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News Release NOTEWORTHY 2015 – 2016 Season Brigham Young University Contact: Performing Arts Management (801) 422-3576 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [email protected]
Noteworthy, BYU’s top female a capella ensemble, delivers a power-packed concert that combines
vocal percussion, humor and a tight harmony. Noteworthy has appeared on NBC’s hit television show,
“The Sing-Off,” and was crowned the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella (ICCA)
champion in 2007.
Noteworthy’s varied repertoire includes everything: rock, pop, country, jazz, R&B, spiritual, and
other musical styles, which make them a crowd favorite. The performers take the songs from the radio,
retool them, and deliver a new rendition, mimicking complex instrumentation with just their mouths.
Their powerful, energetic concerts are full of humor and heart, class and charm. Each of the nine
Noteworthy members display musical ability, creativity, and stage experience—resulting in original,
skillful, and spirited performances.
Noteworthy is currently under the direction of former Vocal Point member Keith Evans. "There's
nothing like Noteworthy anywhere else at BYU, or anywhere else, period. The chance to work with such
talented, committed ladies to make such exciting, inspiring music is one I cherish. These days, young
women can so easily find female role models who don’t inspire and uplift. That is what makes it a
privilege to direct an ensemble of women who are honest, loyal and virtuous, as well as bright, talented
and fun," Evans said.
For Jessica McKay, a returning member of Noteworthy, the show is a great responsibility. Like
Evans, McKay has noticed the lack of positive role models in the music industry. “There are moms who
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News Release Page 2 are so appreciative to have someone they can point out to their children and say ‘you could be like that in
the future’ without being afraid of the example we will set.” In addition to the youth, Noteworthy strives
to connect with audience members with all types of life experience. “We want to entertain the audience,
obviously. But we also hope they are able to tap into special memories, whether that is with the music or
an experience from the past.”
Noteworthy is actively creating and collaborating on singles, albums, and music videos. It will be
featured in the new Vocal Point album “He is Born” in the traditional carol “Oh Come All Ye Faithful,” to
be released in October. The group's newest music video, "Amazing Grace" is an artful combination of its
member’s deep spiritual foundation and its contemporary pop style. Noteworthy will also release a “best
of” tribute CD to a decade of Noteworthy performers. The group already produced 4 CD’s on their own
and has been featured in NBC Sports and in BYU Magazine.
BYU alumni, Esther Yoder, organized Noteworthy in 2003. Noteworthy is managed by BYU
Performing Arts Management.
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News Release NOTEWORTHY 2015 – 2016 Season Brigham Young University Artistic Director Contact: Performing Arts Management (801) 422-3576 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BYU’s Noteworthy director Keith Evans is no stranger to the stage. Evans had the experience to transition
nine talented young women into a cohesive group with unlimited potential. Noteworthy had 10 years as an
all-female a capella club when it was added as the newest performing ensemble at BYU. Taking charge of such an
ensemble is a great responsibility. Even more so when the group already holds an international championship title
and performed on a prime time TV show.
Evans experience covers the musical spectrum. He is a studio and stage vocalist originally from the Bay
Area of California, and more recently from Orem, Utah. While attending BYU, Evans sang with BYU Vocal Point,
the university's pop vocal ensemble, and performed at hundreds of venues from New York to Hawaii with that
group, including during their run on NBC's "The Sing-Off" in the fall of 2011. He also performed for a time with the
pop group Hudson Lights. Evans is the assistant director of ReMix Vocal Academy, a BYU A Cappella summer
camp, and is currently song-writer and lyricist for ARORA Productions. Evans holds both a bachelor's degree in
history and a master's degree in mass communications from BYU.
Evans is thrilled to work with BYU’s newest performing ensemble. “I am incredibly excited to direct
Noteworthy. This is a top-tier ensemble that has had a rich history of excellence, and now that that they have the
support of this wonderful university, there has never been a more exciting time to be a part of Noteworthy.”
Noteworthy originates in the office of Performing Arts Management at Brigham Young University in Provo,
Utah. BYU is one of the nation’s largest private universities with an enrollment of more than 30,000 students from
throughout the United States and 100 foreign countries.
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Repertoire NOTEWORTHY 2015 – 2016 Season Brigham Young University Contact: Performing Arts Management (801) 422-3576 [email protected] Noteworthy will perform a selection of songs chosen from those listed below.
Song List:
Miracle Leann Rimes Drag Me Down One Direction Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole I Will Wait/Without You Mashup Mumford and Sons/David Guetta Unconditionally Katy Perry Rather Be Clean Bandit I’m Listening Original Tune Amazing Grace Spiritual
Geronimo Sheppard You Can't Stop the Beat from the musical "Hairspray" Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran Twist and Shout The Beatles How to Write a Love Song Axis of Awesome Vivir Mi Vida Marc Anthony BBOX
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Brigham Young University presents
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Activity Prep Time Length Requirements Notes
Rest Home / Care
Center / Hospital /
Orphanage
10 min. 20-30 min
Residents in a day room or
cafeteria. No sound equipment
used.
Content: Selections from the show
& the group's fireside programs
which appeal to the audience; can
end with visits to rooms and
intensive care units.
Radio Interview 10 min. as requestedGroup will bring recordings of
music to play
Content: Experienced group
members & director will be
available for live interviews
Vocal Workshop - 1
session only10 min. 40-60 min. Microphone if the group is large
Content: Can include musical
topics such as vocal blend (vowel
matching, timbre, dynamics),
rehearsal techniques, vocal
percussion, and the basics of how
to put together an a cappella song
(vocal arranging). We can also
include stage presence,
musicality, recording studio
techniques, the "why" of music,
etc.
Visit to Mayor or
Community Leader5 min. 5-10 min. None
Content: Group will sing 1 song &
present a gift or memento from
BYU
Television Interview
/ Presentation30 min. as requested
Ability to recieve a L/R feed from
Noteworthy's mixer.
Content: Interviews and/or
performance as requested;
video/sound shorts will be
available
School Lecture /
Demonstration5 min. 30-60 min.
Depending on event, sound
details would need to be worked
out with Noteworthy's technical
director.
Content: Songs & speaking to
students
Youth Conference 10 min. 30-60 min.
The prelude music, opening
hymn, prayer, & person to conduct
should be provided locally.
Depending on event, sound
details would need to be worked
out with Noteworthy's technical
director.
Content: Songs & short talks
Fireside /
Morningside60 min. 60 min.
The prelude music, opening
hymn, prayer, & person to conduct
should be provided locally. No
closing hymn is needed.
Depending on event, sound
details would need to be worked
out with Noteworthy's technical
director.
Content: Songs & short talks
*On a performance day the group can only give 3 hours maximum time to these type of activities, including
transportation time to/from the performance site
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Community Outreach Activities*