Friday, May 22, 2015

TGIF FEATURE: Riff-Off with the Fillharmonic, Anna Kendrick and James Corden.




IN CASE you missed it, the fantastic a cappella group Filharmonic was on the Late Late Show mid-May to back up actress/singer Anna Kendrick. Kendrick and the Filipino American group from Los Angeles just finished working on the movie Pitch Perfect 2

"We just did The Late Late Show with James Corden, which was a huge, huge gig for us, said VJ Rosales. "We got to back Anna Kendrick and James and do a riff-off battle with them. We arranged the music and gave it to them and said, 'OK, let's battle.'"

Kendrick challenged host James Corden after she heard that he was bragging that the British host was the best a cappella singer. So she gathered her co-stars and challenged Corden to a riff-off.

"It was the most amazing thing ever," says Rosales. We can forgive VJ for his hyperbole but, clearly, it was pretty cool.

The 6-member group gained fame by being among the final four groups in the television show Sing-Off in 2013. It seemed that they were having so much fun in the singing competition.

If the Filharmonic played musical instruments, they would be a boy band. Their voices are their instruments. The guys are just ... so ... darn ... cute. If their screaming fans are any indication, girls love them.

Besides Rosales, the other members of the group are Joe Caigoy, Trace Gaynor, Barry Fortgang, Jules Cruz and Niko Del Rey.

The Filharmonic's style is described as an urbanesque hip-hop sound with '90s nostalgia. The all-male group is linked through their Filipino heritage and their passion for a wide variety of performance styles including pop, a cappella, jazz, opera, theater and classical.

The Filharmonic with Pitch Perfect 2 co-star Anna Kendrick.
OK, OK, here's a bonus video of Filharmonic with Chrissie Fit.

Have a great weekend!

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