Awaken A Cappella

Awaken A Cappella is often recognized for helping pioneer the West Coast collegiate contemporary a cappella tradition, since its inception as the first co-ed collegiate a cappella group in Southern California. Founded at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992, Awaken has enjoyed a successful career, performing at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, UCLA's Spring Sing, Dance Marathon, a cappella festivals across California, and recently, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, as well as events in the community and their own quarterly concerts. Not only boasting members from all different majors, from musical theater to molecular biology, Awaken has a rich history of alumni who have gone on to professional music careers, most notably Sara Bareilles, Sonos, and Lady Danville. Awaken has released five albums, two of which have been recognized by Best of Collegiate A Cappella.

Albums

Life's a Beach

14 Tracks
Released 2007

Life's a Beach is Awaken A Cappella's fifth studio release. Ranging in repertoire from Billy Joel to Imogen Heap, this album is a continuation of Awaken's simultaneous appreciation for both diversity and good music. Awaken's recorded version of "Hide and Seek" garnered national attention after being played on public radio station KCRW and shooting to the number one requested song. The success of the track also lead to the creation of professional a cappella group Sonos. Like Awaken's previous album, Dysfunktional Family Album, Life's a Beach contains an exclusive, original track by Awaken alums, in this case "Career Day" by Mikey G and Dan from Danville (now known as Lady Danville).

 

	Track	Original Artist	Arranger(s)	Duration
1.	I Feel The Earth Move	Carole King, Sly and the Family Stone	BT Ryback	2:58
2.	Movin' Out	Billy Joel	BT Ryback	3:34
3.	Any Way You Want It	Steve Perry and Neal Schone	Evan Geiger	3:36
4.	Where Are You Going	The Dave Matthews Band	BT Ryback	4:00
5.	Scar	Missy Higgins, Kevin Griffin	BT Ryback	3:38
6.	Tribute	Jack Black, Kyle Glass: Tenacious D	Evan Geiger, Chris Fore	4:55
7.	Chariot	Gavin DeGraw	BT Ryback	3:45
8.	Walking in Memphis	Marc Cohn	BT Ryback	4:15
9.	Hide And Seek	Imogen Heap	BT Ryback	4:48
10.	Ain't Nobody	David Wolinski, Chaka Khan	Jessica Freedman, Michelle Suroweic	3:28
11.	Afternoon Delight	Bill Danoff, Starland Vocal Band	Chris Fore	3:12
12.	Book of Love	Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields	Kim Weisberg, BT Ryback	3:36
13.	Career Day	Michael Garner, Dan Chang: Lady Danville	Michael Garner, Kim Weisberg	3:26
14.	Scream	Michael, Janet Jackson	Evan Geiger	4:07

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