An A Cappella Musical Holiday
Single show - $850
Back-to-back shows - $1000
Fees above are for school programs in Maryland, Washington, DC and northern Virginia only. For non-school or out of area programs, please contact Class Acts Arts for details.
Additional travel fee will apply.
Artist:
Snowday
Description:
Snowday uses music theory, including demonstrating the use of harmonic parts and vocal drumming, to trace the history of a cappella in an energizing performance that explores the extensive capabilities of the human voice and inspires creativity and musicality in students of all ages. They open their program, An A Cappella Musical History, with an upbeat and engaging song. They give a brief history of a cappella – going over each era of the genres listed using a 10 – 15 second snippet: Chant (single voice), Choir chant (e.g. Mozart Ave Verum snippet), Spiritual, Barbershop, Doo Wop, and Contemporary a cappella (full song).
Snowday describes the difference between high and low voice parts in a cappella. Using either top-down or bottom-up, the students are able to hear the different parts and how they fit together. Snowday builds the parts and leads into a full song. They also offer a short vocal percussion demonstration, followed by a call and response “try it” time with basic sounds. Using 4 – 5 bars of a song, Snowday will break it into 3 – 4 parts and then have the audience create their own song. This leads into a song with opportunities for the audience to sing along with the parts that they’ve learned.
The program is appropriate for K – 5, 6 – 8 and 9 -12, as well as various levels of musical ability. The length of the program is flexible and can be adjusted to the school’s needs.
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