DCappella
DCappella is an a cappella group formed via a national search and run by Disney Music Group featuring Disney songs. The group originally consisted of Antonio Fernandez, Joe Santoni, Morgan Keene, Orlando Dixon, RJ Woessner, Shelley Regner, and Sojourner Brown: it currently consists of Fernandez, Santoni, Keene, Dixon, Woessner, Kalen Kelly, and Kelly Denice Taylor. Deke Sharon is DCappella’s co-creator, music director, arranger and producer. History. DCappella was conceived in 2012 with auditions starting in November 2017. Then was announced in December 2017 as being formed by Disney Music Group through a nationwide search for talent run  by Deke Sharon. Plans at the time was for a seven member group, soprano, mezzo, alto, tenor, baritone, bass and vocal percussionist. On April 29, 2018, the seven members were confirmed to be "Newsies" star Morgan Keene as the soprano, "Pitch Perfect" star Shelley Regner as the mezzo, Tony Awards performer Sojourner Brown as the alto, "Saturday Night Live" performer RJ Woessner as the tenor, "The Voice" finalist Orlando Dixon as the baritone, Hunkapella member Joe Santoni as the bass, and American Music Machine member Antonio Fernandez as the vocal percussionist. In January 2018, a list of 14 member was  released, as at the time, Disney planned for two separate touring teams within DCappella group. Disney Music released the group's first single, "Immortals" from Disney's "Big Hero 6" on April 27, 2018. DCappella made its first appearance on American Idol's Disney Night April 29, 2018. The group gave its first concert performance over Memorial Day weekend 2018 as the opening act to Disney's Beauty and the Beast Live in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl along with ABC's first Idol winner Maddie Poppe. The group's debut self titled album was released on November 16, 2018 . DCappella's first tour started in Jacksonville, Florida, in January 2019 and ended two months later in Oakland, California. Shelley Regner was replaced as mezzo by Kalen Kelly in May 2019. On October 25, 2019, they released their first holiday album called "Rockin Holiday". In March 2020, Sojourner Brown was replaced by Kelly Denice Taylor. Music. Albums. All music are arranged by Deke Sharon Awards. !| A Cappella Video Awards (AVA) !| Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA)