Difference between revisions of "Elizabethans"

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The Elizabethans were a 6-15 member a cappela group that sang sacred and secular choral music from the Middle Ages to the present. A large portion of their repertoire came from the Renaissance, but they also sang folk songs, spirituals, jazz standards, and more. In addition to giving a concert at the end of each semester, they toured New England over spring break and produced a CD every two years. Their two most recently attested directors were Maia McCormick '14 and Jasmine Thomasian '15.

Check out The Elizabethans' web site for pictures, sample tracks, concert dates, and other information.

Alumni: Rob Silversmith '11, Elena Wikner '11, May Hunter-Smith '11, Stephen Webster '11, Devereux Powers '10, Mandy O'Connor '10, Sarah Riskind '09, Hoai Chung Truong Pham '09, Ilya Khodosh '08, Ariel Heyman '08, Daniel Rosensweig '08, Emily Bruce '07, Matt Steding '07, Dave Letzler '06, Joe McDonough '06, Johannes Pulst-Korenberg '06, Laura Effinger-Dean '06, Rachel Selinsky '06, Ben Isecke, Alaya Kuntz '04, Laurie Brink.

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-The Elizabethans is nominally a madrigal [[:Category:Groups|group]], but in truth they don't sing too many madrigals.  They're really a group that sings an almost completely non-pop repertoire, focusing on anything that they find beautiful, intriguing, or humorous from the wide world of music outside of a beatbox.
-Founded in Winter Study 1993, the 'bethans (as they call themselves) are the unofficial official [[a cappella]] group of the [[Odd quad|Odd Quad]]. They perform several times a year and tour New England every spring break. They are known for their quirkiness, their frequently challenging repertoire, their Renaissance performing garb, and their unfathomable obsession with sheep. CD titles include "The Food of Love," "Live From Albert Square," "Madrigal Inferno," and their latest, "Set Me as a Seal."
+The '''Elizabethans''' were a 6-15 member a cappela group that sang sacred and secular choral music from the Middle Ages to the present. A large portion of their repertoire came from the Renaissance, but they also sang folk songs, spirituals, jazz standards, and more. In addition to giving a concert at the end of each semester, they toured New England over spring break and produced a CD every two years. Their two most recently attested directors were [[Maia McCormick]] '14 and [[Jasmine Thomasian]] '15.
-Check out [http://www.elizabethans.org/ The Elizabethans]' web site for pictures, concert dates, and other information.
+Check out The Elizabethans' [http://www.elizabethans.org/ web site] for pictures, sample tracks, concert dates, and other information.
-See also [[Dave Letzler]] '06, [[Joe McDonough '06]], [[Johannes Pulst-Korenberg]] '06, [[Laura Effinger-Dean]] '06, [[Rachel S. Selinsky]] '06, and [[Ariel Heyman]] '08.
-Alumni: [[Ben Isecke]], [[Alaya Kuntz]] '04, [[Laurie Brink]].
+Alumni: [[Rob Silversmith]] '11, [[Elena Wikner]] '11, [[May Hunter-Smith]] '11, [[Stephen Webster]] '11, [[Devereux Powers]] '10, [[Mandy O'Connor]] '10, [[Sarah Riskind]] '09, [[Hoai Chung Truong Pham]] '09, Ilya Khodosh '08, [[Ariel Heyman]] '08, [[Daniel Rosensweig]] '08, [[Emily Bruce]] '07, [[Matt Steding]] '07, [[Dave Letzler]] '06, [[Joe McDonough '06]], [[Johannes Pulst-Korenberg]] '06, [[Laura Effinger-Dean]] '06, [[Rachel S. Selinsky '06|Rachel Selinsky]] '06, [[Ben Isecke]], [[Alaya Kuntz]] '04, [[Laurie Brink]].