The Hyannis Sound

The Hyannis Sound is a professional a cappella singing group, composed of 10 young men from around the United States who convene each summer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the greater New England area.

Hyannis Sound
Origin	Hyannis, Massachusetts
Genres	A cappella, Pop, R&B
Years active	1994–present
Website	HyannisSound.org
Members	Jordan Rubenstein (Amherst College '19) Colin Watts (UVA '20) Will Wolz (College of William & Mary '18) Jarell Green (RIT '21) Cahleb Derry (Harvard University '20) Jacob Lamb (NYU '21) Cristian Ramos (UMass Lowell '22) Savidu Geevaratne (NYU '22) Jimmy Fitzgibbons (UNH '23)

Every summer, the 10 members of Hyannis Sound go on a performance schedule throughout Cape Cod. In the course of 90 days, they perform at various self-produced weekly shows, parties, restaurants, backyard gatherings, cobblestone streets, and stadiums. Hyannis Sound's repertoire of songs spans the various time periods of popular music.

History

Hyannis Sound was founded in 1994 by Townsend Belisle.[1] Encouraged by the success of the Vineyard Sound,[NB 1] which he founded and produced, Townsend decided to put together a similar group on Cape Cod. The group rented a house in Hyannis to live together. Starting small, the group made a name for itself by singing wherever they could. After years of performances, the group began to establish itself as a notable entertainment group on the Cape.

Since its inception, the group has enjoyed more and more public notice, and now holds four weekly concerts within an area extending from Falmouth to Chatham. The group is also established as a non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Recordings

To date, the Sound has recorded fifteen albums. Their first, Live, All-Natural A Cappella was a recording of their final 1994 concert. This was followed by Talk About It in 1996, On The Beach in 1999, 110 in 2001, Aged Ten Years and Cape Standard Time in 2003, Route 6 in 2005, Shirt, Tie, Khaki in 2007, On The Clock in 2009, High Tide in 2011, Over the Bridge in 2013, H2O in 2015, and Boys of Summer in 2017. "Always / Sometimes" (2019) caps off the collection, containing songs performed by the group in the summers of 2017 and 2018. In 2003, the group also began a practice of releasing an annual Bootleg, a live CD every year (recorded mid-Summer from one show and released at their final show of the summer).

Hyannis Sound has performed the National Anthem at Fenway Park as well as various Cape Cod League games, and have been featured in publications including The Boston Globe, Cape Cod Magazine, and Martha Stewart Weddings.

Auditions

Every year the lineup of ten guys has a turnover of a few members. The group hosts Springtime auditions in Boston and new guys are chosen from a national pool of that often includes nearly 100 candidates. They are judged for both their personality/character and musicality/performance. Most candidates have had experience with one of thousands of college or university a cappella groups throughout the country.[NB 2] These new members are put through a rigorous orientation of long rehearsals and welcome by alumni before embarking on their summer schedule.

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Nick Asselin

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Alfredo Austin

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Greg Binstock

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Ed Boyer

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Jason Brown

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Nick Cafero

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Bill Caleo

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James Caran

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Peter Carboni

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Dave Cary

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Cooper Cerulo

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Samrat Chakrabarti

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Sasha Chanoff

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Micah Christian

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Darren Coyle

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Andy Degan

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Andy Delong

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Cahleb Derry

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Jeff Eames

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Colin Egan

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Mark Farnum

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Liam Fennecken

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Eric Fosbury

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Doug Fraser

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Savidu Geevaratne

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Matt Goldstein

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Dave Goryl

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Jared Graveley

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Jarell Green

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Dave Hannah

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Mark Hannah

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James Harrington

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Tim Harrison

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Matt Henderson

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Mike Hilliker

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Jim Hogan

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Mike Hubbard

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Arjun Jaikumar

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Grayson Kilgo

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Matt Knowland

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Matt Labak

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Ryan LaForest

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Jacob Lamb

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Phil Landry

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Brendan Largay

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Mike LeBlanc

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Mike Leona

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Patrick Lundquist

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Rob Powers

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Cristian Ramos

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Nolan Roche

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Anthony Rodriguez

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Mike Roufa

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Jordan Rubenstein

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Victor Sandman

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Aithan Shapira

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Brendan Jacob Smith

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Jon Smith

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Dave Snell

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Brian Sowell

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Daniel Spector

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Rob Stewart

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Jason Taylor

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Jeff Tolonen

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Paul Toms

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Collins Ward

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Will Wolz

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Notes

1. Vineyard Sound: http://www.vineyardsound.org/
2. see CASA http://www.casa.org/ for a directory

References

1. Hyannis Sound http://www.hyannissound.com/mission/. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Official website