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Chancellor's Inauguration Video

Acquire was honored to perform at the inauguration of UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal. The event was a spectacular milestone in the group's career and it was wonderful to perform for esteemed members of the California educational community. For those interested in watching us perform, a webcast of the entire ceremony can be viewed at this website; skip about 1/4th of the way through to see Acquire perform "Lean on Me".

Post-Acquirefest

Thanks to everyone who made it out to Acquirefest; this year's event was even bigger than last year and we all had a ton of fun putting it on. Special thanks to all the groups who came out and performed as well as the 500+ fans who packed the Stevenson Event Center to watch! Videos from the show will be available soon.

Article in City On A Hill

A new article has been published on Acquirefest in the free local newspaper City On A Hill. Be sure to pick up a copy or read the article online.

Acquirefest 2008

It's back again--Acquire A Cappella presents the 2nd annual spring concert, Acquirefest. Six a cappella groups from four schools will perform for the UCSC campus on May 30th at 8pm in Stevenson Event Center. The performance is FREE with a campus ID. Click here to go the Acquirefest Event Page.

New Video!

A new video has been added to our Music page featuring Acquire A Cappella's rendition of "Circle of Life", as performed at this year's Hellacappella.

Featured on ChoralNet

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Acquire is the featured photo over at ChoralNet.org--check it out. Look forward to more news coming soon, including the announcement of some of our spring events.

Disneymania Tickets Now On Sale!

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Disneymania is just around the corner and tickets are available! Space is limited so reserve your tickets today! Performances will occur on both Feburary 1st at 8:00pm and Feburary 2nd at 8:30pm in the UCSC Cowell Dining Hall.  For additional information visit Facebook, our Disneymania event page, or email your questions to info@acquiremusic.org

Acquire Inspired By "Psychology and Religion" Course

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By Julia Guest

How often does the last day of a science class culminate with an a capella performance?

Professor Ralph Quinn ended his fall quarter "Psychology and Religion" course with a performance by Acquire, UC Santa Cruz's third and newest a capella group on campus.

Following shouts of thanks and praise and a full standing ovation from the 491-person class, Acquire students rushed to the front of the lecture hall and began to snap and sing.

Three of the singers were or had previously been students from Quinn's "Psychology and Religion" course. He asked the group to sing for his "Humanistic Psychology" course last year and invited them again for the largely popular course "Psychology and Religion."

Read the full article here: http://www.cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=932

Kuumbwa Performance

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On Saturday, January 12th, UCSC's newest a cappella group Acquire will be performing alongside Women with Wings, Heather Houston, and Blame Sally, a Grammy-nominated female singing quartet. The event is at Kuumbwa, a nonprofit jazz concert organization in downtown Santa Cruz. Proceeds from the concert will support children who have had a rough upbringing. Kuumbwa is wheelchair-accessible and 100% smoke-free.

Doors open at 6:00pm; the concert starts at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 and are available at Gateways Books and Logos Books and Records in Santa Cruz, or by phone: (831) 689-9609. More information available on Facebook, our Events Page and Kuumbwa's Website.

Phone-O-Grams!

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The word around town is this year's Acquire Phone-O-Grams will be just about the best holiday present available. For less than the ten dollars, a friend or family member can get a live song sung to them over the phone! Want more information? Visit the Phone-O-Grams Page!

Happy Holidays!

Welcome to our New Singers

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Congratulations to the newest members of Acquire: Geoff, Henry, Leesa, Marya, Missy, Rachel and Sarah. New pictures and bios will be appearing on the website very soon. If you'd like to hear the new Acquire group, come to the Cowell Open Mic Night on Thursday November 8th at 8:00 in the Cowell Fireside Lounge. We'll be doing a brand new song. 

Posted on 10/30/2007 by Chris 

West Coast A Cappella Showcase

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This saturday we'll be performing up at UC Berkeley for their West Coast A Cappella Showcase. We're thrilled to have been invited and we'll be doing two revamped songs from our old repertoire and introducing a brand new one. The show starts at 8:00 at Wheeler Auditorium and I believe that we're third on the set list. If you'll be in the bay area this weekend, I strongly encourage you to attend the show. More information about the event is available on Facebook or on our Events page.

Posted on 10/22/2007 by Chris 

Auditions are coming up!

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Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table at the OPERS fair; we will be sending e-mails with auditioning info over the next few days. For those of you who didn't get a chance to sign up, e-mail robby@acquiremusic.org and you will receive all the details on auditioning. Also send an e-mail to that address if you're interested in joining the group's street team, assisting in various non-vocal domains.
We are excited to kick off the 2007-2008 year and we can't wait to start performing with newly arranged material and new group members. Keep checking back here for more updates on auditions, performances, and more!  

Posted on 10/20/2007 by Robby