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South Avenue Auditions for 2018-2019
Meet your adjudicators...
Craig Simonetti, arranger, distinguishes himself with award-winning settings of contemporary music for numerous vocal ensembles. He has won awards multiple times in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella and the International Championship of High School A Cappella for Outstanding Arrangement for the Entire Set. Craig’s arrangements continue to be heard in his a cappella group, Blacklight, and his former group, The Hexachords, featured on Season 2 of Sing It On! on Pop TV, as well as in ICHSA sets from groups in his area.
He specializes in educating young a cappella performers, using his expertise in vocal pedagogy and beatboxing to conduct workshops for groups in the greater Boston area. Blacklight, a vocal band he co-founded with Diana Galeano, delivers high energy performances of dance music, utilizing Craig's flexibility as a beatboxer to its fullest potential. David Longo, the CEO of The Vocal Company, writes that his beatboxing “will shake the fiber of your being.” Craig is a teacher, arranger, singer, beatboxer, and a cappella expert.
Craig has his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
He specializes in educating young a cappella performers, using his expertise in vocal pedagogy and beatboxing to conduct workshops for groups in the greater Boston area. Blacklight, a vocal band he co-founded with Diana Galeano, delivers high energy performances of dance music, utilizing Craig's flexibility as a beatboxer to its fullest potential. David Longo, the CEO of The Vocal Company, writes that his beatboxing “will shake the fiber of your being.” Craig is a teacher, arranger, singer, beatboxer, and a cappella expert.
Craig has his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
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South Avenue is Plymouth South High School's auditioned mixed a cappella ensemble.
South Avenue meets every Monday and Thursday evening from 5:30 - 7:30p for rehearsal and performs a variety of repertoire. Our current set consists of: River, OPB by Bishop Briggs Symmetrical OPB Allen Stone Eye of the Needle, OPB Sia Eclipse, written/arr. by J. Luciana Fire Under My Feet OPB by Leona Lewis Don't Forget Where You Belong OPB One Direction Too Good At Goodbyes OPB Sam Smith Where's the Love OPB Hanson |
Upcoming Performances
Thursday, May 3 Empty Bowls
6:00p Plymouth South HS Saturday, May 19 South Side Sings A Cappella Concert 7:00p Plymouth South HS PAC |
