Ringwood’s Aquinas College vocal group Synergy win big at Australian A Capella Awards
A GROUP of talented singers from Ringwood’s Aquinas College have become the a capella kings and queens of Australia. WATCH THE VIDEO.
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A BUNCH of talented Aquinas College singers have become the a capella kings and queens of Australia.
The Ringwood school’s senior vocal group — Synergy — won five awards at the Australian A Capella Awards in Melbourne this month.
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The group — Adam, Phoebe, Olivia, Mady, Leon and Lauren — wowed the judges and was the overall winner of the small group category.
They also received gongs for best newcomer and best Jazz and Contemporary songs, while Adam was named Best Beatboxer.
The group came together at the start of the year and bonded over their love of US a capella group Pentatonix and various theatre tunes.
“We started off the year not knowing anything and we’ve come out with all these titles,” Leon said.
“It’s not as if we were aiming for these (awards). We were just going in it for the opportunity and we’ve come out on top which is pretty cool.”
Phoebe, Adam and Olivia are in Year 12 and are shortly leaving the school.
But the group have become best friends and will keep singing together — they’re shifting rehearsals to Phoebe’s garage.
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