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The Jewel Tones

The Jewel Tones - Tied Together since 2003

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"A cut above what you’re gonna get from most high school groups ... this is what I want to hear when I pick up an album." - Chad Bergeron, The Acapodcast
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.
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Member Since: 8/26/2007
Band Website: marblehead.com/schools/fine arts
Band Members: 12 talented, hypersocial, occasionally melodramatic but always entertaining people who love nothing more than singing ... except maybe eating.

Influences: UConn Conn Men, Transit, All About Buford, BC Dynamics, Tufts Beelzebubs, UVa New Dominions, Amherst College DQ, UMass Doo Wop Shop, Cornell Last Call.
Sounds Like: Songs in bold appear on our album.

Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
Drive - Incubus
Galileo - The Indigo Girls
In My Life - The Beatles

Love You Madly - Cake
Mummer's Dance - Loreena McKennitt
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

Songs from previous years:

Africa - Toto
And So It Goes - Billy Joel
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Christmastime Is Here - Vince Guaraldi
Come Go With Me - Del Vikings
Desperado - The Eagles
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
For the Longest Time - Billy Joel
Heart and Soul - T'Pau
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
King Of Pain - The Police
La Seis Cuerdas - Matthew Harris
Like A Prayer - Madonna
My Love Dwelt In A Northern Land - Edward Elgar
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Seasons of Love - Jonathan Larson
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Zombie Jamboree - Kingston Trio

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Jewel Tone soprano is a CASA grant recipient!

We are so proud that a soprano from the class of ’08 has received a $2,000 grant from the Contemporary A Cappella Society for her senior project. She is making an a cappella compilation CD which...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:13:00 PST

Great Press for the Jewel Tones

Two great articles in today's local papers! From the Salem News (http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_065071651.html) Marblehead High a cappella singers reaching new earsBy Benjamin AmiraultCor...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:45:00 PST

"Time After Time" featured on the Acapodcast

Once again we would like to thank Chad Bergeron for featuring our music on the Acapodcast! "Time After Time" appears on episode 43, available at www.acapodcast.com! You can also find Chad here on MySp...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:47:00 PST

All A Cappella Live at the Majestic

We are psyched to perform at WERS 88.9 FM's All A Cappella Love at the Majestic. March 15th and 16th, 2:00 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, MA. This year's concert is a two-day event featuri...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:57:00 PST

Two CARA nominations for the Jewel Tones!

We were truly stunned and thrilled this morning to learn of our two nominations for Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. Our album "The Jewel Tones: Tied Together" was nominated for Best High Sch...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:58:00 PST

"Time After Time" to appear on BOHSA 2008!

We are proud to announce that we have a track on the Best of High School A Cappella 2008 CD. Song Title: Time After TimeAlbum: The Jewel Tones: Tied TogetherSoloists: Danielle Langelier and Jayne Wilh...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:00 PST

Another Podcast Appearance for the Jewel Tones!

Our recording of "In My Life" is featured on episode 36 of the Acapodcast. (www.acapodcast.com, www.myspace.com/acapodcast) We are joined by such fantastic groups as Northwestern Purple Haze, UCSB Nak...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:55:00 PST

The Jewel Tones appear on "Cast On" Podcast!

Our recording of Galileo is featured on episode 55 of "Cast On: A Podcast for Knitters." Here's what folks have to say about it:"Especially loved the music this timea wonderful variety, and plenty of...
Posted by The Jewel Tones on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:34:00 PST