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...Unlike a cappella groups, we sing a lot more serious music," Cha said. "We don't sing a lot of `pum pum pum, dum dum dum.' It's very rigorous...
During Glee Club's football concerts or itsnational tours, which take place each spring,alums sporting traditional Glee Club ties, awardedto new members at the group's annual fall retreat,come to the stage to sing "Fair Harvard" and otherCollege anthems...
Future man's SynthAxe Drumitar took the place of a traditional drum set, and his machine can talk, sing and provide the mind-blowing beats that are required to keep up with Bela Fleck. Future man also brought a cajon, "the box," to onstage and sounded like a twelve-man percussion section during his solos, rather than a single, creative guy with fast fingers and a little help from an electronics company...
...could a choir boy in the 17th century achieve fame and fortune? He could sing soprano--for life. Castration performed before the onset of puberty would produce a sound in a boy that blended the sweetness of a soprano with the bravado of a bass. Self-mutilation might have closed the door to one world, but it opened the door to another--entrance into the most elite singing coteries in Europe...
...boys were up for irreversible commitments. And luckily, they did not need to be. Some of Europe's most prestigious church choirs offered fame to the anatomically-intact. The Vienna Choir Boys, for instance, would train boys between the ages of 10 and 14 to sing with a sublime sweetness that was thought to rival the song of angels. Although we do not hear too much about the castrati today, boy choirs have retained their popularity. Last Friday, the Vienna Choir Boys, as witness to this popularity, came to Symphony Hall to celebrate their 500th anniversary...