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The Elizabethans is nominally a madrigal 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.[[Category:Groups]]
Now twelve years oldWith 6-15 members, the 'bethans (as they call themselves) are Elizabethans sing sacred and secular choral music from the Middle Ages to the unofficial official a capella group present. A large portion of their repertoire comes from the [[Odd Quad]]Renaissance, but they also sing folk songs, spirituals, jazz standards, and more. They perform several times In addition to giving a year and concert at the end of each semester, they tour New England every over spring breakand produce a CD every two years. They are known for their quirkiness, their frequently challenging repertoire, A dynamic and their unfathomable obsession with sheep. CD titles include "The Food of Lovededicated group," "Live From Albert Square," "Madrigal Inferno," they currently have two devoted directors: [[Maia McCormick]] '14 and their latest, "Set Me as a Seal[[Jasmine Thomasian]] '15."
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Check out The Elizabethans' [http://www.elizabethans.org/ 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 S. Selinsky '06|Rachel Selinsky]] '06, [[Ben Isecke]], [[Alaya Kuntz]] '04, [[Laurie Brink]].