Platinum (quartet)
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Platinum is a barbershop
quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA
international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts (held notes at the end of songs), particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same name.
Connelly and DeRosa were also members of the 1992 international champion quartet Keepsake
. Connelly won gold in 1987 with the quartet Interstate Rivals
and again in 2011 with the quartet Old School
. DeRosa and Lewis are the lead and baritone of the 2007 Champions, MaxQ
. Kevin Miles has been a member of The Dapper Dans
of Harmony and has served as the Voice of Epcot Center
, both at Walt Disney World
.
Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era , is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture...
quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts (held notes at the end of songs), particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same name.
Connelly and DeRosa were also members of the 1992 international champion quartet Keepsake
Keepsake
Keepsake was an American barbershop quartet from Florida that won the 1992 SPEBSQSA International Barbershop Competition. Members of the quartet areJoe Connelly , Tony Derosa , Don Barnick , and Roger Ross .-Discography:...
. Connelly won gold in 1987 with the quartet Interstate Rivals
Interstate Rivals
Interstate Rivals is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1987 SPEBSQSA international competition in Hartford, CT. Formed in 1982, the Rivals won the Cardinal District championship that fall. The next summer at International they placed tenth, followed by sixth, third, second place finishes before...
and again in 2011 with the quartet Old School
Old School (quartet)
Old School is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Kansas City, Missouri.-External links:*...
. DeRosa and Lewis are the lead and baritone of the 2007 Champions, MaxQ
Max Q (quartet)
Max Q is the barbershop quartet that won the gold medal Barbershop Harmony Society International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center July 7, 2007.The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony....
. Kevin Miles has been a member of The Dapper Dans
The Dapper Dans
The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California , at the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort , and at Hong Kong Disneyland in Lantau Island, Hong Kong...
of Harmony and has served as the Voice of Epcot Center
Epcot
Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida. The park is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was initially named...
, both at Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
.