From the The Mandarins to Cape Harmony to a recently released solo album, Nina Pelligra is pushing boundaries. Learn more about her writing process and the art of looping which both play a prominent role in her music tonight on Vocal HERspective. The episode airs at 9:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Pacific and Sunday at 10:30 am & pm Pacific. You can also download it next Monday at vocalherspective.org
Author: Amanda Cornaglia
The Pulse – Twin Cities 2019
Tonight we are looking back to the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival and featuring interviews we did with Stay Tuned from Rochester, MN, Encore from LSHS Choirs, and Geoff and Midori from Hopkins High School. The show starts at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific; we’ll rebroadcast on Sunday at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific and again 12 hours later, or listen at your convenience on The Pulse podcast starting Monday!
Talkappella Episode 109 – Business Casual
Tonight on Talkappella, Brian and Elicia are with Business Casual, a Bay Area group that’s been experiencing a steady rise in the a cappella community – including two appearances at Carnegie Hall, wins at Harmony Sweepstakes and VoiceJam, and a trip to represent the US at Vocal Asia in Japan. Listen tonight at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific on acaville.org.
A Message from Acaville
Below is a statement from Acaville founder, Aaron Director:
It has been a heartbreaking several days. I have been struggling with if, and
how, for Acaville to respond. The struggle is not because it’s not our place –
it’s everyone’s responsibility, if we see a murder, to say something. It’s even
more a requirement to do so when the murder isn’t singular, but yet another
example of a pattern that has continued for hundreds of years.
The struggle is more about what to say or do. Systemic racism in America is
a big and seemingly omnipresent issue. What can we, a community nonprofit
focused on music and the human voice, offer? It is a question that can lead
to a sense of helplessness.
But that very helplessness can lead to anger and then rage, and then
destruction – a path that we don’t want to follow. That helplessness can also
lead to oblivious silence, which only enables the discrimination, racism, and
murder. That result is intolerable as well.
So for the moment, we can start by simply speaking up, and saying that it is
unacceptable. By naming it and shaming it. Is that a big step? No. But it’s a
start.
Another place we can look – and maybe make some impact: our own
backyard. The a cappella community has made strides in diversity and
inclusion over the last decade or so, but there is still so far to go. Here at
Acaville, we’ve tried to raise issues of inclusion in our programming, but we
can do more. We will do more.
We continue to work through the sadness and anger, and will continue to
work to find ways to help. Even if individually our efforts feel small,
collectively, I’m confident we can change the world.