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479-443-5600 https://waltonartscenter.org/ HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD A new play by AARON SORKIN Directed by BARTLETT SHER JAN. 23-28, 2024 FEB. 20-25, 2024 MARCH 26-31, 2024 APRIL 16-21, 2024 SEPT. 12-17, 2023 DEC. 12-17, 2023 © DISNEY Broadway Series Sponsor: Bob & Becky Alexander Friends of Broadway Premier Broadway Series Support: Broadway Series Support: SUBSCRIBE TO THE 2023/24 BROADWAY Series at Walton Arts Center! 4 WHAT'S UP! APRIL 9-15, 2023 "In a perfect world," says vocal percussionist Ed Chung of Duwende, "we hope that our audiences feel compelled to dance and sing along with us and be taken on a musical journey that leaves them full of good vibes. Ideally, you might even forget that we have no instruments and are just enjoying the music, and then at the end of night when the show is over, you realize, 'hold on a minute, that was a cappella!'" (Courtesy Photo) Three Minutes, Three Questions Ed Chung BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette F ormed more than 20 years ago, Duwende started as an all-original a cappella act in New York City and made its name performing in clubs and music festivals across the country, says vocal percussionist Ed Chung. He answered these three questions for What's Up! Q. What were your backgrounds coming into the group? A. Most of us graduated college with music degrees, but a common thread with all of us is that we all performed collegiate a cappella. It was the experience of being in those respective groups that paved the way for us to find each other professionally. Q. How did you define the kind of a cappella music you wanted to perform? A. Our strength has always been in performing original, bass and beatbox driven funk/pop music. We've always approached performing the same way as an instrumental band would — our roles are clearly defined and we play our parts with the sole purpose of serving the music. In that sense, we are much closer to being a band than we are a choir or glee club, even though we have no instruments. Q. What do you think has made a cappella music so popular in the last few years? A. A cappella music has always been the most direct way of presenting music, in our opinion. In its purest form, there is nothing between the performers and the audience, and when all of the sounds of the music are being produced vocally, it can lead to magical moments. 3X3