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unh manchester s milling around hosts the second annual emceed by wzid s heather bishop with special guests national recording artists overboard a cappella concert friday october 14th 6:30pm currier museum of art 150 ash street manchester nh 03104 all ticket sales support the new hampshire citizens for the arts www.nhcfa.org

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about voices of the 603 unh manchester s a cappella group milling around presents an a cappella festival concert and educational clinics for new hampshire middle and high school students called voices of 603 it is our hope that by providing this opportunity to the choruses across the state the love for vocal music will flourish the day-long program provides opportunities for performance and networking between students teachers and schools our goals for voices of 603 are to · raise awareness of vocal and a cappella music in the state · provide support for the arts advocacy group nh citizens for the arts to further the arts in society · connect and showcase the talented musicians throughout the state · provide alternative ways to foster a lifelong passion in music without necessarily majoring in music the program consists of two segments the first part of the day was at the university of new hampshire at manchester located in manchester s historic millyard at the unh manchester campus we hosted clinics for the students and their teachers on the topics of beatboxing rehearsal techniques and stage presence rocking your solo recording techniques managing your group and developing your blend the second part of the program along with the students teachers and presenters moved to the beautiful currier museum of art for the remainder of the day at the currier the students are performing for this public concert where a 2011 voices of the 603 state champion will be crowned this concert is being emceed by wzid s heather bishop has many groups performing and is being recorded and live-streamed on our website we hope you enjoy the show www.voicesofthe603.com

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voices of the 603 earlier today starting at 10am over 100 high school students their teachers and other teachers gathered at unh manchester the schools kingswood middle school keene middle school woodsville high school lisbon regional school and the ensembles no boys aloud and men who stare at notes winnacunnet high school chamber singers dover high school and bow high school as well as prospect mountain and manchester west learned from fantastic clinicians sean matthews charles marlowe jim mccann kara kelly-martin and the professional group overboard all presented clinics topics for today were rocking your solo emotion/arranging and how to translate that into a good recording managing your group listening then singing the basics of wood shedding developing your blend and warming up it s not just for gym class the importance of vocal health and the practice of syncing to your vocal partners this part of the day wrapped up around 3:30 when we started our trip over to the currier museum of art at 4pm we allowed the students to access the exhibits at the currier and the museum provided docents if students wanted a more in-depth tour at 5pm the currier closed to the public and another art form began to take shape over the summer we have had the privilege of working with some fantastic and creative individuals who are part of the nh citizens for the arts a statewide nonpartisan organization who advocates for public policy and funding support of the arts with a unique blend of music and art this festival is truly unique we are fortunate to be joined by windham high school and berlin high school for the remainder of the concert as well as fantastic groups from durham not too sharp nh notables maiden harmony and off the clef awesome barbershop groups melodies and memories and the granite statesmen are educating us as to our roots of modern a cappella and giving all performance groups something to aspire to is overboard a national recording artist from boston whose founder is from nashua page 3

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special guests biographies heather bishop emcee wzid personality born and raised in upstate ny my husband brian and i moved out to nh over 10 years ago and we never want to move again we love it here we have a young son who is in grade school and loves music as much as his mom i commute every day to work so if you see a crazy woman on 93 singing at the top of her lungs in her car chances are good you have found me when i m not driving working or hanging out with the boys i m on the internet reading or watching tv i m addicted to hbo s rome can t wait till they make the movie showtime s the tudors grey s desperate housewives house and most reality shows right now i m really into true blood on hbo but i don t have hbo so don t tell me what is going on i want to be surprised when i watch my friend s dvr of it one of my coworkers once said that i am the queen of pop trivia if you ever need to know the name of a song or the artist chances are good i can help charles marlowe clinician proud and excited to return to the second annual voices of the 603 festival charles would like to take the opportunity to welcome back all the familiar faces from last year and extend a warm welcome to all of those making the trip this year charles graduated from the university of new hampshire in 2009 with a ba in political science and minors in sociology and business administration he is currently employed in electronics manufacturing but misses every minute of his college days especially a cappella since graduating while at unh charles auditioned and spent all four years with the all-male a cappella group not too sharp during his early days with nts charles was introduced to the art of vocal percussion and became one of the group s staple percussionists for years to come while he is well-aware that vocal percussion requires very little one-onone training he still takes pride in conveying the importance of vocal percussion and its completion to the sound of contemporary a cappella groups charles s and his fellow good lookin fellows work can be heard on two of not too sharp s most recent studio albums their self-titled album not too sharp from 2006 and on their 2009 release shifting gears but on a final note he is rather eagerly awaiting the projected december 2011 release of not too sharp s third studio album keep a look out for that but most importantly enjoy all the events planned for this year s voices of the 603 kara kelly-martin clinician kara is a 23 year old recent graduate of the university of new hampshiredurham where she received her bs in speech language pathology/deaf studies at unh she sang with and directed the all female a cappella group maiden harmony in the last few years her interest and influences within the a cappella world really expanded as she was exposed to talented groups like those at unh and in the boston/east coast regions before transferring to unh spring 2009 she attended wheaton college where she performed with their soul and r&b group voices united to jam recently kara has been involved with unh s a cappella radio station the voice box her love for music was fostered early by her dad a blues musician and she has learned a lot from musical friends family and mentors since her adoration for a cappella is seeded in knowing how endless the songs experiences and communities are within this style of music page 4 www.voicesofthe603.com

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sean matthews clinician sean graduated from the university of new hampshire in 2011 finally getting his bachelors in philosophy after 5 not-long-enough years there he is an alumnus of the group not too sharp currently self-employed intensely interested in the a cappella world and aims at producing and recording a cappella music in the future in fact he currently helps to co-host the voice box on wunh an all a cappella radio show out of wunh durham 91.3 fm check them out at www.facebook.com/thevoicebox sean got into a cappella his first year at college having never sung before in an organized group his love of music goes far back into fourth grade when he got his first trumpet and he has been picking up instruments ever since he loves to try everything and is a self-proclaimed expert in nothing but loves entertaining people from on or off stage jamie saucier festival coordinator jamie got his love of music from his family through their encouragement his interest grew from a passion to a career a graduate of pinkerton academy jamie was involved in every possible performance group and that trend continued through his college years at unh durham jamie auditioned for an a cappella group his freshman year but unfortunately was not accepted he re-auditioned and earned a place on the co-ed group alabaster blue within two weeks he had coordinated an arrangement for the group to perform jamie continued with alabaster blue as their musical director for the next year the following year he started his own group not too sharp immediately successful its first year winning new student organization of the year and raising over $3,000 for the american cancer society and recording the group s first live album he established a new wave of a cappella at unh durham to date there have been forty-four members who have been nts alum upon graduation jamie went into teaching he ran the musicals taught chorus and general music at each school where he taught he later went on to ithaca college for his masters of music degree which he completed in july 2011 jamie has worked at unh manchester for the past five years establishing the department of student activities last year he was involved with over 230 events and meetings bringing more than 16,000 people to the college s campus one of those events was the first voices of the 603 competition in 2010 ­ the success of which we hope to duplicate this evening jim mccann clinician jim has only been a member in the a cappella world for about two years and oh what a great two years they ve been he started as a senior in high school where he discovered that he got chills every time he heard a tight harmony in a pop song or in his choir he was most drawn to those few songs which chose to implement the ever-epic composing device the a cappella breakdown including kyrie by mr mister and ground beneath my feet by sherwood when he joined unh-durham s not too sharp in his freshman year he knew he d found his kind of music since that fateful decision one year ago he s devoted himself to learning the most he could about contemporary and collegiate a cappella and he likes to think he s been a fast learner he has since arranged several songs some good some bad and this past summer he attended a cappella boot camp in skokie il hosted by freddie feldman vocomotion studios and dave brown mouth off podcast co-host where he had a crash course in producing and recording a cappella albums he is now in his sophomore year at unh and in not too sharp and he plans on having a cappella as a part of his life forever page 5

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berlin high school shockapella directed by kristen bushway shockapella was formed in 2007 by a group of students that just loved to sing since that time the group has been invited to perform for the executive council of nh nh charitable foundation and syfy s ghost hunters last year the group toured the u.k performing in scotland england and ireland this year our singers have been invited to perform at carnegie hall in april with conductor jerry blackstone and you don t need to be rich or powerful to lift your voice in song or get out of your seat and shake your groove thing you don t need to be a van gogh to paint a picture or a maya angelou to write a poem you don t need a grammy or an oscar or an emmy to make your work on the cultural life of your community or your country a valuable one michelle obama in a 2009 speech in pittsburgh windham high high school soulfege a cappella directed by karen sayward soulfege a cappella was formed in 2009 when windham high school opened its doors for the first time it consists of a dedicated group of singers who rehearse early in the morning and are always welcoming new members during the holidays they have performed at many local businesses and several of them are looking forward to their first music trip to nyc in the spring soulfege a cappella enjoys performing all styles of music from renaissance to contemporary and would like to become more adventurous with their repertoire to include some cool arrangements with vocal percussion thank you for this great sharing opportunity page 6 www.voicesofthe603.com

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prospect mountain high school ahwooh capella directed by jamie bolduc kevin cleary ahwooh capella is made up of members of the select chorus at prospect mountain high school the chorus is seven years in the making starting with only five singers two years ago at the music showcase festival at busch gardens va they won the grand sweepstakes award for choral performance this choir has had an interesting year as their director of many years has been out the entire first quarter on leave and they have had to prepare their pieces with an unfamiliar substitute they have worked extra hard in adjusting to a new conducting style and brought the best of both directors together in their music music as an art form is a pinnacle of human culture and achievement as such it does not need to justify its existence it should be learned and appreciated for its own sake perret 2004 173 manchester west high blue knight chamber choir directed by susan wilkes the west high school blue knight chamber choir is a sought after group in the manchester community and is made up of 19 auditioned members in grades 10 12 recently they sang at the 9-11 memorial 10th anniversary ceremony here in manchester they also sing at school events and concerts throughout the year several of the students participate in other musical groups at the school and in the community their music ranges from jazz contemporary world music to classical works of all periods last year they took home the first place trophy at the first voices of the 603 competition page 7

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about maiden harmony was created in the spring of 2004 by thensenior unh student jennifer delucia delucia was concerned that with only one all-female group on campus there was not enough opportunity for unh s female singers to make a cappella part of their college career maiden harmony s mission is simple we want to sing we want to have fun and we want to make new friends but most importantly we want to constantly learn as much as we can and help make unh known for great a cappella members lauren alfano president senior in hospitality management from salem high school nh emily hoyt music director junior in english/journalism from timberlane regional high school nh marcela cruz director of networking senior in psychology spanish minor from lowell high school ma emma rhode director of marketing senior in humanities music minor from westwood ma sloane schuchman junior in english film studies minor from hanover high school nh kelsey gilbert sophomore in social work from hanover high school ma stephanie andrade junior in nursing from timberlane regional high school nh rachel steenbergen senior in communication sciences and disorders from concord high school nh mary offutt freshman in marine estuary freshwater biology from north haven high school ct georgia johnston freshman in marine biology from berkshire school sheffield ma future concerts winter concert saturday december 10th unh durham memorial union building strafford room websites www.wix.com/maidenharmonyunh/maiden-harmony-a-cappella www.facebook.com/pages/maiden-harmony/175738262767 page 8 www.voicesofthe603.com unh durham maiden harmony

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unh durham new hampshire notables about the new hampshire notables a cappella group is from the university of new hampshire we have been on campus for over 30 years in april we released our newest album play the way you feel it and our very own telephone is now featured on the voices only best of a cappella 2011 we sing an array of genres from country to top 40 s and are always looking to perform at new events members laura ducharme music director senior in music education from ponaganset high school ri marilyn goscinsk senior in spanish social work minor from coe brown northwood academy nh kate o kelly senior in psychology from staples high school ct heather webb business manager senior in accounting and finance from norwell high school ma jenny donovan alumni relations junior in family studies from georgetown high school ma hannah hoban junior in recreation management and ecogastronomy from acton-boxboro regional high school ma ashleigh mccarthy marketing officer junior in management from alvirne high school nh jane burnett sophomore undeclared from fairfield ludlowe high school ct monica cusack sophomore in english from mansfield high school ma lindsay donovan sophomore in english literature from shrewsbury high school ma abby levy sophomore in music education from hopkinton high school ma future concerts our winter show will be december 3rd at 5 pm in murkland auditorium at the unh campus we will also be performing at a benefit for seacares on december 6th at the seacoast repertory theatre in portsmouth at 7pm page 9

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unh durham not too sharp about not too sharp is an all-male a cappella group from the university of new hampshire in durham nh begun in 2002 the group performs live on the unh campus at other colleges and for fund raisers shows businesses and private parties in the new hampshire community their annual benefit show supports the american cancer society the recorded a cappella review board says of not too sharp all male slightly goofy and possessed of an infectious energy charisma just drips out of the speakers members scott gabreski senior in marine biology major from warren pa went to warren area high school eric schaaf freshman in genetics from goffstown nh went to goffstown high school tyler hixson senior in english lit from hancock nh went to conval regional high school jim mccann sophomore undeclared from londonderry nh went to londonderry high school alex rich junior in mechanical engineering from briarcliff ny went to ossining high school lucas dauphinais freshman in music performance from enfield nh went to hanover high school jack gilman freshman in english/journalism from yarmouth me went to yarmouth high school anthony richards sophomore undeclared from biddeford me went to biddeford high school sam johnson freshman biology major from hampton nh went to winnacunnet high school future concerts december 9th 2011 8pm may 4th 2012 8pm website www.not2sharp.com page 10 www.voicesofthe603.com

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overboard www.overboardvocals.com about founded in the spring of 2006 by current director nicholas girard overboard is a male a cappella group from boston ma although overboard s repertoire consists primarily of contemporary pop/rock songs including covers from such artists as rascall flatts stevie wonder and the beatles the group remains true to its a cappella roots and continues to perform classic selections such as blue moon in the still of the night and stand by me first conceived as a street performance group intent on entertaining audiences around coastal new england during the summer months overboard has come a long way in a short time the group s first album shipwrecked was recorded in nick s living room and was released during that first summer shipwrecked was distributed during frequent busking stops in newburyport ma freeport me and burlington vt as well as around the group s hometown of boston overboard s strong musicianship energetic set and enthusiastic attitudes have made the group a popular act for audiences of all ages the winter of 2007 brought the group even greater success when the boys were selected as a top five finalist in the boyz ii men cbs early show a cappella quest competition recorded labor day weekend 2008 tidings is a holiday album with something for everyone full of classic carols and contemporary hits the group promoted tidings throughout the holiday season at malls bookstores and schools to enthusiastic audiences and record sales in april 2009 tidings received a contemporary a cappella recording award cara nomination for best holiday album and a track from the album a dance remix of we three kings won the award for best holiday song the spring of 2010 brought another round of nominations and awards as help was nominated for two caras and the group was nominated for eight a cappella community awards acas overboard is mr nick girard mr scott cobban mr jeff eames mr caleb whelden mr alfredo austin page 11

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emceed by heather bishop wzid not too sharp from unh durham waiting on the world to change by john mayer solo a richards arr j mccann big yellow taxi by joni mitchell/counting crows solo j mccann arr j saucier you are the best thing by ray lamontagne solo a rich perc s gabreski arr h kisiel pb j by inside out a cappella arr h kisiel maiden harmony from unh durham never let you go by jakaranda solo k gilbert perc s schuchman arr e hoyt awake my soul by mumford and sons arr k kelly-martin luv back by j sullivan solo m cruz perc s schuchman arr m cruz off the clef from unh durham apologize by one republic solo s chambers arr deke sharon true colors by cyndi lauper solo g klempa arr deke sharon mercy by duffy solo s goudreault arr j parent new hampshire notables from unh durham rolling in the deep by adele solo h hoban arr s case song bird by eva cassidy solo j donovan arr s case marry you by bruno mars solo m goscinski arr h webb hold my heart by sara bareilles solo a mccarthy arr m mcavoy melodies and memories barbershop i ve been working on the railroad folk song arr r payne hello mary lou performed ricky nelson by gene pitney arr t gentry bye bye love by the everly brothers arr t gentry lullabye goodnight my angel by billy joel arr k young side by side by kahn woods intermission you are invited to tour the 1st floor special exhibits page 12 www.voicesofthe603.com program order

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nashua granite statesmen award-winning barbershop any time if i give my heart to you it s only a paper moon what a wonderful world when it s darkness on the delta overboard national recording artists set list will be announced shockapella from berlin high school rolling in the deep by adele arr k bushway she will be loved by maroon 5 arr deke sharon/robert dietz soulfege a cappella from windham high school now is the month of maying by thomas morley under the sea by menken arr k shaw awooh capella from prospect mountain high school killing me softly by roberta flack solo kristine adams perc rebecca meyer arr deke sharon one fine day by carol king arr deke sharon chamber singers from manchester west high school drift away by mentor williams arr deke sharon/robert dietz muie rendera by c.p fonseca milling around from unh manchester paparazzi by lady gaga solo l lannon-goodwin harm f palogaris arr j saucier stuck like glue by sugarland solos d johnson r linehan arr j saucier perform this way by weird al solo b nelson harm l lannon-goodwin arr j saucier a combined group performance rock and roll a medley various artists arr j saucier special guest artist vocal percussionist josh bishop age 9 2011 voices of the 603 state champion announcement page 13

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special thanks to · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · heather bishop of wzid son joshua and husband brian lisa pavlopoulous currier s staff crew and volunteers joe kay and abbott imaging bob soucy and special events of new england the endless work done by nh citizens for the arts mike o malley unh `88 tim allison dir of gift planning at the unh foundation anna carrigan ginger lever kelsey carlson lauren simmons angela mastrogiacomo and lisa hennessey the entire saucier family amy leslie norman et all west running brook middle school student activity fee allocation council campus compact of new hampshire our judges our families and friends the performing schools and their districts ginger lever kim wall michele johnston brian tobin jamie saucier and laura piazza of the marketing and community relations dean ward executive committee and board of trustees of unh manchester kandi briggs bob beecher gary sears doreen palmer kathy braun registration business office and the rest of unh manchester judges kara kelly-martin charles marlowe sean matthews anna carrigan festival initiative and concert coordinated by jamie saucier page 14 www.voicesofthe603.com

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melodies and memories barbershop about melodies and memories was formed in 1993 by leo ouellette and frank frisoni dick white joined the quartet in 1997 and guy haas joined in 1998 the quartet has a varied repertoire including mary lou lullabye goodnight my angel and side by side frank leo dick and guy are members of the men s barbershop harmony society melodies and memories members dick white tenor leo ouellette lead guy haas baritone frank frisoni bass saturday 12/3/11 prelude kennebunkport me ­ 12 noon to 1 p.m saturday 12/10/11 prelude kennebunkport me ­ 12 noon to 1 p.m saturday 12/10/11 wells historical society wells me ­ 4 to 5 p.m saturday 12/10/11 concert baptist church shore road ogunquit me ­ 7 to 8 p.m sunday 12/11/11 christmas cabaret with lakes region chordsmen barbershop chorus gilford community church piper hill road gilford nh ­ dinner at 4 p.m dinner first future concerts granite statesmen barbershop about the nashua chapter of the barbershop harmony society is the home of the granite statesmen barbershop chorus the chapter has been singing music in the barbershop style since 1955 each wednesday night we welcome men who love to sing and who want learn more about the barbershop style of music and make 45 new friends future concerts church in nashua on november 26 for the nashua downtown holiday stroll we also have our christmas cabaret on december 10 at hampshire hills a 2 pm concert and 7:30 pm concert page 15

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