Aaron Chadrick Revilla’s New Year’s resolution: Sing a song, post it to Instagram and repeat the process for 364 days. With his participation in the melodious Instagram challenge to sing a song a day for a year, the fourth-year psychology student said the year has marked an increased focus on developing his musical skills. Chadrick […]
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Random Voices Spring Sing piece emphasizes female solidarity and resilience
The soloists of Random Voices were initially skeptical about their Spring Sing song choice. The all-female a cappella group plans to perform a variation of Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out.” They were concerned the choice would appear too predictable, since it’s a pop song by a female-led group. They were also worried it […]
Beatbox, jazz, classical influences crescendo in sextet Offbeat’s Spring Sing song
Offbeat combines beatboxing with string and brass instruments. The six-piece band will perform its original song, “End of the Day,” at Spring Sing 2019. The band uses guitar, saxophone, violin, vocals and beatboxing to create an R&B sound with undertones of jazz and Western classical music. Fourth-year psychology student and songwriter Sanjana Deshmukh said the […]
BUTR channels longtime bonds into cathartic song about coping with college stress
Plenty of students discuss the stresses of college life in the comfort of their dorm rooms. But BUTR will bring their concerns to the Pauley Pavilion stage for the annual Spring Sing competition. Lead singer and fourth-year psychology student Jada Banks-Mace said the eight-person band’s style can be defined as alternative R&B with jazz roots, […]
Dark Dazey’s spontaneous creation of music invites elements of chaos, freedom
Dark Dazey’s fluctuating band roster reflects the fluidity of the group’s performance, said fourth-year ecology and evolutionary biology student Cole Heramb. The psychedelic pop-rock band will perform its original song, “Swooning Moon Tune,” at the 2019 Spring Sing competition. Dark Dazey frontman Cole Heramb said bands like Pink Floyd and Arctic Monkeys heavily influenced its […]
Seven-member band TAXI to bring upbeat funk and jazzy improv to competition’s coda
Michael Penny went from playing Guitar Hero to owning his first electric guitar at 10 years old. Penny, a fourth-year classical civilization student, will perform his first ever gig at Spring Sing as a member of the funk, jazz and rock band TAXI. The seven-member group also includes lead singer Nick Nikoian, who wrote the […]
Multifaceted production group represents major confluence of inspiration sources
Ram Eshwar Kaundinya said he has no intention of competing at Spring Sing. Fourth-year cognitive science student Kaundinya will play percussion instruments alongside other members of Confluence – a group consisting of four more musicians and a tap dancer. While most Spring Sing acts exclusively feature either musicians or dancers, Confluence merges both the event’s […]