equally celebrated wife, the soprano Evelyn Lear, have established the Emerging Singers Program in Washington, specifically devoted to the bigger voices that are often overlooked by the standard system. It was at a master class that they discovered Jennifer Wilson, who looked “unprepossessing,” Ms. Lear said, until she opened her mouth and sang “Dich, teure Halle” from Wagner’s “Tannhäuser.”
“We couldn’t believe our ears,” Ms. Lear said. “We said, ‘Where have you been?’ ” They quickly helped her get New York management, leading to her professional debut in 2002, in the title role in “Turandot” at the Connecticut Opera in Hartford, and on to the understudy contracts that led to her star-is-born moment in “Götterdämmerung.”
How are artists made? Ms. Wilson was a pre-law student who chose to attend Cornell because she liked the voice teacher there, then dropped out after that teacher’s sudden death. She worked a range of jobs in the Washington area: at Radio Free Europe, singing in a church and finally in the opera chorus. She lived with her mother; learned languages; took lessons in piano, dance and acting; and never stopped studying voice with any teacher she thought could help her. “I have the equivalent training to someone with a conservatory degree,” she said, calling her Chicago Lyric debut “the overnight success that took 20 years.”
In the end, artistic success depends, as it always has, on intangible factors that no training program can provide. One is luck. Another is stubbornness.
“People who really persevere,” Ms. Zajick said, “find themselves in lucky places.”
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Joliet Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 3:54 amWow that’s so cool!! Will you or Kristin be joining in on the performances?? My birthday is actually on the 30th during the meet and greet- Will you both be there during the Saturday-Sunday labs??! Hope to see you there!
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MissLane Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 6:42 amOh it sounds really cool!!
I hope kris and you enjoy these days together!!!
I hope to see photos on this website, euh?
, we didn’t see photos of both of you together for long time ago, enjoy these days!!!!
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Marilyne Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 7:10 amHi, wow, sounds great
but like everyone of you, I’m way to far to attend (Quebec…) lol but I hope to see some pictures from this event!!Smallville rocks! It’s a short movie every episode!
Marilyne
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Elizabeth M Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 7:33 amHave a great time Allison. I hope you will share the event with us on the other side of the pond.
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Melissa Nataly Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 9:44 amHi Alli,that sounds awesome,you are going to have a really good time there,but as the other I am really far,I live in Peru, so I will give you all my support from here,jejeje.I hope you really enjoy it,because music is the sound you can’t forget.Well,take care,bye.Chau y diviertete mucho.Meli.
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bel Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 10:51 amWith Kristin???
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drkilmer Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 12:39 pmSounds like a fantastic event. Like most of the others who have left comments, I regret not being able to attend. Please accept my sincere encouragement for a GREAT project!
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Mia Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI love a capella! If only I lived closer I would definitely come – oh that would have been so great. What a lovely thing, an a capella convention! I even have a favourite a capella group who are just so amazingly good – have all of their CDs! They are from Sweden and are called “The real group”, so anyone into a capella singing – check them out.
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hanna1804 Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI’d love to !!! But I’m in France, just a little too far… that’s not fair !!!
Anyway, have a great time Allison. I hope you’ll bring us a video of the festival.You’re the BEST,
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Jeremy Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 3:07 pmMarilyne,
In case you did not notice, the event is being held in Albany, NY. That is not that far from Quebec, depending on where you live in the province, of course.
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Tomnbecky Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 6:00 pmHey Allison!
Well, it sounds like a lot of fun. I wish I could be there. Unlike everyone else, I’m not too far away. However there just isn’t enough time for me to arrange my plans to come
But I hope that you and Kristen have a great time listening to all that talent!!
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Yungwan Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 6:33 pmWhen I first saw it, i was sooo psyched!!!but..unfortunately, I’m too far away
..I’m over in Singapore..
Anyway, hope you guys have fun..those of you who are attending the convention..and to Allison, hope you have a great time listening to the beautiful voices and all your fans…and Kristin too….too bad I couldn’t see two of my favourite girls..but oh well….good luck!!!- Wan
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Rich Decker Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 7:34 pmWow i live like 3 hours from there and I’m a singer songwriter!! lol BUT like everyone else … i wish i knew about this earlier otherwise i would so be there. maybe i can move some things around. who knows maybe i’ll see you there. anyway have a great thanksgiving!
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James Zintel Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 8:22 pmMan I’d be so awesome in an a cappella contest. And by a cappella I mean hot dog eating contest.
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Marilyne Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 9:43 pmYou are absolutely right Jeremy! oh my God!!! That would be the best thing ever; to meet my idoles….!!!! my hands are shaking right now. Do you have any idea where exactly I’ll take place?!?!?
ahahahahaMarilyne
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Marilyne Says:
November 18th, 2007 at 10:04 pmHi, there have been some strange rumors going on on the net about that week end that would in fact be a cult or something…just lighten me out: where will it be;exactly, what hour, $?, etc….
thanx
marilyne
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bourdieu Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 2:47 amVery neat. Great website, too.
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Poli Sullivan Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 6:42 amHi Allison, I hope you have a good times!!! I’d like to go but I can’t, because I live too far way (Brazil).
Have a good time, you and you’re friends!!! I hope make part of them one day!!!
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Jennifer Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 7:17 amHey Allison,that sounds like an awesome event. Wish I could be there. Hope you and Kristin have a great time.
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Kasey Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 8:50 amI am so inspired by your well-roundedness and your appreciation of art. Thank you so much for supporting the things that make television an art form instead of mindless entertainment.
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Bruno Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 9:20 amoh maan !!
THAT’S NOT FAIR I’m in Japan =_= I reeeeeally Would like to go, specially to see YOU and KRISTIN there , you know what could be awesome idea?a SMALLVILLE CONVENTION, Lots of fans discussing about the episodes, the intire cast talking about their own experience of sharing part of their lives to the show and so on ….
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Miriam Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 10:16 amLove your work on Smallville and I’ve enjoyed reading your blog. The video blogs were fun to watch. You have a beautiful voice. I hope you consider recording a Christmas album one day. Think about it. That would be awesome.
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Darwin Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 11:01 amI have been awakened to the possibilities of this discipline by listening to
Emmy Rossum sing “SLOW ME DOWN”…The only instrument in the whole song is her voice. If you have not heard it yet…you really should give it a listen!
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Hamilton Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 3:34 pmHi there!
Thanks for the invitation, but i´m too far from NY. Anyway, have a great time you, Kristin and all your friends!
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Jeremy Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 8:19 pmMarilyne,
Check out the web site. All of the information you need is there:
http://www.acappellainnovations.com/about.html
The link is also in Allison’s comments above.
Albany looks to be a little over three hours driving time from Montreal, although I have no idea where you live in Quebec.
I hope that helps.
By the way, what do you mean by “Hi, there have been some strange rumors going on on the net about that week end that would in fact be a cult or something…”?
Jeremy
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Diego (Brazil) Says:
November 20th, 2007 at 8:40 amHey!
Acapella is an amazing way to sing and to express the feelings. I have many cd’s at home.
I won’t be there because I’m in Brazil but I wish you a great Capella Innovations!.Take care,
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Ivan Says:
November 20th, 2007 at 10:17 amHi Allison! Greetings from Croatia, where a cappella singing is very developed and cherished. In my country a cappella groups are called “klape” and are considered as national treasure. There are many fans of Smallville in Croatia and many fans of yours. Wish You and Kristin have a great time judging a cappella singing contest.
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Bobby Says:
November 20th, 2007 at 10:10 pmHi Allison. I think this is going to be an awesome event. I actually just got off the phone with one of the people organizing it and she was kind enough to give me more details about it. It’s kind of disappointing that the workshops will not be open to the general public but the evening concerts should be great. My girlfriend and I are taking this trip from Portland, ME and I hope it will be worth it. Any chance for yours and Kristin’s fans of actually meeting you for a few minutes or I guess you’ll be too busy? And is it true you and Kristin will be hosting the evening concerts?
I know you must be super busy but I really hope you’ll find a minute to reply.
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hugesmallvillefan Says:
November 21st, 2007 at 2:07 pmHI allison,
it seems like it is going to be fun. i hope you have fun at it. i love music. i play the guitar, the alto saxophone and the trumpet.hope you have a good time
Hugesmallvillefan(Craig)
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Joliet Says:
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pmBobby, did the person you talked to at AI say that the evening concerts Saturday night and Sunday night will be open to the public (individuals)? I checked on the website and it said that only groups can come and not individuals!
I hope not!
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Bobby Says:
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:17 pmYes, I did check with them and the confirmed that the evening concerts will be open to the general public. They also told me tickets would be on sale on Wednesday.
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Joliet Says:
November 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pmThanks Bobby! That’s good news.. for Saturday night and Sunday night? Did they tell you if Allison and Kristin would be presnet during those performances?
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Bobby Says:
November 26th, 2007 at 8:16 pmYes. They told me Allison and Kristin would actually be hosting both evening concerts. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.theegg.org/events
I already got 2 (for me and my girlfriend). The price is 20$. Are you thinking of going, Joliet?
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Joliet Says:
November 28th, 2007 at 5:06 pmYeah I was just about to buy tickets for Sunday night because I have to be somewhere else Saturday, but I just noticed on the AI website they updated and it only says KRistin and Allison are hosting Saturday!!
If you go please take some pics for all of us to see!
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Bobby Says:
November 28th, 2007 at 8:30 pmI’m actually going to stay for Saturday’s event only so I promise to take lots of pics.
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david Says:
November 29th, 2007 at 11:46 pmhi guys diehard fan of sv since day 1. im coming sat from nyc. is anyone staying overnight. there is a huge gap in buses from 1130pm to get back home to the next one 330am. willing to split and it be cool with someone to chill.
email me at david_22733@yahoo.com
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Joliet Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 11:31 pmBobby how was it tonight?? I want to know the details!!! Hope you had a great time! I wish I could have went!!
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Bobby Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:45 amHi Joliet. Last night was unbelievable!!!! Great event, great music – it was fantastic. So much fun! I was lucky enough to get an autograph from both Allison and Kristin for which I’m truly grateful
)))))))))) They were both super nice to their fans and seemed to be having a blast hosting the event. I really wish I could stay here and go to today’s concert but I need to get back to Portland, ME and that’s gonna take me roughly 8 hours on the bus Anyways, it was absolutely worth every second on the stinky bus
Allison I don’t know if you ever going to read this comment but in case you do – THANK YOU to both you and Kristin for popularizing this event and giving me autographs! Last night was a night I won’t soon forget ))))
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Joliet Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:50 pmAww that is awesome Bobby!! I really hope the two of them do something like this together again soon!
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Rebecca Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:17 pmJudging the competitions sounds like a great opportunity to hear a lot of great music.
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Lydia Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:52 amBobby, it’s wonderful you had such a great time and that you met both Allison and Kristin.
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Bobby Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:35 pmYeah, I’ve a bunch of pictures but I don’t know how I can post them here. I’ll try sending an e-mail to mackevents@allisonmack.com and ask they could post them….
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Joliet Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 12:28 amI hope they do, otherwise I hope Allison has some she can put up from her own the next time she updates!
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Bobby Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 8:07 amHi Joliet,
I e-mailed and sent them the pictures and the videos I had taken. They said they’d be happy to post them. So stay tuned
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luigi / shinefloyd Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 12:50 pmI watch on youtube…. Allison and Kristin…
someone… upload on youtube….
Allison and Kristin talking up on the scenary… and…. kristin laught a lot..
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DavidHayes1956 Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 1:59 pmI missed A Cappella because I was stuck down in the basement all weekend. Does anyone know when B Cappella is being held? Maybe I can get to that one.
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BOUROUX Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 5:36 pmHi Allison.
I found these 3 short videoclips.
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmSZ9WQaps
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vNYLF0k-s&feature=related
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClIdYAPK7hw&feature=relatedDo you have others clips?
Bye
Claude.
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Kate Says:
December 5th, 2007 at 3:56 pmsorry i just missed the deadline! plus i live in texas!
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Kate Says:
December 5th, 2007 at 4:00 pmAllison if you are reading this, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST AND IF YOU EVER COME TO TEXAS COME TO PLANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kristin Says:
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:06 pmAllo Allison & Kristin :I would love to go there with you 2, I am in Vancouver but I don’t have the money to fly
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Lana Virkoff Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 2:16 pmWe love Kristin Laura Kreuk! Thank you Allison for being her best friend, you two are the coolest friends ever, Support Organic food.
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Rob Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 5:51 pmI’m a huge Kristin Kreuk fan. I’m glad you guys doing stuff like this. Oh have things changed in this area in a short time huh?
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