Dartmouth Aires

Sunday, February 5, 2012, 2:00 p.m.

Silver Chord Bowl

at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA

Traditionally, the first Sunday in February is a time to celebrate collegiate a cappella in the sold-out 2,000-seat JMG Hall at Smith College. Each year the Silver Chord Bowl offers a showcase of a capella groups from around the Northeast. This year Berklee College Pitch Slapped, Brown University Jabberwocks, Dartmouth Aires, Smith College Notables, Trinity College Quirks, UMass Amherst Doo Wop Shop, and University of Pennsylvania Discord, and Northampton High's Northamptones will be performing. 

Emcees: Northampton Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Smith College President Carol T. Christ

Tickets for the Silver Chord Bowl are on sale now. Get your tickets online here or from Cooper's Corner in Florence, State St. Fruit and Guild Art Supply in Northampton, or Food for Thought Books in Amherst.

General Admission, in Advance, $12.00

General Admission, at the Door, $15.00

Click here to order advance tickets for this show and each of the other three Sunday performances.

Sponsored by:  Whalen Insurance Agency

More info about the Silver Chord Bowl groups:

Berklee Pitch Slapped has risen to national notoriety after performing on NBC's The Sing Off in 2010 and being crowned the 2011 International Collegiate A Capella Champions at Lincoln Center in New York City. 

Members: Tracy Robertson, Derek Jayson, Max Deneau, Sam Fischer, Ethan Thompson, Mark Joseph, Dustin Hyatt, Hannah Juliano, Samantha Schultz, Jennifer Waris, Brooke Stephenson, Megan Porter, Ingrid Andress, Nadia Sosnoski

Brown Jabberwocks is Brown's oldest a capella group and has been performing at Brown and around the world for sixty years.

Members: Brian Cross, Leland Lazarus, Brad Bronstein, Vitto di Valo, Harrison Chad, Rob Volgman, Will Peterson, Jared Newmark, Hayward Leach, Sean Simonson, Joe Van Wye, Quinton Burton, Ryan Glassman

Dartmouth Aires is Dartmouth's oldest a capella group and has been performing original arrangements with the dedication and high-energy performance that led them to becoming one of the nation's most recognized a capella groups. 

Members: Nic Chuaqui, Nick Cunha, Xavier Curry, Nate Davis, Danny Freeman, Chris Gallerani, Max Gottschall, Will Hart, Robbie Hoffman, Will Lowry, Henry Luehrman, Romen Mookerjee, Clark Moore, Michael Odokara-Okigbo, Chris Pullerits, Joseph Singh, Preston Suan, Alex Velaise, Ethan Weinberg

Smith Notables has been shaking things up from the start and was Smith's first group to use vocal percussion (beatboxing) and to perform songs by a male artist.

Members: Julia Dobner-Pereira, Claire Abisalih, Caitlin Bunning, Katie Bucaccio, Karen Gilbert, Yuna Kim, Elizabeth Bayne, Rachel Simmons, Sara Kelly, Dena Greenstreet, Hannah Underwood, Rebecca Swartz

Trinity College Quirks is a premeire all female a capella group that has opened for folk singer Lucy Kaplansky at Infinity Music Hall and was recently featured on the website of UK magazine New Music Express.

Members: Courtney Duffy, Katie-Lou Ingraham, Zoe Nageotte, Caroline Robinson, Amanda Sweat, Perin Adams, Annick Bickson, Caitlin Crombleholme, Margaret Nolan, Rachel Burke, Georgia McAdams, Nicole Muto-Graves, Nykia Tanniehill

UMass Doo Wop Shop began in 1993 when one of the founding members got a few of his singing friends together to serenade his crush; she was thrilled and the group was born.

Members: Alec Hutson, Jake Brownell, Justin Husted, Alex Mercer, Eric Meyer, Geoff Herrmann, Tim Colby, Ian McCracken, Ron Vorce, Joe Gallant

University of Pennsylvania Dischord is a co-ed a capella group that dabbles in anything from Finnish a capella to jazz and hip-hop, but mostly performs rock and pop songs.

Members: Anna Pan, Emily Ruderman, Sarah Van Sciver, Courtney Cilman, Bryn Czerniecki, Sung Hwang, Emma Hyde, Rachel Greenberg, Megan MacInnes, David Falcone, Aaseesh Polavarapu, Philip Trencher, Trevor Pierce, Daniel Yellin, David Hyman, Dudley Charles, Richard Thomson, Eric Michael, Brett Wittmershaus