The Ten Tenors

The Ten Tenors (or even just " TTT " called ) is the name of a ten-member vocal ensemble from Australia, the occasion of the anniversary of a television station made ​​its first appearance in Brisbane in 1995. At that time, the ten singer nor music students; only since 1998 they appear professionally in her concerts and released their first album. Since then they give internationally successful concerts, since 2001 also in Europe.

The occupation of the Ten Tenors has changed regularly since its founding. Allen singers but remains (with a few exceptions) have in common that they were students of the Queensland Conservatory. Her breakthrough in Europe experienced the group as a surprise guest at the preselection for the Euro Vision Song Contest 2002 in Kiel. They presented a medley of songs participants. Two years later they were again a guest of the German preliminary Germany 12 Points! . This time she presented a Ralph Siegel Medley, which was still long popular part of German shows.

Their repertoire is a mix of opera and operetta pieces, original compositions as well as cover versions of tracks by known bands (eg, Queen, Bee Gees and The Beach Boys ), they present some humorous. Therefore, they have occasionally been compared to the Comedian Harmonists. In recent years, The Ten Tenors have consistently expanded their repertoire to self-composed pieces.

In March 2006, The Ten Tenors worked at Abbey Road Studios in London with the famous film composer John Barry together, which co-produced the book published in autumn 2006, new album ' Here's to the heroes '. In addition to the eponymous song, which is based on the John Dunbar Theme from Dances With Wolves, there are still seven more songs from Barry, including two from previous James Bond films. Most of the texts wrote Don Black, a longtime employee of Barry. Was Stirs the repertoire also with four other film songs with which Barry / Black had nothing to do, from Highlander, Gladiator, Les Choristes and La vita è bella.

During the here's -to-the - Heroes - tour The Ten Tenors recorded the latest album " Nostalgica ". According to information from The Ten Tenors wanted to differentiate this album from other classical crossover groups. The stated goal was a gift to the fans, in the interim, the selection of songs on the album is a selection of the classics of music history that have been requested by the fans again and again.

According to the company, they take their music very important to give yourself a terrible thing you notice especially at the amusing announcements parts, the jokes during some songs, and especially after the concerts in direct contact with the fans. The Ten Tenors give themselves accessible to their audience, charming and polite - and possibly also to the launched one or another joke. Artistic Director of the successful group is Matthew Hickey, who himself stood until 2003 on the stage. Musical director is Steven Baker. He will be supported for some time by Drew Graham ( Creative Director Production), Shannon Brown ( Musical Director ) and Craig Hendry (Programming / Arranging ). The official management is Dmand Pty Ltd of Australia. The German tour is done by Funke Media in Hamburg.

In the trade press this specialized formation of a tenor ensemble, especially in the representation of polyphonic solo tenor roles, sometimes critically examined and compared to a football team of ten center forwards.

Occupation

Singer

  • Sebastian Maclaine
  • Ben Stephens
  • Keane Fletcher
  • Jack Fowles
  • Paul Gelsumini
  • David " Billy the " Kidd ( 1998-12/2007 ) since mid-2011, again in the regular cast
  • Benjamin Clark
  • Chad Hilligus
  • Jared Newall
  • Daniel Belle

There are usually at least eleven tenors on tour. One is the so-called Understudy, ie it is the understudy for the case that a tenor is ill or takes leave. In this way, the Ten Tenors have the opportunity to offer their fans any time concerts with a full line, while they are almost constantly on tour.

  • Thomas David Birch
  • Jordan S. Pollard
  • Boyd Owen
  • Luke " Kenlee " Kennedy
  • Dion Molinas (until mid 2011)
  • Stewart " Sancho " Morris (until mid 2011)
  • Graham Foote (May 2011)
  • Steven Sowden ( mid-2010 )
  • Death Strike (until 2005, from 2008 to end of 2009)
  • Jeff Teale ( end of 2009)
  • Josh (JP) Pitermann ( mid-2009 )
  • Drew "Creamy Goodness " Graham (until March 2009; replacement singer of Germany Tour 2011 )
  • Jason " Shorty" Short ( end of 2008 )
  • Craig " Chendry " Hendry (until end 2008)
  • Shannon Brown (until mid 2008)
  • Liam McLachlan (until mid 2008)
  • Adrian " Gary " Phillips (2005-2007)
  • Jason " Chopper" Turnbull ( until early 2006, early 2007 tour to Australia )
  • Craig " Burce " Atkinson (1998-2006, in October 2009, a week on tour in Germany )
  • Andrew " Fetch" Pryor (up 2003/Ersatzsänger the U.S. tour 2005)
  • Dominic "Panda" Smith (1998-2005 replacement singer of Germany Tour 2007, again from 2008 to 2011 in the regular cast )
  • Nathan " Merten " Kneen (1998-2003 replacement singer for the Christmas Tour 2005 )
  • Bradley McCaw (replacement singer 2004)
  • Matthew " Bryan " Hickey (until 2003, then "Artistic Director" )
  • George Forgan -Smith
  • Kim Kirkman (founding member until 2001)
  • Roger Davy
  • Gordon Harris
  • Rosario La Spina
  • Nick McDougall
  • Greg Moore
  • Kent Maddock
  • Bernard Wheaton
  • Scott Harrison
  • Adam Lopez
  • Shaun Brown

Musician

  • Michael " Flash" Manikus (Keyboard / Piano since 2002)

And temporarily changing bass players and drummers

  • Bela Piri (Bass in the German Nostalgica Tour 2008 )
  • Nick Hatch (drums since early 2006, March 2009 - end 2010)
  • Joseph Marchisella (drums at the German Nostalgica Tour 2008 )
  • Julia de Plater (Piano)
  • Demis Lyall -Wilson (keyboards 2002-2004 )
  • John Turnbull ( bass)
  • Jeremy O'Connor (bass in summer and winter 2005)
  • Tim Curle ( drummer in the fall of 2005)
  • Dr. Steven Baker (Piano / Keyboard to 2007)
  • Chris Pearson (bass since early 2006 )
  • Craig Hendry (keyboards, later used as a tenor )

Discography

  • Tenorissimo (1998)
  • Colours ( 1999)
  • Untied (2001) - Australia & New Zealand
  • One Is Not Enough (2002 ) - " Untied " for the German, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and Danish market, as normal and "special edition " available
  • Larger Than Life (2004) - contained in the D / AUS / CH version of a live CD and in the United States version of a live DVD for Christmas 04 as a "special edition " available
  • Tenology (2005 ) - " Best of " of the previous albums, also available in the " Limited Edition Christmas " ( December 2005 & 2006, see below) and "Mother's Day Edition" ( March 06 )
  • A not so silent night (2001/2005) - the updated version of the 2001 edition was published in November 2005 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, where he was only available at concerts of the tour of the same name. At the same time, she appeared as a bonus disc in the Tenology Limited Christmas Edition in the USA.
  • Here's to the Heroes (2006) - appeared in a time lag in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and the USA
  • Nostalgica (2008) - Classic songs like What a Wonderful World or Over the Rainbow
  • Amigos Para Siempre (2009) - Classical Songs ( revised version of Nostalgica )
  • Double Platinum (2011) 2 CD
  • Colours ( VHS, 2000) - Australia & New Zealand
  • One Is Not Enough (DVD, 2002) - Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  • Larger Than Life (DVD, 2004) - USA, Canada & Australia
  • Here's To The Heroes - A Night With The Ten Tenors (DVD, 2006) - Germany
  • Amigos Para Siempre (DVD, 2009) - Spain & Germany - Classic songs like Moon River, Who Wants To Live Forever or The Boxer
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Queen (Band) John Barry (composer) Don Black (lyricist) Gladiator (2000 film) The Chorus (2004 film) Integrated Authority File
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