Vive was a six-part

a cappella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

group from England, United Kingdom. Consisting of a line-up of five men and a woman (bass, baritone, two tenors, male alto and soprano), it builds upon the contemporary

sound, taking inspiration from

Take 6 Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group integrates jazz with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several Grammy Awards as well as D ...

and The Real Group. They won the final of '' The Voice Festival UK'' 2013 and were presented with the Ward Swingle Award for outstanding originality, outstanding musicality and also best arrangement. The group disbanded in late 2014.

Members

*Lewis Daniel (bass) *James Rose (baritone, composer, arranger) *Martynas Vilpisauskas (tenor 2) *Ben Cox (tenor 1) *Sam Robson (alto, composer, arranger) *Emily Dankworth (soprano) *Sam Merrick (sound engineer, 2012-Nov 2014, manager/artist liaison, 2012-Nov 2013)

Broadcasting appearances

Television

*'' The One Show'',

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(20 March 2013, 7pm GMT)

Radio

*'' Ronnie Scott's Radio Show'', Jazz FM (UK)/ Jazz.FM91 (CA) (12/13 January 2013) *''Inspirit with Jumoke Fashola'', BBC London 94.9 (20 January 2013, 8.15am GMT) *''The Choir with Aled Jones'',

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(20 January 2013, 5pm GMT) *''Ronnie Scott's Radio Show'', Jazz FM (UK)/Jazz.FM91 (CA) (23/24 March 2013) *'' The Paul O'Grady Show'', BBC Radio 2 (7 April 2013) *''The Choir with Clare Wheeler'', BBC Radio 3 (28 April 2013, 5pm GMT)

References

A cappella musical groups English vocal groups Musical groups established in 2012 Musical groups disestablished in 2014 Musical groups from London 2012 establishments in England 2014 disestablishments in England {{UK-band-stub