Ringmasters
| Ringmasters | |
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| Website | Ringmasters.se |
| Members |
Jakob Stenberg – tenor Rasmus Krigström – lead Emanuel Roll – baritone Martin Wahlgren – bass |
Ringmasters is a barbershop quartet affiliated with SNOBS (The Society of Nordic Barbershop Singers). The quartet received first place gold medals at the Nordic Barbershop Quartet Contest in Stockholm (April 2008), and won the Barbershop Harmony Society International Collegiate Championship in July 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. On July 8, 2012 at the Society's International Convention in Portland, Oregon, they became the first quartet from outside North America to win the prestigious gold medal as International Quartet Champions. The quartet sings non-traditional barbershop harmonies with a contemporary touch.
Background
As a competing barbershop quartet, Ringmasters has earned several awards and accolades, the most prestigious being the Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Championship Gold Medal in Portland, Oregon on July 8, 2012. Their other accomplishments include the Society's International Collegiate Quartet Championship in 2008 and first place at IABS barbershop contest in 2007, and SNOBS gold in 2008.
Some members of Ringmasters are also members of zero8, the SNOBS 2008 Champion Chorus led by Doug Harrington of Second Edition.
Members
All members attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School, and Stockholms Musikgymnasium, two high profile music schools in Stockholm.[1]
- Jakob Stenberg – tenor; works at IKEA.
- Rasmus Krigström – lead; music education at The Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
- Emanuel Roll – baritone; works with child care.
- Martin Wahlgren – bass; is currently a student at Stockholm University School of Business.
External links
References
- ↑ Jerker Stenberg (16 July 2012). "Historiskt VM Guld till Ringmasters". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
| Preceded by Old School |
SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions 2012 |
Succeeded by Masterpiece |