Deke Sharon
Deke Sharon (born December 12, 1967) is an American singer, arranger, composer, director, producer and teacher of a cappella music, and is one of the leaders and promoters of the contemporary a cappella community.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He has been referred to as "the father of contemporary a cappella" by some authors.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Deke Sharon | |
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On stage with the House Jacks, 2006 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Kurk Richard Toohey, Jr. |
Born | December 12, 1967 |
Origin | San Francisco, California, USA |
Genres | A Cappella |
Occupation(s) | Singer, arranger, composer, director, producer, television producer, and teacher |
Instruments | Vocals, instrument mimicry |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Tommy Boy Warner Bros. Records, Hot Lips Records, Artelier, Atlantic Records, Sony Music Latin, Epic, Universal Records, Universal Classics, Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records |
Associated acts | The House Jacks, Tufts Beelzebubs, Straight No Chaser, Nota, Committed, Street Corner Symphony, Pentatonix, Vocalosity, DCappella |
Website | dekesharon.com |
Early life
Deke Sharon was born and raised in San Francisco.[15] He started singing in choir groups at age five,[16] including the San Francisco Boys Chorus.[17][18] He attended Town School for Boys and San Francisco University High School,[19][20] where he sang a lead role in the barbershop quartet his freshman year in "The Music Man."[21]
College
Sharon spent his college years in Boston, graduating from Tufts University with a degree in childhood studies and a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music[22] with a focus on vocal jazz, third stream (now called "contemporary improvisation"), and music theory.[23]
In college, he directed the collegiate a cappella group the Tufts Beelzebubs,[24][25] transforming the group's sound to reflect modern rock,[26] with intricate instrumental vocalizations[27][28] and the integration of vocal percussion.[29][30] The 1990–1991 Beelzebubs album Foster Street that he directed musically is credited with the creation of contemporary a cappella sound.[31] Sharon had to audition three times before he was accepted, as he was seen as "overzealous" during a time when a cappella was not popular, a fact which was mentioned in the book "Pitch Perfect."[32][33] Benji in the Pitch Perfect films is partially based on Sharon.[34] During this time, he decided to make a career of contemporary a cappella.[35][36][37]
Film
Sharon was the music director[38][39] and arranger[40] for the film Pitch Perfect,[8][41][42][43] as well as singing on several of the songs, where he was credited on screen as "Male Voice #1."[44] He returned for Pitch Perfect 2,[45] in which he has a brief cameo as the German judge and broadcaster.[46][47][48] He helped involve several professional a cappella groups and singers with the film, including The Filharmonic,[49] Penn Masala, and Pentatonix. Sharon also worked with the Green Bay Packers.[50][51] He returned to music-direct, arrange, and vocally produce for Pitch Perfect 3.[52] He had also arranged for the film, The Social Network.[53]
Television
In December 2009, he acted as music director, arranger, coach, and consultant behind the scenes on America's first a cappella reality show competition, titled The Sing-Off,[54] and returned in 2010 as one of the show's producers.[55] He also served as Executive Music Producer on the Dutch Sing Off,[56] Sing Off South Africa[57] and Sing-Off China, including several guest appearances as a judge and performer.[58]
Along with The House Jacks, he sang and performed the 2011 Monday Night Football theme song "Are You Ready for Some Football" with Hank Williams, Jr.[59]
He worked with Straight No Chaser on their first PBS special Live in New York.[60]
He appeared in front of the camera for the first time on Lifetime's Pitch Slapped reality show, in which he coached after school high school a cappella group Stay Tuned from Cherry Hill, New Jersey,[52][61] focusing both on their musicality and emotional delivery.[62] The show also aired overseas in London,[63] Israel (where its name in Hebrew means "a cappella battle")[64] across Latin America, Indonesia and the Philippines (under the name Pitch Battle).[65]
As of summer 2017 he is series music director for a new competitive choir show on BBC1 called Pitch Battle,[66] as well as appearing on camera each episode providing insight and commentary.[67][68] He was also the third judge for the season one live finale.[69]
He judged Eurovision Choir 2019.[70]
Performing career
Upon graduation in 1991, he moved back to San Francisco, bringing with him a handful of other collegiate a cappella singers to form The House Jacks,[71] a pioneering a cappella group[72] known for its original music and sound,[73] often called "the original rock band without instruments",[74] in part because they were the first a cappella group with a designated vocal percussionist.[75]
The House Jacks have released seven albums (signed to Warner Brothers/Tommy Boy Records in the mid-1990s)[76] and completed several world tours.[77] He has performed with many musicians, including Ray Charles, Crosby, Stills and Nash and James Brown.[78][79] They have won "Best Pop Rock Album" from the Contemporary A Cappella Society, for "Unbroken" (2004), "Level" (2010), and "Pollen (2014).[80]
He also performs as a solo artist, with groups such as the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus[81] and at events like Singapore's "Vocal Edge"[82] and directing DCINY's annual "Total Vocal" at Carnegie Hall[83][84][85] as well as serving as Emcee for a cappella events, such as the annual Techapella concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area.[86]
Studio session credits include the Wii game Just Dance Kids 2 including the songs "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Barbara Ann", and "Mahna Mahna".
Arranging
A prolific, award-winning[87][88] vocal music arranger, he has arranged more than 2,000 songs[89] for a wide range of ensembles, including some of vocal music's best-known groups.[90] The Best Arrangement award at the Colorado Harmony Sweepstakes is named after him,[91] and he has won the best arrangement award at the Harmony Sweepstakes several times since 1991.[92] He was named "favorite arranger" in the 2010 A Cappella Community Awards[93] and won "Best Professional Arrangement" in 2019.[94]
Live music direction and production
He founded and directed a cappella groups at Walt Disney World/Epcot (American Vybe) and Disneyland (Groove 66).[95] In 2013, he created a new professional a cappella ensemble in New Mexico: "Voasis".[96][97][98] In 2014 and 2015 in music directed the Sing Off Live tour[99][100] He created Vocalosity for which he was artistic producer, music director[101] and arranger.[29] They started touring in 2016[102] and their debut album was released on Universal Classics.[101]
In December 2017 he announced the formation of DCappella, a seven-member contemporary a cappella group launched in 2018 that will tour performing arts centers singing music from classic and contemporary Disney films.[103] He serves as the group's music director, arranger and artistic producer.[104][105]
His latest production with Columbia Artists Management, "A Cappella Live," is touring the US featuring four a cappella acts: Committed (vocal group), The Filharmonic, Women of the World, and Blake Lewis.[106][107][108]
Album production
As a producer of a cappella recordings,[109] he is known for having changed the sound of collegiate a cappella recording via the Beelzebubs' album Code Red. He has arranged and produced multiple albums and tracks for Atlantic Records' Straight No Chaser, including the certified gold "Christmas Cheers".[110][111][112]
In the early 1990s, he co-founded The Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) compilation,[113] which he now produces annually with Varsity Vocals.
Event production and promotion
In college, he brought the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival to the East Coast, producing the first Boston regional with the Beelzebubs.[114] Shortly after college he founded the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA),[115] the West and East Coast A Cappella Summits (the first contemporary a cappella conferences), and a number of other a cappella-related projects, programs, and events[116] with the goal of popularizing a cappella.[117] Recent festivals include Aca-West in San Francisco and VoiceJam in Arkansas[118][119] where he often hosts the evening concert or competition as well as teach during the day.[120]
He is a frequent host and emcee at a cappella events, such as Silicon Valley's "Techapella",[121][122] The National A Cappella Convention,[123] The annual College Notes event in Walnut Creek CA,[124] "Pacific Harmony" in New Zealand,[125] AKA A Cappella in Singapore,[126] and the Maui Barbershop Festival.[127] Some of the videos he has posted to promote a cappella groups around the world have gone viral.[128][129] He's also frequently in residency or headlining events at universities such as Indiana U, Midland U and Tufts U.[130][131]
His work to popularize and promote a cappella worldwide is now being recognized by major media: "A Capella [sic] is more popular than ever, thanks to this guy" (NPR Here and Now),[132] "Deke Sharon makes a cappella cool again" (NPR All Things Considered).[10]
Organizations
In his college dorm he founded The Contemporary A Cappella Society[133][134][135][136][137] and The Ultimate A Cappella Arranging Service (which became TotalVocal). Shortly after graduation, he created the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ("CARAs"), a cappella's equivalent of the Grammy Awards.[56]
He formed the Contemporary A Cappella League,[138] a new national network of adult "post-collegiate" a cappella groups.[139]
Writing
- A Cappella Arranging, his first book, co-authored with Dylan Bell, was published in 2012.[140]
- A Cappella, a general interest book covering many aspects of the style, co-authored with Ben Spalding and Brody McDonald, was released in 2015.[141]
- The Heart of Vocal Harmony, about how vocal harmony groups can perform with unified emotion, was released in early 2016.[142]
- A Cappella Warmups for Pop and Jazz Choirs and
- So You Want To Sing A Cappella were both released in 2017.[143][144]
- Teaching Music Through Performance in Contemporary A Cappella, the first contemporary a cappella repertoire guide, was released summer 2020 [145]
Biographical Information about Deke Sharon can be found in Mickey Rapkin's Pitch Perfect (2008), Joshua Duchan's Powerful Voices (2012) and Alysia Abbott's Fairyland (2013).[146]
Musical theater
The pioneering,[147] first all-a cappella musical on Broadway, In Transit[148] for which he is co-producer and arranged all the music[149] opened at the Circle in the Square Theater on Broadway in December 2016.[150] He started working with the production just after their off-Broadway run five years earlier.[151]
Vocalosity, a live a cappella theatrical concert production with diverse cast,[152] began touring in January 2016 and has performed in 30 states.[153][154][155]
He has worked on a cappella musical theatre projects including "Street" and "Our World".[156]
Education
He co-founded and directs Camp Acappella for teens and adults each summer[157][158] at Wright State University[159] in Dayton, Ohio[160] and teaches the music production class Soup To Nuts periodically.[161] as well as travels to other countries to work with groups in person, such as New Zealand,[162] Brazil, Italy,[163] Sri Lanka and Singapore.[164]
His YouTube channel features a variety of educational topics including how to sound like several different instruments. A GE special features him discussing the physics of a cappella.[165]
In 2016, he joined the California branch of the American Choral Directors Association as the first ever Contemporary A Cappella R&R chair.[166]
Awards
The Pitch Perfect soundtrack earned several awards, including an RIAA platinum record certification, the American Music Award for best soundtrack,[167] an Online Film and Television Association nomination for Best Music, Adapted Song (Don't You Forget About Me)[168] and an MTV Video Music Award for "Best Musical Moment".[169]
The Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200,[170] secured the American Music Award for best Soundtrack[171] and a Grammy nomination for Best Soundtrack.[172]
As album producer, he was nominated for a Dove Award in 2012 (Best Contemporary Gospel Album: Committed).[173]
In 2016, he became an honorary member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, one of only twenty since 1938,[174] and he was named an honorary member of BYU Vocal Point.[175] In 2017 he was awarded the P.T. Barnum Award for excellence in Entertainment from his alma mater, Tufts University.[176]
He has received two lifetime achievement awards for his work in a cappella: in 2016 for the 25th anniversary of his founding of thee Contemporary A Cappella Society[177] and in 2018, from the A Cappella Music Awards.[178]
Other
He is known for his ability to replicate a variety of instruments (e.g. trumpet,[179] guitar, flute, violin, muted trumpet, harmonica) with his voice—which he teaches online[180] and via "Singing Instruments" seminars[181]—teaching summer camp for young vocalists,[182] and adjudicating choral festivals around the world.[183] He has worked with many professional vocal groups, including 98 Degrees, The Nylons and Boyz II Men.[184]
Helping groups get started has been a ongoing goal of his for 30 years, which he does by providing free advice, support and arrangements.[185][186]
He served on the CASA board for almost twenty years, often as President or Vice President.[187] Acapellablog named him the number-one "a cappella power player to keep an eye on in 2012",[188] and NPR credits him for "making a cappella cool again".[10]
In 2016 he launched an a cappella podcast called "Counterpoint" with co-host Robert Dietz [189] and has appeared on other podcasts.[190][191][192][193][194][195]
To help promote Good Omens, he arranged several songs for "The Chattering Order of St Beryl," a group of singing nuns.,[196][197] and co-created Walmart's "Sparkappella." [198][199]
When the cult NXIVM tried to use a cappella as a recruiting device, he drew out Keith Raniere in a public forum,[200] resulting in his being put on their list of enemies.[201]
He describes his life's work is "to get more people singing"[202] because "music can build a better community"[203] as "our country needs to understand the importance of working together".[204] His motto is "Harmony through harmony."[205]
Selected bibliography
Title | Year | Category | ISBN |
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A Cappella Arranging | 2012 | Non fiction | ISBN 1458416577 |
A Cappella | 2015 | Non fiction | ISBN 147061667X |
The Heart of Vocal Harmony: Emotional Expression in Group Singing | 2016 | Non fiction | ISBN 1495057836 |
A Cappella Warmups for Pop and Jazz Choirs | 2017 | Non fiction | ISBN 0793595290 |
So You Want To Sing A Cappella: A Guide For Performers | 2017 | Non fiction | ISBN 153810587X |
Teaching Music Through Performance in Contemporary A Cappella | 2020 | Non fiction | ISBN 9781622774876 |
Title | Year | Category | ISBN |
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Contemporary A Cappella Songbook Vol 1 | 1996 | Song book | ISBN 0793595290 |
Contemporary A Cappella Songbook Vol 2 | 1997 | Song book | ISBN 0793595282 |
A CASA Christmas | 1998 | Song book | ISBN 0793595274 |
Songs For All Occasions | 1999 | Song book | ISBN 0634011707 |
I Feel Good: A Contemporary A Cappella Collection | 2000 | Song book | ISBN 0634025600 |
Natural Woman | 2001 | Song book | ISBN 0634033611 |
Shout | 2002 | Song book | ISBN 0634055127 |
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | 2003 | Song book | ISBN 0634084224 |
Good Ol A Cappella Vol 1 | 2003 | Song book | ISBN 0634055275 |
ShBoom: Contemporary A Cappella Songbook | 2003 | Song book | ISBN 0634055283 |
A Cappella Jazz Broadway | 2004 | Song book | ISBN 0634097776 |
A Cappella Jazz Classics | 2004 | Song book | ISBN 0634084232 |
Respect | 2004 | Song book | ISBN 0634084240 |
Deck The Hall | 2006 | Song book | ISBN 0634084216 |
Ya Gotta Be | 2007 | Song book | ISBN 1423412397 |
Love Songs A Cappella | 2010 | Song book | ISBN 0634055240 |
DCappella Tour Songbook | 2019 | Song book | ISBN 9781540041791 |
Selected discography
Album | Year(s) | Role |
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Fourteen – Tufts Beelzebubs | 1989 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Beelzebub Winter Invitational – Tufts Beelzebubs | 1990 | Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Foster Street – Tufts Beelzebubs | 1991 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Sing Naked – House Jacks | 1991 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Naked Noise – House Jacks | 1994 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Best of College A Cappella | 1995–2020 | Producer |
Urban Harmony: R&B A Cappella | 1996 | Producer |
Funkwich – House Jacks | 1997 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
A Cappella All-Stars: The CARAs | 1997–2000 | Producer |
Harmony Sweepstakes | 1997–1998 | Producer |
Voices Only: A Cappella Originals | 1997 | Producer |
Yearbook: Live from Spring Thing | 1997–1998 | Producer |
Best of High School A Cappella | 1998–2020 | Producer |
Naked Funk – House Jacks | 1999 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Wasting Our Parents' Money: BOCA Humor | 1999 | Producer |
Drive – House Jacks | 2001 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Next – Tufts Beelzebubs | 2001 | Arranger, Producer |
Disney's American Vybe – American Vybe | 2001 | Music Director, Arranger |
Punch – Various | 2002 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Embodiment – BaSix (Denmark) | 2002 | Producer |
Only In America – Peking and the Mystics | 2002 | Producer |
Code Red – Tufts Beelzebubs | 2003 | Arranger, Producer |
Unbroken – House Jacks | 2004 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Fitchy & Grikko – House Jacks | 2005 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Udder Won – Moosebutter | 2005 | Vocalist, Producer |
Unleash the Periscope – Colorado College Back Row | 2006 | Producer |
Get Down Mr. President – House Jacks | 2007 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Good Things – House Jacks | 2009 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Christmas Cheers – Straight No Chaser | 2009 | Arranger, Producer |
The Sing-Off tracks – US Sing-Off Cast, Season 1–5 | 2009–2014 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Go Nuts – Colorado College Back Row | 2010 | Producer |
With A Twist – Straight No Chaser | 2010 | Arranger, Producer |
Level – House Jacks | 2010 | Music Director, Arranger, Vocalist, Producer |
Nota – Nota | 2010 | Arranger, Producer |
Harmonies for the Holidays – Sing-Off Cast, Season Two | 2010 | Arranger, Producer |
Best of The Sing-Off Season Two – Sing-Off Cast | 2011 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Committed – Committed | 2011 | Arranger, Producer |
Songs of the Season – Sing-Off Cast, Season Three | 2011 | Arranger, Producer |
Pitch Perfect Soundtrack – Pitch Perfect cast | 2012 | Arranger, Music Director, Vocalist, Producer |
Act Accordingly – Gentlemen's Rule | 2012 | Arranger, Producer |
Life's So Lyrical – Forte | 2012 | Arranger, Producer |
Blackjack – The House Jacks | 2012 | Arranger, Music Director, Vocalist, Producer |
Southern Autumn Nostalgia – Street Corner Symphony | 2013 | Arranger, Producer |
Pollen – The House Jacks | 2014 | Arranger, Music Director, Vocalist, Producer |
Best of BOCA | 2014 | Producer |
Pitch Perfect 2 Soundtrack – Pitch Perfect Cast | 2015 | Arranger, Music Director, Vocalist, Producer |
Pitch Slapped Live Performances – Stay Tuned | 2016 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Vocalosity – Vocalosity | 2016 | Arranger, Music Director, Vocalist, Producer |
Straight No Chaser – I'll Have Another | 2016 | Arranger, Producer ("Run Run Rudolph") |
In Transit – Original Broadway Cast | 2017 | Arranger, Producer |
Pitch Perfect 3 Soundtrack – Cast | 2017 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Incredibles 2 Soundtrack – D Cappella | 2018 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Full Rally – Tufts Beelzebubs | 2018 | Arranger, Producer |
D Cappella – D Cappella | 2018 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Unholy Night – Chattering Order of St Beryl (Good Omens) | 2019 | Arranger, Coach/consultant |
D Cappella Japanese album – D Cappella | 2019 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
SparkAppella - SparkAppella | 2019 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
Rockin Holiday – D Cappella | 2019 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
All Ears – D Cappella | 2020 | Arranger, Music Director, Producer |
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- Deke Sharon vocal arrangements
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- Counterpoint Podcast
- Reddit AMA
- "Making Choruses Cooler" (Chorus America)
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