moira smiley & VOCO is:
:: Internationally touring, 2007 U.S. National a cappella champions, busy festival and fine arts touring schedule in U.S & Canada.
:: 4 women - Vocals/Cello/Banjo/Accordion - Americana & Eastern European roots and original music...
:: hugely appealing to festival audiences for their powerful, utterly unique vocal harmony, on-stage percussive
movement sets and spare, award-winning original songs.
:: VOCO has unique roots / avant garde VOCALS / cello / banjo sound.
:: VOCO's programs this year: 1. "Bartok Sings": a re-imagining of Bela Bartok's piano miniatures for improvisational post-folk chamber ensemble
2. "Circle, Square, Diamond & Flag": new, experimental explorations of the earliest American vocal harmony tradition
...and various combinations of Body Percussion, Original "post-folk" vocal symphonies
Audio & Video Samples: www.moirasmiley.com
Stompin’ gorgeous harmony with cello & banjo: Original songs steeped in Appalachia & Eastern Europe.
moira smiley & VOCO sing powerful, emotional music with lush harmony and the delicious vaudevillian combo of cello, accordion and banjo. Sprinkled throughout their songs are rompin'stompin' body percussion sets. Voted #1 a cappella band in the U.S., the four members of VOCO create post-folk, improvisation-built songs while digging into old Americana and Eastern European sounds. Original music and new fruits from the old songs... americana to Bartók, ethereal and gritty
