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For over six decades, The Swingles have expanded the boundaries of vocal music, earning five Grammy® Awards and securing their place as one of the world’s most beloved and influential vocal ensembles.
The Swingles: Voices Through Time offers an enlightening, chronological journey through the group's remarkable evolution. This performance features a captivating mix of musical styles, from Ward Swingle’s iconic reinventions of Bach’s masterpieces, to enchanting folk melodies from across the globe, and awe-inspiring pop and musical theatre arrangements from the 21st century.
With their signature amplified sound and groundbreaking live-looping techniques, The Swingles bring their extraordinary history to life, celebrating the very best of their musical legacy.
Join us for an unforgettable experience as The Swingles transcend time, genre, and vocal expectations—inviting you to witness firsthand the magic of their enduring musical journey.
Repertoire examples (ALL SONGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE):
Air on the G String - J.S. Bach, arr. Ward Swingle
Little Organ Fugue BWV 578 - J.S. Bach, arr. Ward Swingle
Bučimiš - Bulgarian Dance (Traditional, arr. Clare Wheeler, Edward Randell)
Hallelujah I Love Him so - Ray Charles, arr. Edward Randell
Leaving Again/In The Wee Small Hours - Keith Jarrett/David Mann, arr. Ed Randell
Weather To Fly - Elbow, arr. Clare Wheeler
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac, arr. Kevin Fox
Wedding Song - Anaïs Mitchell - arr. Rob Dietz
Grease is The Word (From Grease) - Barry Gibb, arr. Jon Smith
6:30pm-7pm Pre-concert talk
7:30pm Concert
£20 (£15)
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December 3rd 2024
Smashing performances and great musical selections! Venue was gorgeous!!
Gold Canyon, AZ@Gold Canyon United Methodist Church
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The Swingles Biography
The Swingles have been challenging the boundaries of vocal music for over 60 years, earning 5 Grammy® Awards and establishing themselves as one of the world’s most beloved and admired vocal groups.
Throughout its various iterations (Les Swingles Singers / Swingle II / The New Swingle Singers / The Swingles / The Swingle Singers (and since 2014, The Swingles again)), the group's signature and instantly-recognisable sound has remained constant and timeless and their intricate arrangements remain unparalleled. The current singers are masters of their craft, constantly seeking new ways of reimagining jazz, folk, pop and classical music from their ever-growing repertoire, alongside creating a rich vein of new original material. Their combination of close-microphone amplification paired with the extraordinary range and vocal dexterity of the group’s seven individual voices to create one seamlessly-blended vocal sound, has captured the admiration of composers and collaborators alike, who have embraced the sheer versatility of the group and its genre-crossing possibilities.
American-born Ward Swingle first assembled a group of Parisian session singers to sing through Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier as a vocal exercise in 1962. The resulting album ‘Jazz Sebastian Bach’ (recorded initially for friends and family), became a huge hit, breaking new musical ground and launching The Swingles to fame. Several of the singers had previously sung with Mimi Perrin’s group Les Double Six (who with Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie recorded the 6 voices twice in order to create a much larger sound and richer chord structure). The Swingles of today employ a similar technique in their current shows - an immersive layering up of vocals using live-looping technology to record themselves in the moment and have it play back later, producing mesmeric (and potentially massive) musical textures.
The group has released more than 50 albums encompassing a huge range of music in many different styles, fuelled by Ward Swingle’s pioneering spirit and varied musical tastes. Their arrangements tend either to give a little twist to the original or turn it completely on its head. The group’s genre-inclusive approach to music-making has led to collaborations with artists such as Jamie Cullum, Gareth Malone, Kurt Elling, New York Voices, and Labrinth. They co-wrote and performed a song for the end credits of Alexander Payne’s film ‘Downsizing’ and have appeared on many film and TV soundtracks, including ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Wedding Crashers’, ‘The Holdovers’, ‘The Two Popes’, and ‘Glee’.
"superhero singing to truly raise goosebumps.”
THE GUARDIAN
"The Swingles were never less than dazzling”
THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreThroughout its various iterations (Les Swingles Singers / Swingle II / The New Swingle Singers / The Swingles / The Swingle Singers (and since 2014, The Swingles again)), the group's signature and instantly-recognisable sound has remained constant and timeless and their intricate arrangements remain unparalleled. The current singers are masters of their craft, constantly seeking new ways of reimagining jazz, folk, pop and classical music from their ever-growing repertoire, alongside creating a rich vein of new original material. Their combination of close-microphone amplification paired with the extraordinary range and vocal dexterity of the group’s seven individual voices to create one seamlessly-blended vocal sound, has captured the admiration of composers and collaborators alike, who have embraced the sheer versatility of the group and its genre-crossing possibilities.
American-born Ward Swingle first assembled a group of Parisian session singers to sing through Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier as a vocal exercise in 1962. The resulting album ‘Jazz Sebastian Bach’ (recorded initially for friends and family), became a huge hit, breaking new musical ground and launching The Swingles to fame. Several of the singers had previously sung with Mimi Perrin’s group Les Double Six (who with Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie recorded the 6 voices twice in order to create a much larger sound and richer chord structure). The Swingles of today employ a similar technique in their current shows - an immersive layering up of vocals using live-looping technology to record themselves in the moment and have it play back later, producing mesmeric (and potentially massive) musical textures.
The group has released more than 50 albums encompassing a huge range of music in many different styles, fuelled by Ward Swingle’s pioneering spirit and varied musical tastes. Their arrangements tend either to give a little twist to the original or turn it completely on its head. The group’s genre-inclusive approach to music-making has led to collaborations with artists such as Jamie Cullum, Gareth Malone, Kurt Elling, New York Voices, and Labrinth. They co-wrote and performed a song for the end credits of Alexander Payne’s film ‘Downsizing’ and have appeared on many film and TV soundtracks, including ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Wedding Crashers’, ‘The Holdovers’, ‘The Two Popes’, and ‘Glee’.
"superhero singing to truly raise goosebumps.”
THE GUARDIAN
"The Swingles were never less than dazzling”
THE WASHINGTON POST
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Contemporary A Cappella
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