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Question: What
can you expect to see and hear from Vox Concordia?
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Answer: A Cappella Close Harmony Singing,
Musical Comedy and "Stand-Up",
all packaged up to suit any occasion, from a 10 minute slot within a
large musical show to a complete one hour cabaret entertainment.
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A Cappella Close Harmony Singing
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With a
classically trained soprano, no fewer than four national barbershop
quartet champions, experienced cabaret performers and even a
dentist in the group, we offer a truly broad spectrum of musical
tastes (to get your teeth into?)
Most of the time we sing a cappella (which
means unaccompanied by musical instruments) in eight-part close harmony (SSAATTBB)
but beyond that there's really no limit to
the types of music we sing, from modern pop tunes to folk songs to
Christmas Carols and works from the classical repertoire.
If you've ever heard the
Swingle Singers, Singers Unlimited, Liberty Voices or the Voices of Lee then you'll know what
to expect from us.
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Musical Comedy
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We're lucky enough to be joined on stage
regularly by our resident pop idol Monsieur Jean-Paul Gauloise. Since his
halcyon days in Paris in the 60's hanging out with the likes of Sacha
Distel and Jacques Brel Jean-Paul has fallen on hard times, but he still
likes to reprise his old hits, including such timeless classics as "Pourquoi
Le Grenouille?", "Les Petites Voitures Faites Bip Bip", and
his Eurovision Song Contest triumph "Boum, Boum" (later covered
in the UK by Basil Brush).
We are also fortunate to have our own
classically trained concert pianist and singer Mr. John Ward. John studied
at the Dawson Conservatoire under Maestro Cooper
and his vocal coach was none other than Sinatra. Unfortunately that's Les
Dawson, Tommy Cooper and Bert Sinatra. Please try
not to laugh, he really is doing his best...bless him.
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"Stand-Up" Comedy
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Linking the whole package together is our
resident MC Mr Andrew Cox. Most of his jokes will be familiar to keen
archaeologists everywhere. Come with him as he goes on an exciting
adventure up the murky back passages of the British comedy
aristocracy.
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