{"id":2339,"date":"2015-12-03T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2015-12-03T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:22:44","slug":"electro-swingin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/electro-swingin\/","title":{"rendered":"Electro swingin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Joleen S Braasch \r\nFreelancer<\/pre>\n
Ever heard of electro swing? If you haven\u2019t, then look no further than Western\u2019s own campus to explore this exciting, multi-era musical genre.<\/p>\n
Western Hemisphere Voices, a campus-based student vocal group featuring 11 vocalists, a rhythm section, and horns, put on a show in the electro swing style, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2015.  <\/p>\n
Terra Schwartzwalt, a conductor at WOU for fall term, describes electro swing as a new age genre, \u201ccapturing the traditions of jazz from the past and fusing it with pop and electronic music in the modern day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The concert arrangements were inspired by the band Caravan Palace, a Paris-based group influenced by Herbie Hancock and Daft Punk.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically their music is sort of a collision of Gyspy Jazz and electronic dance music,\u201d said Schwartzwalt, who arranged most of the music for the show. <\/p>\n
The group performed three of Caravan Palace\u2019s songs: \u201cJe\u2019Mamuse,\u201d \u201cPirates,\u201d and \u201cDramaphone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of the other selections included selections from other electro swing groups and renditions of well-known pops songs, such as \u201cBurn\u201d by Ellie Goulding and \u201cGive Me Love\u201d by Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n
As a showcase for these student musicians, almost every member of the group performed a solo during the night, and students Brandon Franko and Kathryn Powers even arranged the Ed Sheeran piece.<\/p>\n
The band was also made up of students, and some of the members even switched from playing various instruments to singing.<\/p>\n
Haley Lancourt, a junior exercise science major, thought the concert was a \u201cphenomenal idea.\u201d <\/p>\n
She had heard a couple of electro swing styles songs, but she had never thought to make a concert out of it.<\/p>\n
Eli Schenk, a senior music major and member of Western Hemisphere Orchestra, 15 Miles West, and the Western Hemisphere Big Band, enjoys the musical diversity that the music program has to offer.<\/p>\n
Shenk said, \u201cLast year, I did everything from New Orleans Jazz, to Radiohead, to like everything [\u2026] It\u2019s wonderful how diverse the contemporary programs are.\u201d Now he can add electro swing to that list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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