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CHRISFOUNDER OF A CAPPELLA SENSATION RUPP HOME FREE - NOW SOLO! ABOUT CHRIS CHRIS RUPP IS A PROFESSIONAL A CAPPELLA SINGER AND INSTRUMENTALIST, AS BOTH A SOLO ARTIST AND AS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL BANDS, WHO HAS RELEASED 18 ALBUMS IN HIS CAREER. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE CHRIS RUPP PROJECT, 7TH AVE, AND HOME FREE - THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL CHAMPIONS OF NBC’S HIT SHOW, THE SING OFF. CHRIS HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN, PERFORMER, AND VOCAL- IST, AND IS AN EXPERT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THE A CAPPELLA WORLD, AND THE REALM OF YOUTUBE/SOCIAL MEDIA. Chris Rupp founded Home Free in 2000 and was their musical song, incorporating additional elements like dance, staging, director and baritone for 15 years. Home Free, a country vocal and video effects. Following in Home Free’s footsteps, I am band signed to Columbia Records, are the champions of currently developing my own YouTube presence with both NBC’s hit show, The Sing Off (Season 4) and stands among a my songwriting and piano focuses.” small handful of internationally renowned a cappella groups. All three of Home Free’s albums debuted on the Billboard Since departing Home Free, Chris has also created a Country Chart, with their recent release, Country Evolution, 4-person vocal group named 7th Ave. 7th Ave is blazing its at no. 4. Their music videos have garnered over 250 million own trail with its unique combination of vocal harmony and views on YouTube, and they have collaborated with the likes instruments, and their first album was released in November of Kenny Rogers, The Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, 2016. Their 2nd album, Collab, was released on Aug 31st 2018. Jewel, Nick Lachey, Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men), and Patrick Stump (Fallout Boy). LECTURE TOPICS Chris has guest lectured at many national events in the world of vocal music, including Camp A Cappella, A Cappella Academy, SheSings vocal festival, and SoJam Music Festival. He has led countless college and high school masterclasses for vocal music. His lectures cover many different topics including those listed below. • Music theory and vocal arranging • Nuts and bolts of forming and creating a band or a cappella group • The past, present, and future of a cappella • The changing music economy as traditional labels CHRIS BEGAN TO EXPLORE independent projects at the struggle to find their place, while social media offers end of 2015, and left Home Free to fully pursue his solo entirely new opportunities career in May of 2016, embracing a wide mix of styles and • How to create and market content in a digital world, genres. He’s since released his own solo album, Shine, as and creating your “brand” well as a classical piano CD called Setting The Stage, and in November of 2016 a Christmas album. He has followed those MISCELLANEOUS up with 2 a cappella Gospel CDs and is currently working on an Equipment needed for performance: original piano album. He says: “While Home Free has a country • Piano base, I am a classically trained musician (bachelor’s degree • Guitar of Fine Arts in Music from Minnesota State University, • 3 microphones “My solo work is best • 2 stools/chair characterized as a hodgepodge of wherever my musical interests take me.” CHRIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA (Click link to visit site) Mankato) and I also work with jazz and pop, spreading myself www.chrisruppofficial.com Instagram: christhehatguy across many genres. My solo work is best characterized as Facebook.com/Chris.Rupp YouTube: badmrpotatohead a hodgepodge of wherever my musical interests take me, Twitter: homefreehatguy Pinterest.com/Christhehatguy from a classical fugue to country, from a pop song to a folk Weston Zach • Yvonne & Bob Edman • Zanné De Meillon De Zanné • Edman Bob & Yvonne • Zach Weston Kelly • Karen T Anderson • Karen Williams • Karis Hagen • Karlynne Reiniger • Kasane Amagai • Kat Downs • Kathryn Kathryn • Downs Kat • Amagai Kasane • Reiniger Karlynne • Hagen Karis • Williams Karen • Anderson T Karen • Kelly Matthews • Virginia Nairn • Vj Merrick • Voiceplay • Wanda Welsh • Wendy Allen • Wendy Beasley • Wendy Ebert • • Ebert Wendy • Beasley Wendy • Allen Wendy • Welsh Wanda • Voiceplay • Merrick Vj • Nairn Virginia • Matthews • Julia Holland • Julie • June Ruggieri • Kaidi Mülla • Kaleah • Karen Barrett • Karen Case • Karen F. Herring • Karen Karen • Herring F. 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