ARORA

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ARORA (formerly Sonos) is a vocal band based in Los Angeles. Sonos originally grew out of a 2006 recording project and began performing and touring in 2008. The group's repertoire centers on vocal covers sung a cappella with the use of effects pedals. Sonos competed in the third season of the The Sing-Off on NBC and was eliminated on the fourth episode. The group changed their name to ARORA in 2013 in preparation for the release of their third album, "Bioluminescence."

HISTORY

Sonos began as a recording project in 2006, composed of then current and former members of the University of California, Los Angeles co-ed a cappella group Awaken A Cappella; the group arranged and recorded several songs. In 2007, the recording project disbanded and former members Christopher Harrison, Jessica Freedman and Paul Peglar recruited friends and colleagues Rachel Bearer, Katharine Hoye and Ben McLain to form Sonos.

In the fall of 2008, the sextet began performing live and incorporating electronic effects pedals. In the summer of 2009, Sonos completed SonoSings, 2009, produced by band member Harrison, as well as Gabriel Mann, and Hugo Vereker.Sara Bareilles featured on the cover her own song "Gravity" as a guest vocalist. Sonos signed onto Verve Forecastand released SonoSings September 15, 2009 and began touring.

Special appearances include live radio sessions on NPR's Weekend Edition, KCRW, BBC Americana, Studio 360 andSirius XM Radio; performances at South by Southwest 2011, Sundance Film Festival 2010, Celtic Connections, ASCAP Awards and L.A. Ovation Awards; collaborations with Margaret Atwood and the Young@Heart Chorus at Royce Hall. In further collaborations, Sonos performed with Sara Bareilles at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and sang on an Ozomatli remix as part of their Ozomatli vs. KCRW Soundclash EP. Gods & Marionettes, their collaboration with the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company and playwright David Bridel, premiered in 2010 in Los Angeles at the Ford Amphitheater and USC's Bovard Auditorium.

In November 2010, Sonos released their second studio album, December Songs, also self-produced. December Songs comprises holiday season classics as well as four original songs: two by Bearer, and one each by Freedman and McLain.

In 2012 Sonos appeared on The Pet Shop Boys' album ELYSIUM.

In July 2013, Sonos changed their name to "ARORA" to reflect changes in image and style accompanying their third studio album release, "Bioluminescence." ARORA says of their latest album "Two years in the making, 'Bioluminescence' perfectly demonstrates the cinematic dream pop sound that is ARORA, marrying dreamy vocals with striking production. ARORA takes the album to the stage using nothing except their 5 voices and their rig of live looping and effects pedals.

THE SINGERS

Jessica Freedman (soprano)

Rachel Bearer (mezzo, writer/arranger)

Katharine Hoye (alto, writer/arranger)

Ben McLain (vocal percussion, tenor, writer/arranger)

Christopher Given Harrison (bass, recording & mixing, producer, writer/arranger)

Album

Awards
Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)

2010 

Best Pop/Rock Song: "I Want You Back" from Sonosings

2011 

Best Holiday Album: December Songs

Runner up: Best Religious Song: "Ave Maria" from December Songs

Runner up: Holiday Song: "Come December" from December Songs

Runner up: Best Professional Original Song: "Home" from December Songs

A Cappella Community Awards (ACAs)

2011

Favorite Pop/Rock Group

Favorite Female Vocalist: Jessica Freedman

Favorite Songwriter: Ben McLain

Favorite Arranger: Christopher Given Harrison

Favorite Mash-Up: "Wonderwall" (arr. Katharine Hoye)

Runner up: Favorite Professional Album: December Songs

Runner up: Favorite Vocal Percussionist: Ben McLain

Runner up: Favorite Live Performance Moment: Sonos set at SoJam A Cappella Festival 2010

2010

Favorite Pop/Rock Group

Favorite Professional Album SonoSings

Favorite Female Vocalist: Jessica Freedman

Favorite A Cappella Song: "I Want You Back"

Favorite Gender-Bender Song/Solo: "I Want You Back"

Most Cutting-Edge Group

Runner up: Favorite Arranger: Christopher Given Harrison

Runner up: Favorite Arrangement: "I Want You Back" by Christopher Given Harrison

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AMBASSADORS OF HARMONY

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The Ambassadors of Harmony ( Aoh ) is a 160+ member men's barbershop chorus, based in St. Charles, Missouri. The chorus won International Championship gold medals in 2004 2009, and 2012, each time singing two arrangements by David Wright, under the direction of Jim Henry. Their 2009 victory broke a nearly three-decade winning streak by the Vocal Majority.

Since 1994, the Ambassadors of Harmony Chorus has won top honors in the chorus competition held each October for the 5-state Central States District of the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly known as SPEBSQSA, Inc). In this period the AOH acquired four 4th place, five 3rd place, and two 2nd place medals in international chorus competition, as well as the 2004, 2009 and 2012 gold medals.

At the BHS international chorus contest in July 2007, the group tied for first place with the Westminster Chorus. The tie was decided by the singing category score, earning AoH its first silver medal. The group won another silver medal in the July 2008 international contest in Nashville, Tennessee, then won their second gold medal in July 2009 in Anaheim, California. Their third gold medal was won in 2012 in Portland, Oregon.


The Ambassadors of Harmony ( Aoh )  performed their championship swan song set in 2005
The group was formed in 1963 as the Daniel Boone Chorus with 26 members, and became a member of SPEBSQSA (the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America) the following year. The chorus changed its name to the Ambassadors of Harmony in 1990 following its first international competition. The chorus was directed by noted arranger and mathematician David Wright (now assistant director) from 1981 to 1990 and has been directed since 2001 by Jim Henry, bass singer of the 1993 International Quartet Champion, The Gas House Gang, and the 2009 International Quartet Champion, Crossroads. Further supplementing the group's musical leadership is assistant director Jonny Moroni, baritone of Vocal Spectrum, the BHS 2006 International Quartet Champion & 2004 International College Quartet Champion.

Municipal Opera performances

St Louis Muny performances include:

• Oklahoma
• 50 members in the 2000 cast of White Christmas
• 25 members in the 2006 cast of White Christmas
• 25 members in the 1992, 1997 & 2003 casts of South Pacific
• Quartets supplied for The Music Man and other productions

Other performances

• Annual Christmas show
• Annual Spring show
• Crescendo Concert series
• Columbia Chordbusters Chorus Christmas show
• Land of Lincoln Chorus show
• St. Louis Mayor's prayer breakfast
• Half Time Show at St. Louis Rams game
• National anthem at St. Louis Cardinals baseball games

International performances

• Spring 1999 Ireland
• March 2004 Germany (BinG! Convention), Netherlands, and Sweden (with The EntertainMen).
• May 2006 England BABS Convention

Discography

• All Our Best 1990s [sold out]
• Sing, Sing, Sing 2000
• Applause! 2002
• Holidays in Gold December 2004
• Oh What a Day! June 2010
• Welcome Christmas! December 2011
• Somewhere 2013

Selection of songs list

Some of AOH's more popular songs, and their years in repertoire, are:

• "No Other Love" 2012
• "Step in Time" 2012
• "They All Laughed" 2011
• "America" 2010
• "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" 2009
• "Seventy-Six Trombones" 2009
• "Get Me to the Church on Time" 2008
• "Love Walked In" 2008
• "They Didn't Believe Me" 2007, 2011
• "Fit as a Fiddle (And Ready for Love)" 2007
• "Friend Like Me" 2006 to present
• "Man of La Mancha" 2005 to present
• "New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band" 2004 to 2006
• "I Have Dreamed" 2004 to 2006, 2010
• "Just a Kid Named Joe" 2003
• "Shine (Roll Them Bones)" 2003
• "Toyland" 2001 to 2002
• "Toy Song" 2001 to 2002

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AMARCORD (ENSAMBLE)

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AMARCORD (ENSAMBLE) is a German male classical vocal ensemble based in Leipzig, founded in 1992 by five former members of the Thomanerchor. They primarily perform Medieval music, Renaissance music as well as collaborating with contemporary composers. Until 2013, the group's name was ensemble amarcord.

The Singers

The ensemble typically performs as a quintet, singers have included

Wolfram Lattke ( tenor )

Robert Pohlers (tenor)

Martin Lattke (tenor)

Dietrich Barth (tenor)

Frank Ozimek ( bariton )

Daniel Knauft ( bass )

Holger Krause (bass)

CAREER AND PROGRAM 

As members of the boys choir Thomanerchor, which Johann Sebastian Bach directed at his time, the singers received the same vocal training and the knowledge of a vast repertory. The ensemble attended masterclasses with the Hilliard Ensemble and the King's Singers. In 2000 they were granted a scholarship from the Deutscher Musikrat (de) (German Music Council, a member of the International Music Council) and were named to the Bundesauswahl Konzerte Junger Künstler, which recognized young professional musicians and provides financial support for their concert engagements. They have appeared at international festivals and undertaken tours of Europe, North America, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia.

The first half of their concert programs is typically devoted to sacred music, while the second half shows secular music. In their first concert at the Rheingau Musik Festival on 29 August 2002 they stepped in for the Chanticleer and performed in the Unionskirche, Idstein. They sang music of Pierre de la Rue, William Byrd, Albert de Klerk (de) (1917–1998), and Francis Poulenc's Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue in the first half, works of Schubert, The Beatles, Otto Mortensen and others in the second. Their concerts programs, which they comment with a sense of humour, usually concentrate on a theme, such as Musik und Musiker in Paris (Music and Musicians in Paris) in another concert of the festival in Wiesbaden-Frauenstein on 26 August 2004. The first half contained compositions of Pierre de la Rue, Johannes Ockeghem, Pérotin, Gioachino Rossini and Poulenc's Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise, the second half took through the centuries again with entertaining works of Pierre Certon, Pierre Passereau, Orlande de Lassus, Camille Saint-Saëns and Dans la montagne of Jean Cras. Their concert in 2010 in Schloss Johannisberg picked up the festival's theme Fernweh.

In 2009 they participated in a performance and live recording of Bach's lost Markus-Passion, in the reconstructed version by Dietmar Hellmann and Andreas Glöckner, in the Frauenkirche Dresden. The ensemble was augmented by sopranos Anja Zügner and Dorothea Wagner, and altos Clare Wilkinson and Silvia Janak, the Kölner Akademie was conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. The lost recitatives were replaced by recitation.[2] In 2010, they performed Monteverdi's Marienvesper in the Berlin Cathedral with the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg and the Lautten Compagney. In 2013 they performed the work as the annual Marienvesper of the Rheingau Musik Festival in Eberbach Abbey, forming the choir with additional guest singers Angelika Lenter, Hanna Zumsande, Stefan Kunath, David Erler and Daniel Schreiber, and the Lautten Compagney conducted by Wolfgang Katschner.

International Festival For Vocal Music A cappella
In 1997 the singers initiated an annual international summer festival in Leipzig for a cappella vocal music, the International Festival for Vocal Music "a cappella", where a wide variety of guest ensembles such as the Swingle Singers, the Huelgas Ensemble, the ensemble Chanticleer and The Real Group have appeared.

Music Composed For The Ensemble Amarcord
Contemporary composers such as Ivan Moody and Dimitri Terzakis wrote music for the ensemble amarcord. In 1998 Marcus Ludwig (born 1960) wrote in Leipzig Drei Gedichte von Paul Celan. One of these three poems of Paul Celan, Tenebrae, was recorded. They premiered in 1999 Apokathilosis (from the Orthodox vespers of Good Friday) of Moody who wrote for them in 2002 Chalice of Wisdom, Matins of the Feast of St Thomas. Terzakis composed in 2002 Kassandra after Aischylos, and Siegfried Thiele (born 1962) wrote for them Urworte, Orphisch after Goethe.Bernd Franke (born 1959) composed for them in 2002 unseen blue I for voices and bandoneón on words of Pascual Contursi, William Shakespeare, Arthur Rimbaud, Michael Frank and Cesare Pavese, and in 2006 unseen blue II on words of Guillaume de Machaut, Arthur Rimbaud, John Milton, David Bengree-Jones and Lodovico Agostini. Peronellas Fass (Peronella’s Barrel) on a Boccaccio Decameron scene, written on a commission of the ensemble in 2005 by Aristides Strongylis (born 1974), was premiered at the opening concert of a capella in 2006.

Prizes and Awards
The ensemble amarcord won prizes at competitions in Tolosa, Spain (1995, Second Prize, Profane), Tampere (1999, Joint Third Prize), and the 1st Choir Olympiad in Linz (2000). In 2002 the ensemble won the German music competition Deutscher Musikwettbewerb[11] and in 2004 the prize of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Music Festival of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

The ensemble won the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) of the Contemporary A Cappella Society several times, first in 2002 for their album Hear the voice, a collection of sacred music of composers Thomas Tallis, Francis Poulenc, Rudolf Mauersberger, Josquin des Prez, Darius Milhaud, William Byrd, Carl Orff, Pierre de la Rue, Peter Cornelius and Marcus Ludwig. The program and the singing were reviewed:

"... the offering of works by Orff, Peter Cornelius, Rudolf Mauersberger, and Marcus Ludwig shows Ensemble Amarcord well attuned to their national heritage. The Orff work, “Sunt lacrimae rerum” is notably rhythmicized and reiterative, and an interesting contrast to the supple lines of the earlier Renaissance works. Similarly, Ludwig’s “Tenebrae” explores a clustery palette and features some of the ensemble’s best soft singing."

In 2006 they won the CARA in the categories "Best classical album" with Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland and also the second prize with Incessament, they won in the category "Best classical song" with Sanctus Incessament and second prize with Sic Deus Dilexit.Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland is a collection of music for Advent and Christmas around Veni redemptor gentium in settings of Ambrosius of Milan and Michael Praetorius, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland of Johann Eccard, and compositions of Jacobus Vaet, Philipp Dulichius, Heinrich Isaac and Hildegard of Bingen, among others. Incessament features music of Pierre de la Rue, especially his Missa Incessament, a five-part canonic mass ordinary, also known as Missa Sic deus & Non salvatur rex, La Rue's longest mass cycle. A review on this first recording of the work remarked:

"However, the Ensemble Amarcord itself deserves full credit for its breathtakingly smooth blend and celestial sweetness of tone. As with the Brumel work on the disc previously discussed, this is a worldpremiere recording of this lovely and important piece."

In 2010 their album Rastlose Liebe won the CARA in the category "Best classical album". Rastlose Liebe (restless love), after a song by Robert Schumann, is a collection of works of composers who lived in Leipzig in the 19th century, such as Felix Mendelssohn, Adolf Eduard Marschner, Heinrich Marschner, Carl Steinacker, August Mühling and Carl Friedrich Zöllner. In 2012 they were awarded the Echo award in the category Klassik / Ensemble des Jahres (Vokal-Musik) (Classical music / Ensemble of the year (vocal music)) for their Album Das Lieben bringt groß' Freud!.

DISCOGRAFY
Insalata a cappella (2001)
In Adventu Domini (2001)
Hear the voice (2001)[6]
And So It Goes (2002) The longest time; New York, New York; Breakfast in America;   Blackbird; Juramento; In This Heart; Somebody to love; Only you; Hit the Road Jack; Rain   in May; Since You Went Away; Can't Buy Me Love; Strangers in the Night; Good Vibrations; That Lonesome Road; And So It Goes.
ensemble amarcord (2003)
Pierre de la Rue: Incessament (2005)
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (2005)
Vita S. Elisabeth (2006)
The Book of Madrigals (2007) Dowland, Josquin, Banchieri, Senfl.
Album français (2008)[20] Poulenc, Rossini, Milhaud, Jean Cras, and Saint-Saëns.
Heimlich Heimlich EP (2009)
Rastlose Liebe (2009):[1] Robert Schumann, Carl Steinacker (de), Mendelssohn, August Mühling (de), Carl Friedrich Zöllner and Marschner
Johann Sebastian Bach: Markus-Passion (2010)
Von den letzten Dingen, with Cappella Sagittariana Dresden (2010) Anonymus: Gott sei mir gnädig (Psalm 51), Stephan Otto, Rosenmüller, Heinrich Schütz: Mit dem Amphion zwar; Musikalische Exequien, Schein, Heinrich Scheidemann, Michael Praetorius.
anon.: Historia de Compassione Gloriosissimae Virginis Mariae, Marian office of the 15th century CPO (2010)
Annees de Pelerinage (2011)
Das Lieben bringt groß Freud!, works for male quartet and string quartet by Friedrich Silcher, Moritz Kässmayer and Max Reger, with Leipziger Streichquartett (2011)
Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt (2011), with Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
Années de pèlerinage, madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo, Luca Marenzio (2011), complementing Liszt's piano work played by Ragna Schirmer (de)[21]
Coming Home for Christmas (2011)
Zu S. Thomas (2012)
Chronik: Nahaufnahme - 20 Jahre amarcord (book with two CDs) (2012)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Motetten (2012)
Folks & Tales (2013)
The Madrigal Book DVD (2014)
Marienvesper (2014)

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ACAPPELLA VOCAL BAND

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Acappella Vocal Band (AVB) was a vocal group put together by Keith Lancaster in 1986 to augment the vocal group Acappella.[1] AVB's popularity and ministry quickly grew, prompting Lancaster to launch AVB as a full-time touring group in 1988. AVB went through various lineup and stylistic changes before disbanding in 2000.

In addition to their early duties as Acappella's opening act and augmentation group, AVB performed and recorded as an independent ensemble. Many of their recordings, which included Give Me Light(1987) and Steppin' On A Cloud (1988), were later re-released on a CD titled The Early Years. In June 1988, with Acappella's expansion to a quartet, AVB branched off to tour on their own under the auspices of Acappella Ministries. Both groups underwent a shift in musical style during this period. Whereas previously, they had covered traditional hymns, praise songs and contemporary Christian pop music, both Acappella and AVB now recorded and performed primarily original music, much of which was composed by Lancaster. Acappella forged ahead with an adult contemporary sound while AVB targeted the youth market.

With Song In My Soul (1989), AVB made a major shift toward contemporary pop, rock and R&B sounds, though still entirely produced a cappella. On What's Your Tag Say?, the shift toward slick hip-hop and R&B was even greater, with a strong lyrical focus on the youth market and extensive choreography incorporated into their live performances.[1] By the time Celebrate And Party became popular, the transformation to a near-perfect a cappella mimicry of the new jack swing style had been achieved, with a sound similar to Take 6, Boyz II Men, and Tony! Toni! Toné!. The song U & Me & God Make 5 followed in 1993, producing a hit on the CCM charts. The AVB lineup of John K. Green, Brishan Hatcher, Wes McKinzie, Max Plaster and Steve Reischl also recorded AVB's Spanish project, Caminando en la Luz (1994), and "greatest hits" compilation, The Road (1995).

After a brief hiatus, AVB returned with a different lineup for Way of Life and yet another lineup and sound for Real. Although the group is now defunct, almost 30 former members reunited in Nashville for a concert in July 2009.

Previous members

Todd Austin – Nashville, TN.

Chad Bahr – Graphic designer in Plato, MN. View his portfolio.

Shannon Beasley – Teaches English at Arkansas State University. Personal trainer for Victory Fitness. Official Website.

Luke Brown – Singer/songwriter in Nashville, TN. Official Website.

Tony Brown – Worship minister at Grace Harbor Church in Rogers, AR. Official Website.

Dale Cal – Works for government in Nashville, TN.

Dale Carpenter – Worship minister at Highland Park Christian Church in Tulsa, OK.

Terry Cheatham – Counselor; Also serves as worship minister at Western Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, TN.

Todd Dunaway - Nashville, TN. Also sang bass for Watershed Worship.

Danny Elliott – Police officer in Tulsa, OK.

Dave Fletcher – Works for Microsoft in Seattle, WA.

George Gee – Florence, AL.

John K. Green – Singer/songwriter/producer in Los Angeles, CA.

Josh Harrison – Director of production for Premier Companies in Franklin, TN.

Brishan Hatcher – Worship minister at Highland Church of Christ in Memphis, TN Official Website.

Aaron Herman – Worship Pastor at Praise Fellowship Church in Sheboygan, WI.[2]

Chris Lindsey – Worship and Yout Minister at Lindberg Road Church of Christ in Anderson, IN. Also sang with Watershed Worship.

Wes McKinzie – Director of Communications Marketing at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, OK. Now, Wes sings bass with Acappella.

Andrew McNeal; Works as Operator Manager for a Company in Washington D.C. - Recorded a solo album entitled "The Lord is Blessing Me." Andrew died in November 2011.

Max Plaster – St. Louis, MO.

Brian Randolph – Worship Minister at First Street Church in Dumas, TX.

Steve Reischl; Senior Worship Minister at Harvester Christian Church.

Kevin Schaffer – Worship minister at Central Church of Christ in Amarillo, TX.

Jay Smith – Teacher, songwriter and salesman in Atlanta, GA [1]

Tim Storms – Featured performer at Pierce Arrow Theater in Branson, MO.

Jeremy Swindle – Worship and Spiritual Formation Minister at Gateway Church of Christ in Pensacola, FL.

Bret Testerman – Worship minister at PulsePoint Church in Oviedo, FL.

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ANONYMOUS 4

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Anonymous 4 are an American female a cappella quartet, based in New York City. Their main performance genre is medieval music, although they have also premiered works by recent composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich.

The name of the group is a pun on the name used to refer to an anonymous English music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin, and Pérotin.

Anonymous 4 have performed in cities throughout North America, and have been regulars at major international festivals. They decided to make the 2003–2004 season their last as a full-time recording and touring ensemble, but have continued to tour and make recordings while pursuing individual projects. The CD 1865, which features songs from the Civil War with Bruce Molsky on guitar, fiddle, banjo, and vocals will be their last recording together, as the ensemble will be disbanding for good by the end of the 2015–2016 season.

The group collaborated with The Mountain Goats on their 2012 album Transcendental Youth.

LINEUP

The group currently comprises Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Ruth Cunningham, and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. The original lineup included Johanna Maria Rose but not Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. In 1998, Cunningham left and was replaced by Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. In 2008, Cunningham returned to the group in place of Johanna Maria Rose. Genensky grew up in California in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains; Hellauer was born and raised in the Bronx, New York; Cunningham was brought up in Millbrook, New York; Rose grew up in the village of Grand View-on-Hudson; and Horner-Kwiatek is from Monkstown, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland (she won her Green Card in the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, commonly known as the "Green Card Lottery").

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ACAPPELLA VOCAL BAND

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Acappella is an all-male Contemporary Christian vocal group founded in 1982 by Keith Lancaster who has been the singer, songwriter, and producer throughout the group's history. The group only consists of vocalists who sing in a cappella style without instrumental accompaniment.

HISTORY 

Acappella's fan base steadily grew through the 1980s as the group experienced many lineup changes and constantly experimented with fresh new sounds. The landmark album, Sweet Fellowship (1988), ushered in one of the most significant developments in the group's membership and style. Lancaster stepped out of the group as lead singer to focus on the role of producer and manager. The group continued to change after that, developing a unique sound that has been mimicked by countless groups around the world.

Signed to Word Records in 1990 (and later to Epic Records), Acappella's popularity soared with releases such as Rescue, We Have Seen His Glory, and Set Me Free. Media exposure included television appearances, while the song "More Precious Than Gold" became the centerpiece of a Sony Camcorder television commercial and was broadcast across the USA. Hymns For All The World helped to increase the group's exposure internationally. Acappella has toured extensively around the world, singing in Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Jamaica, Japan, South America and the Caribbean in addition to thousands of concerts in the United States.

In 1986, Lancaster launched a spinoff group called Acappella Vocal Band (AVB). AVB originally opened and sang backup for Acappella, then branched off to tour on its own under the Acappella Ministries umbrella from 1988 to 2000.

After exploring various musical styles over more than three decades, Acappella has returned to its roots, strengthened by the addition of a fifth vocalist. Acappella's worldwide impact was recognized with the group's 2007 induction into the Christian Music Hall of Fame..

KEMBERSHIP

Zac George - Tenor / Vocal Percussion

Malcolm Himes - Tenor / Perkusi Vocal

Anthony Lancaster - Baritone

Wes MCKINZIE - Bass

Raymond Mobley - Tenor

Album

Perfect Peace (1984, Clifty Records)

Travelin’ Shoes (1985, Clifty Records)

Conquerors (1986, Clifty Records)

Better Than Life (1987, Clifty Records)

While the Ages Roll On (1987, Clifty Records)

Sweet Fellowship (1988, Clifty Records)

Growing Up In the Lord (1989, Clifty Records)

He Leadeth Me (1990, Acappella Music Group)

Rescue (1990, Word)

We Have Seen His Glory (1991, Word)

Set Me Free (1993, Word)

Acappella en Español (1994, Word)

Gold (1994, Word)

Platinum (1994, Word)

Hymns for All the World (1994, Word)

Beyond a Doubt (1995, Word)

Act of God (1997, Word)

The Collection (1998, Diamante)

All That I Need (1999, Diamante)

Hymns for All the Ages (2001, The Acappella Company)

Live from Paris (2002, The Acappella Company)

Heaven And Earth (2004, The Acappella Company)

Radiance (2006, The Acappella Company)

Find Your Way (2009, The Acappella Company)

The Walls Came Down (single) (2011, The Acappella Company)

Water From The Well (single) (2011, The Acappella Company)

Wanna Be Like You (single) (2011, The Acappella Company)

Just Say The Word (single) (2012, The Acappella Company)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (single) (2012, The Acappella Company)

Before the group was named Acappella, it was briefly named "His Image"; the records released under that name are:

Til He Comes (1982, Clifty Records)

Heaven’s Gonna Shine (1983, Clifty Records)

Made in His Image (1984, Clifty Records)

In addition to projects recorded under the Acappella name, the group collaborated with AVB, Keith Lancaster and other artists on numerous "Acappella Series", "Acappella Scripture Songs" and "Acappella Praise & Worship" albums in the 1990s. These projects include:

Acappella Southern (1990, Word)

Acappella America (1992, Word)

Acappella Christmas (1992, Word)

Acappella Country (1992, Word)

Acappella Spirituals (1993, Word)

Acappella Carols (1993, Word) - Originally released as A Savior Is Born (1989-cassette; 1990-CD)

The Parables of Jesus (1993, Word)

Acappella Ladies (1994, Word)

Acappella Resurrection (1994, Word)

Acappella Gospel (1994, Word)

Acappella Classycal (1994, Word)

The Book of James (1994, Word)

In His Presence (1994, The Acappella Company)

Heaven Is in My Heart (1994, The Acappella Company)

In God We Trust (1995, The Acappella Company)

Communion (1995, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Wedding 1 (1995, Word)

Acappella Spirituals 2 (1995, Word)

Acappella Classics (1995, Word)

Acappella Favorites (1995, Word)

Heroes of Faith (1995, The Acappella Company)

Exalt Him (1996, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Praise Service (1996, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Jazz (1996, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Wedding 2 (1996, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Classics 2 (1996, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Melodies (1996, The Acappella Company)

Compilations of Acappella, AVB, Keith Lancaster and other Acappella Company songs include:

Hear It in Our Voice (1994, Word)

Hear It in Our Voice II (1994, Word)

Acappella Favorites (1995, Word)

Hear It in Our Voice III (1995, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Wedding Longplay (1999, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Spirituals Longplay (1999, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Family Christmas (1999, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Gospel Longplay (2000, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Classics Longplay (2000, The Acappella Company)

Acappella Word of God Longplay (2000, The Acappella Company)

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