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The Swingles
Dulwich, London
The MCT at Alleyn's
Alleyn's School
17 jun 2024
19:30 GMT+1
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"The Swingles: Live"
The Swingles have been challenging the boundaries of vocal music for over 60 years.
Their unique sound quickly established them as one of the world’s most beloved and admired vocal groups, winning 5 Grammy® awards, and their sophisticated arrangements remain unparalleled to this day. The current seven singers are masters of their craft, constantly seeking new ways to reimagine music from jazz, folk, classical and pop genres. Their fans span several generations, with each live performance capturing the hearts of audience members across the globe.
The Swingles have appeared on numerous film and TV soundtracks, recently including ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Glee’. In 2017, they co-wrote and performed a song for the end credits of Alexander Payne’s film ‘Downsizing’, and in 2021 sang on Disney’s blockbuster, ‘Cruella’.
With their trademark vocal dexterity and innate musicality, the group’s secret ingredient is the ability of the seven singers, soloists, songwriters and storytellers to combine as one seamlessly blended and timeless sound. The Swingles have always made creative use of close-mic amplification, and in the last decade, they have added unique live audio looping techniques to their stage performances – an immersive layering up of vocals to mesmerise the audience.
“The Swingles: LIVE” their worldwide touring a cappella show is a captivating journey through six decades of musical evolution, featuring powerful original compositions, daring live-looping techniques, beloved pop and jazz arrangements, and brand new musical theatre reinventions, along with iconic Bach pieces from their roots and haunting folk tunes from their global travels.
The Swingles’ hallmark spirit of innovation and playfulness shines through their signature Swingle sound - warm yet crystalline. Join us for an unforgettable live performance, where The Swingles transcend time, genre and vocal expectations, inviting you to witness their extraordinary musical legacy.
The Swingles are Mallika Bhagwat (India/UK), Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson (UK), Katelyn Dietz (USA), Oliver Griffiths (UK), Owen Butcher (UK), Jamie Wright (UK), and Tom Hartley (UK).
Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson makes her return to Alleyn's School as a former student of the school. The performance will also feature appearances by current students in the vocal groups "Schola" & "Alleynian Blues"
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29 de enero de 2024
The Swingles were a phenomenal hit. Such scrumptious music sung to an appreciative crowd in Boerne Texas.
Boerne, TX@Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
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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
Leer másThroughout 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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