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Background
The quartet was formed in November 2001 when 2 members of the
2001 UK Gold Medal winning quartet, Quartz, decided to
take a break from quartet singing. The other half of Quartz,
Dorothy and Val, recruited Gwen and Anne to fill the gaps and
Vocal Zone was born!
Dorothy and Gwen have also previously won a UK Gold medal with
the quartet Hopscotch.
Gwen, Dorothy, Anne and Val are all
members of one of the top UK choruses,
the
Aberdeen Chorus of Sweet Adelines which has been performing
in and around Aberdeen for the last 24 years and has
won the Sweet Adelines UK contest six times.
Contest Success
Vocal Zone made their contest debut in May 2002 where
they took third place in the UK and Ireland Sweet
Adeline Contest in Southport, England.
Since then they have competed each year, never dropping
out of the top five.
In addition they have seen success at the Irish Association of
Barbershop Singers Convention where they have won silver
and bronze medals and at the
Coleraine International Choral Festival
where they
have competed twice, in winning second prize in two of the competitions
on each occasion.
Performances
Vocal Zone performs in a
wide variety of venues both in and around Aberdeen and
further afield.
To date they have
performed in an array of venues across the country
including small venues like Tornaveen Hall,
Aberdeenshire and Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen to larger ones
like the Caird Hall, Dundee, the Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall - no venue is too
small or too large!
They have also twice
taken their show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and
sing regularly around their home area in churches and
community halls.
With no need for musical
accompaniment of any kind, the quartet can travel light
and sing anywhere!
They can be booked for
concerts, shows, weddings, corporate events, pre-dinner
entertainment, functions or Burns Suppers.
Contact Val for details of how to book the
quartet.
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Lead - Dorothy Main
As the
lead in the quartet Dorothy usually sings
the tune. Sometimes she swaps parts with
Gwen. Then she sings the baritone part.
Sometimes she wishes she could sing both
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Baritone - Gwen Topp
When she's not directing the Aberdeen
Chorus, Gwen sings the baritone part in the
quartet.
Because no one can ever
hear the baritone part, sometimes she makes
Dorothy let her sing the tune.
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Bass - Anne Cargill
For a small person, Anne has a surprisingly
big voice, and therefore sings bass in the
quartet.
Her ability to sing those low notes has been
developed to almost as high a level as her
ability to lose things. |
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Tenor - Val Muir
As the highest of the 4 parts, the tenor
part is often described as "the icing on the
cake".
Don't let Val hear you say this, however -
she considers herself to be part of "the
cake"!
You can have a cake without icing but you
can't have 4-part harmony without 4 parts!
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