Chelsie Cooper, Kaila Pollock, Kristin Gillis, Nelly Arnett, Jack Pohl, Lukas Frey & Ben Rudolph. Brad Rees is the group's director, producer & principal arranger.
Influences
Take 6, The Real Group, New York Voices, Kurt Elling, Bobby McFerrin, Rockappella, InPulse, Kid Beyond, m-pact, The House Jacks, Les Nubians, Tower of Power, Prince, Stevie Wonder, lots of others...
Sounds Like
A great pro a cappella group, with dynamic soloists, powerful backing vocals, slamming vocal bass, and hard-driving beatboxing.
Up in the Air is a dynamic vocal group that performs an eclectic repertoire of a cappella jazz, funk, r&b, pop, and world music. The premiere Tiffin University group has appeared before hundreds of audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has recorded four CDs. Up in the Air is directed by Brad Rees.
"Up in the Air puts on a fantastic show - tight harmonies, wonderful soloists, complex arrangements - they handle pop, r&b, and vocal jazz with equally accomplished aplomb. Up in the Air has a *lot* of fun up there, and the audience does too." (Kid Beyond, singer / beatboxer / live-looper)
"This group is great! I'm thoroughly impressed with Up in the Air's dedication and performance... There's not a weak link in this chain!" (Eliot Sloan of Blessid Union of Souls)
"Great soloists, a superb blend, impressive arrangements and perfect execution. Surely one of the best collegiate groups around!" (Sean Altman of Rockapella)
"I absolutely loved this group... It's 'Urban Jazz'! Elements of everything fused together to make... MUSIC! The level of musicality is very high, and the concept and sound are better than anything I've heard in a long time." (Sunny Wilkinson, jazz recording artist)
PERFORMANCE CREDITS INCLUDE
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Fat Fish Blue (Cleveland OH)
Schlot Jazz Club (Berlin, Germany)
Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)
The Gund Arena (Cleveland Cavs)
Tuckerman Hall (Worcester MA)
The Ritz Theatre (Tiffin OH)
Fifth Third Field (Toledo Mud Hens)
Toledo Museum of Art
Rusty's Jazz Cafe (Toledo OH)
Kaldi's (Cincinnati OH)
Coffee Amici (Findlay OH)
Open Air am Hafen (Potsdam Germany)
DePaul University (Chicago IL)
Hartwick College (Oneonta NY)
University of Dayton (OH)
Bowling Green State University (OH)
College of Wooster (OH)
...plus hundreds of other venues...
APPEARING WITH
Kid Beyond
Rockapella's Sean Altman
Blessid Union of Souls
Grammy-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater
New York Voices
M-PACT
Naturally Seven
InPulse
American Idol's Nicole Tranquillo
American Idol's Rudy Cardenas
Jazz vocalist Janice Borla
...and others...
The Real Community is a place where you can meet your colleagues and friends from vocal groups and choirs from all around the world, promote your music, and listen to music made by other groups.
The Real Community is made for people coming from different parts of the vocal music world - singers, vocal ensembles, choirs, festival managers, booking representatives, conductors, composers, a cappella fans - everybody who has a connection to a cappella music.
I’m sorry you
haven’t heard from me in a while! I was busy finishing my debut album. Now it’s
finally done, you can listen to some tracks on my profile or order a
pre-release copy (see below). Let's stay in touch.
Greetings from
your Swiss brother, blessings,
Vlada
VLADA "All
about you" feat. Take 6, K. Whalum, A. Laboriel, V. Colaiuta, P. Jackson
Jr.
we are throwing a show tomorrow (friday the 29th) in findlay OH with some amazing bands! ANTE BELLUM, METEORFALL, THROUGH BLOOD, 80MPH, and KHOLOS all for only $5! Help us rebuild our local scene!
~dizzy
YOU CAME TO MY SCHOOL TODAY!! -Marlington High School. I really enjoyed it. You guys did AMAZING!!!! =]] I think it was even better then last year. Woot Woot!! lol. =D
I appreciate the comment. I was nervous at the time, but it settled down a tad. I really only did about a third of the skits I can do. I'm definitely going to go to the camp, it'll be a fun experience.
hello lovely friends!! i wanted to update you and let you know i just put up two new songs on my page. they are from my six song EP that will release sometime this summer/early fall.
we are very happy to tell you about the first a cappella festival taking place in Sweden! Sept 10-14 2008 in Västerås Concert House - 4 days with concerts, master-classes, workshops, seminars... and meeting with singers from all over the world.
Click at the image below to check out the festival web site. There you can read more about the festival activities, fill in the application form, or just dig the videos with the festival artists; so far: ourselves, Rajaton (Finland), Vocal Line (Denmark).
hey you guys came to my school yesterday [Columbia middle] you were AMAZING! i so want to go to that camp over the summer that you were talking about. keep in touch <3 Hanna Anne
Hey guys! I had a total Blasty Blast last weekend!!! U r so great and i love you all!!! come up and play at the lake some time, it melted! and have a great may tour! xoxoxo - Lesley
GREAT JOB LAST NIGHT!!!! It's so wonderful to see how you have carried on and EVOLVED the a cappella tradition... Thanks for sharing your music, UITA. See you MONDAY at BGSU
I wish I still lived in Tiffin so I could actually hear you guys in person. I moved from Tiffin to Maine in 1996 when I was 12 years old, so I really didn't even know about this group until I ran across you guys one day. Please, please, PLEASE keep up the good work and represent Tiffin like nobody has before!!!
omg u guys were at my school in west carrollton and u guys were amazing!!!!!! and can u change the settings so we can add the songs to our profiles? plz
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