Show Reviews
Vocal Australia authors, commissions, collects and encourages audience reviews from all a cappella shows, both in Australia and abroad. By experiencing, describing and reflecting on other groups’ shows, we can learn how to improve our own shows.
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SHOW REVIEWS - STAR RATING |
MUSICIANSHIP |
ENTERTAINMENT VALUE | PRODUCTION ELEMENTS | OVERALL |
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Needs Improvement |
A Little Boring |
Inadequate | Disappointing |
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Reasonably Good |
Some Good Moments |
Passable |
An Average Show |
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Impressive |
A Well Crafted Show |
Impressive |
A Very Good Performance |
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Outstanding |
Highly Entertaining |
Flawless |
Highly Recommended |
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Perfect! |
An Exhilarating Performance! |
A Real Feature! |
Not To Be Missed! |
See below for recent reviews:
REVIEW: FORK (Finland), PENTATONIX (USA), EDGE EFFECT (USA)
FORK (Finland), PENTATONIX (USA), EDGE EFFECT (USA) SOJAMX: A CAPPELLA FESTIVAL RALEIGH CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA (USA) Saturday 3 November, 20:00 If you weren’t at SoJamX last night there is no explanation that would do justice to what just happened. Edge Effect were simply sublime. Pentatonix blew all our minds. Fork took us to another universe and there’s no way we can ever get back to normal after that. If you were there, your life has just begun! To everyone else. You missed...
read moreREVIEW: Trinity Tiger Tones (Melbourne, AUS)
TRINITY TIGER TONES (Melbourne, AUS) TRINITY TIGER TONES with support from TRINITY CANDYSTRIPES BMW EDGE, FEDERATION SQUARE MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Saturday 6 October, 19:30 The Trinity Tiger Tones are an all male contemporary a cappella group from Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Originally running under the name No Bul Barbershop when the group was found in 2006 they have since evolved in leaps and bounds including making it through to the Semi Finals of Australia’s Got Talent earlier this year. Opening as support was fellow...
read moreREVIEW: The Whiffenpoofs (Yale, USA)
THE WHIFFENPOOFS (Yale, USA) THE WHIFFENPOOFS IN CONCERT and ROYAL PHIL PRESENTS THE WHIFFENPOOFS IAN ROACH HALL, SCOTCH COLLEGE and ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Monday 13 August, 19:00 and Tuesday 14 August, 20:00 The Yale Whiffenpoofs are the world’s oldest and best known collegiate a cappella group. Founded in 1909, 14 senior men are selected for one year only to represent the group. The Whiffenpoofs arrived on Australian soil on Monday 13 August 2012 as part of their seven continent tour of the globe! Jumping...
read moreREVIEW: Harambee
HARAMBEE HIP HIP HARAMBEE: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS TOGETHER! THORNBURY THEATRE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Saturday 4 August, 19:30 Melbourne based a cappella community choir Harambee excitedly celebrated their 10 year anniversary with their Hip Hip Harambee concert on Sat 4 August, 2012. From their early beginnings as Three Girls, a Guy and a Pitch Pipe through to a 24 voiced auditioned choir Harambee has had many successes including advancing to the State Finals of the ABC Classic FM Choir of the Year Competition (2006), Grand Finalists of Channel...
read moreREVIEW: Amarcord (GERMANY)
AMARCORD (GERMANY) THE SINGING CLUB – FOUR CENTURIES OF SONG ELIZABETH MURDOCH HALL – MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA Thursday 26 July, 20:00 Amarcord are a five part male acapella group from Leipzig. The group is made up of Wolfram Lattke and Martin Lattke on tenor, Frank Ozimek on baritone and Daniel Knauft and Holger Krause on bass. All five members of Amarcord are alumni of the St Thomas’ Church Choir in Leipzig, and have been singing together since they were children as a part of this choir. St Thomas has a proud music...
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