Season 6: Episode 5
Title: Get to Know Serendipity A capella!
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, Alexa Crespo, Asia Harris, and Chia Salisbury talk about the student group, Serendipity. Serendipity is the first and only femme identified, SMAT (soprano, mezzo, alto, tenor) acapella group on campus. They talk about the importance of student orgs, sisterhood, and music. This is a heartfelt episode in which Asia, the President, and Chia, the Community Outreach Chair, share their experience with the group and their fondness of it. The women also touch on the impact of femme leadership on campus and in society as a whole. This episode gives a great inside look at what Serendipity is and all it has to offer the UAlbany community. Serendipity can be found on Instagram: @ualbanyserendipity. They are hosting a show on campus in the Campus Center on Sunday, April 28th at 7 pm (doors at 6:30). It’s free and open to all students and staff, they’d love to see you there! All you have to do is RSVP via the link in their Instagram bio.
Warning Explicit Language
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:45 What even is a capella?!
2:35 The history of Serendipity
3:15 So... Why Serendipity?
7:55 The audition process
10:06 Come one, come all, no prior music experience required!
12:25 Balancing cohesion and individuality
16:38 How does Serendipity select music?
18:42 Choreography!
21:50 From rehearsal to stage
25:00 Fine tuning your musical ear (pun intended)
29:12 A trip down memory lane
34:40 Self-expression and more on solos!
40:00 Reminiscing on performances
46:23 The Serendipi-fication of music
48:40 Advice for prospective members
52:48 Shameless plug, come see Serendipity perform!
54:54 Peace out
Contributors:
Chia Salisbury (Guest), Arely Gonzalez Hernandez (Co-host/editor), Asia Harris (Co-host/Marketing), Alexa Crespo (Co-host/Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 6, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu
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