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Jazz professor is choir’s secret weapon
Posted by Natasha on December 16, 2007 // Category: News // |
Cincinnati.Com: This is not your mother’s gospel choir.
Cincinnati’s 20-member “Clash of the Choir” ensemble will sing pop, R&B, country, Christmas and a little gospel music with a jazz twist. Think Manhattan Transfer, the Grammy-winning vocal group.
“One of the appeals of this show is that it’s an opportunity to take a choir setting and do it somewhat unconventionally,” says Nick Lachey, the celebrity choir director and 1992 School for Creative & Performing Arts graduate.
“I want our Cincinnati choir to be known for its ability to do a lot of different types of things well,” he says.
Lachey’s secret weapon in the four-night TV competition is choir coach Stephen Zegree, the Bobby McFerrin professor of jazz at Western Michigan University. He wrote the lively eight-part harmony arrangements and directed rehearsals at Xavier University.
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Princy | December 18, 2007 @ 8:31 am PST
I was surprised - TEAM LACHEY was really, really “GOOD”… Too bad we couldn’t vote more than 10 times…..
On second thought - I’m NOT surprised! ! !
TEAM LACHEY - ALL THE WAY! ! !
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mocha | December 18, 2007 @ 12:26 pm PST
I can’t believe I forgot to watch the show, I’ll catch it tonight.
I heard Nick and Patti had the best choir.
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lorm23 | December 18, 2007 @ 7:52 pm PST
Nick’s choir was great both nights. I liked them better than Patty’s. Did you guys see Nick. He said he couldn’t dance but he was getting down tonight. GO TEAM LACHEY!!!
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Princy | December 20, 2007 @ 8:22 am PST
Team Lachey - ALL THE WAY! ! (…and to think I’ve been signing that way for years)
I AM SPEECHLESS about last nights’ performance by Team Lachey - they were outstanding and NICK really, really knows how to WOW everybody! ! ! …and WLOM was AMAZING..(so glad I have it on tape).. He needs to win just because of his expertise, talent and GUTS! ! !
Love ya NICK….
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mocha | December 20, 2007 @ 10:04 am PST
Ditto Princy, TEAM LACHEY ALL THE WAY!!
My mom was watching the show with me last night, she came in and said “Drew sure has gotten handsome”..LOL!
I told her it wasn’t Drew(she knows him from DWTS), it was his brother Nick….she said “the one that was married to that idiot Jessica Simpson”…and I said yes. She said he was very very handsom with gorgeous eyes and dimples…and this comes from a 52 year old woman!
I love the diversity of Nick’s choir, every song had a differnt style and I loved that…plus the man takes risks, and I love that as well….plus they sounded awesome!!!
I didn’t really care for the WLOM performance, but overall the choir rocked!!!
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