About Me

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Awaken A Cappella is Southern California's oldest co-ed a cappella group. Made up of 15 singers from all over UCLA's campus, Awaken has participated in such events as UCLA Spring Sing, Dance Marathon, AIDS Walk Los Angeles, The West Coast A Cappella Showcase, The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, The California A Cappella Festival, and Fowler Out Loud, and recently took second place at Absolut A Cappella held at USC (not to mention the two individual awards for best arrangement for Book of Love, and for Best Percussionist for Asher), in addition to their own quarterly concerts and various events on campus and in the community. Awaken has released four albums (two of which are recognized with awards from Varsity Vocals; Best of College A Cappella CD series), including our latest album, Life's a Beach-- Click here to purchase your own copy ! Awaken recently began recording for their next album, keep an eye out for more information soon!
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I WANT YOU BACK

HATE THAT I LOVE YOU

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

CRY ME A RIVER

MANY THE MILES
Rehearsing Hide and Seek

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/02/2006
Band Website: awakenacappellamusic.com
Band Members:

2008-2009 CURRENT AWAKEN MEMBERSTHE LADIES

Katie Boeck '10

Wendy Hsiao '11

PRESIDENT

Joanna Jones '12

Carolyn Nicely '10

Jen Piper '09 Nicolette Robinson '10

Simona Tsipan '12

THE MEN

Joe Bettles '09

Joseph Casillas '10

BUSINESS MANAGER

Taylor Inouye '11

Daniel Becker '09

Jordan Kelley '11

Nick Papageorge '11

Aaron Porchia '12

Jesse Rosenman '09

Music Director

Matt Soson '10

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Influences: Sara Bareilles, Marc Broussard, Seal, Stevie Wonder, Feist, George Michael, Fleetwood Mac, The Jackson 5, Justin Timberlake, Chaka Khan, Madonna, Shai, Fionna Apple, Jamiroquai, Cake, The Magnetic Fields, Peter Gabriel, Gavin Degraw, James Taylor, Carole King, Imogen Heap, Billy Joel, Marc Cohn

FREEDOM w/ Alumni

I WANT YOU BACK/ HIDE AND SEEK

ISN'T SHE LOVELY/ SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED

Sounds Like: Hot, Hot, A Cappella.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

FALL AWAKEN AUDITIONS 09-10

Hey everybody!Awaken A Cappella is now holding auditions for the upcoming year, 2009-2010! We lost about half of our group to graduation, so we're looking for people in all voice parts and beatboxers...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:15:00 GMT

Sara Bareilles Returns to LA!

Sara B will be perfoming a show at the Wiltern Theater on Wilshire on October 11th. Click here to check out this amazing show also featuring the wonderful music of Marc Broussard and Raining Jan...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:41:00 GMT

NEW MYSPACE LAYOUT!

Out with the old, in with the new, go check out what we’ve done differently!
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:40:00 GMT

New Music on our Site!

Hey all-We posted some new songs to the myspace! Check them out. Gravity featuring Sara Bareilles is a part of the repetoire :-)
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:01:00 GMT

AWAKEN A CAPPELLA FALL CONCERT!

Hosted By: Awaken A CappellaWhen: Sunday Dec 02, 2007 at 7:30 PMWhere: Northwest Campus AuditoriumUCLALos Angeles, CA 90024United StatesDescription:Awaken A Cappella Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:08:00 GMT

SPRING SING!

Well everyone that hasn't gotten a Spring Sing ticket- it's too late, because it's SOLD OUT! We are really excited to perform this year for this huge crowd of close to 6,000 people, and we hope ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:19:00 GMT

FALL CONCERT!!

Hey all you sexy Awaken fans! It's almost time for our first big concert of the year: Wednesday, December 6th @ 8pm De Neve Auditorum (near the dorms at UCLA) It's FREE!! And you can p...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:28:00 GMT

new members!

Out of more than 100 people who auditioned this year, here are our wonderful Awaken newbies :) Congrats toooooooo Sam Ayoub, Joseph Casillas, Matt Soson, Andrew Lechner, Ariel Slaton, Allie Webb, Nico...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:34:00 GMT

AUDITIONS!!

hey everyone! sorry about our website being down, we're trying to get it fixed asap! Heres the info: Tues, Oct. 3rd 6-11pm Wed, Oct. 4th 9-11pm Thurs, Oct. 5th 6-11pm Friday, Oct. 6th CALLBACKS 6-11pm...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:53:00 GMT

KCRW loves Awaken!

Awaken A Cappella has been selected to appear on Los Angeles KCRW. For those not from SoCal, KCRW is a community service of Santa Monica College, and has over 450,000 listeners per week from Orange C...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:13:00 GMT