September 23, 2011

Martini Quartet - It's Martini Time

Martini Quartet was formed in 2007 over Cosmopolitans at Sandy's place in Tacoma, WA. They were thrilled to compete at the 2010 Sweet Adelines International Convention in Seattle, where they finished 5th against very strong competition! A long distance quartet, all 4 members of Martini are longtime Sweet Adeliners, and active chorus members in their regions. Sandy is the Director of Lions Gate Chorus (of which Shannon is the President) DeAnne lives in Wisconsin and sings with '09 Chorus Champion Melodeers, and Michelle lives in Atlanta, sings with the Song of Atlanta Show Chorus and is their Music Team President. For the 2011 Internationals in Houston, Sandy chose to temporarily step down from Martini and to focus on directing Lions Gate, and tenor Corinna Garriock (formerly of Mojo) sang with Martini in the Quartet Finals. And we just got a newsflash from Houston—Martini has won the Gold!! "It's Martini Time!" shows us why—several of these tunes were performed on stage at the International Finals. 13 songs, some of our favorites are the title tune, "All the Way," "Puttin' On The Ritz," the live cut "How Are Things in Glocca Mora," "Love Me," Annie Lennox's iconic 80s anthem "Sweet Dreams," "The Nearness of You," "Don't Break the Heart that Loves You," "Nighttime in Dixieland/One Step Dixieland Medley" and Leonard Cohen's deathless hit "Hallelujah." Wonderful harmonies, strong leads, great arrangements—this is Gold medal material from Sweet Adelines 2012 Quartet champs Martini! 98377 CD 14.95
Listen to "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You

Posted by acapnews at September 23, 2011 1:54 AM