The Jewel Tones are Marblehead’s original coed a cappella group. Since 2003 we have performed with high school, collegiate, and professional groups from all over the country.
Buy our tracks on acaTunes!
The CD is sold out ... but you can buy many of our songs for $1 each at www.acatunes.com. Go check it out!
"Time After Time" featured on the Acapodcast and on WERS
We would like to thank Chad Bergeron for featuring us again on the Acapodcast - read our blog for more info on episode number 43!
Thanks also to Emma Evans and CG Grogan, hosts of "All A Cappella" on WERS 88.9, for playing our music on the show! We are big fans of "All A Cappella" and are thrilled to be a part of it - both on the air, and also on the stage ...
Jewel Tones earn two CARA nominations!
The 2008 nominations have been announced, and we have been nominated for Best High School Song ("Time After Time") and Best High School Album! Read our blog for more info on the CARAs.
The Jewel Tones appear on BOHSA 2008!
We are honored to announce that our recording of "Time After Time" will appear on the Best of High School A Cappella Compilation. Read our blog for more info!
Praise for "Tied Together"
Adolescents seek meaning and purpose in their lives. A big part of what we do in a school is to help them find it - or at least point them in a direction that might work for them ...
Last week, as I was rushing out to start my vacation I made a pass through my mailbox and found the Jewel Tones CD "Tied Together". Somewhat irreverently I tossed it in the back seat and drove off to the Berkshires. The CD resurfaced when my daughter said "What’s this?" as the family drove to a concert in Vermont. Well, what fun we had - alternately singing along and getting teary-eyed at the lyrics and the compositions and the extremely skilled voices. We argued a lot about the lyrics of Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody", belted out the chorus of "Cecilia", but the song that got all of us was the one originally sung by the Indigo Girls.
In that song there is a repeated refrain "How long ’till my soul gets it right?" Sometimes (not always) it pays to listen to what kids are listening to. The lyrics speak to the sincerity of a young person seeking for truth, exploring, failing, chasing after "light" and just not quite getting it all right.
This is a potent metaphor for the work ... that we do as your stewards here at school. We encourage students to find a small portion of their adult souls and encourage them that failure is fine as long as it is preceded by sincerity and effort and belief.
We all look forward to working with you and your children in this exciting quest. It is a bumpy and beautiful ride.
(By the way, the CD is really good and still on sale.)
- John Ziergiebel, Principal of Marblehead High School
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The Aca Blog - All My Friends Think They’re Instruments.
Varsity Vocals - Home of ICCA, BOCA, BOHSA, and More
A-cappella.com - The Largest Source of A Cappella Music in the World
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