Word: capellas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people sing at Harvard, performing classical pieces, a capella songs, gospel numbers, and show tunes. Although few students decide to devote their lives to music, Ryan wants the challenge of professional singing and songwriting. After years of writing and performing, most recently with Wild Women and Cinnamon, Ryan has concluded that she will never end up "working in front of a computer screen." She accepts her musical "calling" with a conviction that reflects her childhood, her life at Harvard and her involvement in Wild Women and Cinnamon...
After prolific high-school years, Ryan arrived at Harvard amid a folk music renaissance. She kept writing songs, lost her shyness about singing and encountered Harvard's a capella scene, a discovery which altered her focus to vocals and changed the course of her career...
...music director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Callbacks for two years, not only did Ryan gain much vocal experience, but she also worked with fellow altos Lane Addonizio and Nara Garber--the two other members of Wild Women and Cinnamon. The group has been, from the start, rooted in a capella. Addonizio describes the beginnings of the group: "We were all friends and sang together in [The Callbacks]. Erin was always writing songs and trying them out on us. And we liked...
When two of the three group members graduate in June, Ryan will keep singing with a local a capella gospel septet, Goddess Gospel, and she plans to pursue a performing career in Boston and eventually New York. But Ryan hopes the group will stay together. "I love Wild Women and Cinnamon. I'm so happy to have these wonderful women to sing with." As Garber says, "It's neat that we can do so much because technically, we're all altos...
...another string of mellow songs. Blackwell's intense lead in "I Only Have Eyes for You" drew wild cheers from the audience. And Lara Goitein's fragile, beautiful voice in "Breathe" provided a nice follow-up. These songs made the crowd tingle with pleasure but they only reached a capella climax during O'Farrell's riveting performance in "Moondance." Her oozing voice was nothing less than magical...