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Ann Arbor Show!

Are you guys excited for this or what?!?!

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra:

Ann Arbor setlist? HMM.

UPDATE ON SETLIST: According to Annie of AnnieDAFG who contacted the Director of the Ann Arbor Orchestra David will be singing ‘Fields Of Gold’ as well:

Original version by Sting:

Eva Cassidy’s version:

David Archuleta – Christmas from the Heart

University of Michigan: Hill Auditorium (Map)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, 27 November 2009 – 8:00 PM

Presenter: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Arie Lipsky
Artist: David Archuleta (Tenor)
Tickets go on sale at Briarwood Mall, Ann Arbor on Monday, October 26th IN PERSON ONLY from 3 PM to 9 PM. General ticket sales begin at noon on Tuesday, October 27th at www.a2so.com, by phone at 734-994-4801, and at the A2SO offices, (M-F 9 AM to 5 PM) in Ann Arbor.

Program
1 Traditional: Angels we have heard on high
2 Anonymous: Ave Maria
3 Pat-a-Pan
4 Traditional: Joy to the World
5 Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
6 Flecha: Riu, Riu, Chiu
7 Melodies of Christmas
8 Traditional: Silent Night
9 Crush
10 The Riddle
11 When you say you love me
12 Waiting for yesterday
13 Works for me

Interviews – David still calls Utah Home.

The Deseret News:

Archuleta still calls Utah home

He may hardly ever visit, but singer David Archuleta still calls Murray home.

“I’m not there a whole lot, but I try to go there as much as I can,” Archuleta said during a phone call from New York, where he is filming a TV special for Univision. It will air Dec. 10.

“If I’m in Los Angeles and I have a little break, instead of spending time off in L.A., I just go home for a bit. I’d rather spend it there.”

Although Archuleta will tour for most of the holiday season, he will perform at Abravanel Hall next week.

He’s excited to be performing in a smaller venue than the 10,000-plus-seats venues where he sang this past summer.

“It been a lot of fun getting to do arenas during the summer, but I love intimate settings,” he said. “It feels more real, because the people are right there and they’re not like two miles away.

“You feel less pressure at having to put on a big show for them.”

The “American Idol” seventh-season runner-up said he can be more himself in a smaller venue.

“The smaller it is, the more comfortable it is,” he said. “The more laid back the vibe, to kind of have that more close feel.”

His concert in Utah will primarily be Christmas-themed.

“It will mainly be a Christmas show because it’s Christmastime,” he said. “But I’ll add some non-Christmas songs into the mix, because everyone is familiar with (the hit) ‘Crush.’

“I want to see if I can change things up a little bit.”

Some of the Christmas songs will be on his new Christmas CD, “Christmas From the Heart,” which was released last month.

The songs include “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Ave Maria,” which were produced and arranged by Kurt Bestor. Bestor also produced “Pat-a-pan” with John Hancock.

Archuleta also worked with Sam Cardon and Richard Parkinson on “What Child Is This,” “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night.”

Other Utah talents who are featured on the CD include guitarists Rich Dixon and Michael Dowdle, harpist Lisa Rytting and vocalists Jenny Frogley and David Osmond.

“It was so fun to be able to have Utah people (on the album),” he said. “We have so much talent in Utah. So why not use them?”

Archuleta, who turns 19 in December, said he hasn’t been able to rehearse for the concerts as much as he would like because he has been so busy.

The day before he filmed the TV special in New York, he was in Washington, D.C., taping “Kaleidoscope,” a skating special that will air on FOX Thanksgiving day.

“It’s been crazy but a lot of fun,” he said.

Archuleta said there really isn’t any way to prepare for the demands of being an in-demand celebrity. That includes the busy schedules and the impact his fame has on his personal life.

“You just take whatever (life) throws at you, and you just learn how to deal with it, even when you don’t think you can,” he said. “It’s about pushing yourself and pushing past what you think are your limits.

“It’s about doing that and figuring out what you can do. That’s how you grow, pushing beyond what you think are your limits.”

StandardNet:

No place like home for Archuleta

Nothing says Christmas like coming home. That’s where David Archuleta hopes he’ll be this year — where his heart is, in Murray, Utah.

“In this business, if you get a little time off here and there, many people will stay out where they are working and just relax,” said Archuleta, who is currently in Los Angeles. “But I say if I have time off, even if it is just a few days, I try to get home.

“I am not sure where I will be at Christmas. The tour schedule goes until right before Christmas, and the fact is, there isn’t really just one place I live right now. But I still call Utah home, and try to spend as much time as I can there.”

At the very least, Archuleta will make it home during Thanksgiving week. He plays two shows at Abravanel Hall, on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has played the venue before, once at an event for Sen, Orrin Hatch, and once, this past summer, for a pops concert.

“It was so neat, because I got to sing with an orchestra and choir. That was amazing, because so many people are involved in something like that, in making the song come to life.”

Going places

Ogden producer and DK Studio proprietor Derek Keith has worked with Archuleta since he was 11. He most recently helped get demo and backing tracks ready for this Christmas album and tour.

Keith built a studio for the Archuletas in their Murray house, where they recorded the recent holiday backing tracks and also the demos for shopping Archuleta to labels post-”American Idol.”

Keith met the family by happenstance when he sold dad, Jeff Archuleta, a sound card on eBay and came to help them install the hardware. David was then 11, not yet having had his first brush with national fame on “Star Search.”

“But his voice was already ridiculous,” said Keith. “Maybe even more amazing than it is now, because of the surprise factor. I remember that first day Jeff had him sing me a Christina Aguilera song and I was like, ‘What? Man, this kid will go places.’ And he has, of course. I remember how terribly shy David was back then. And there is still some of that in him, but he has come a long, long way.”

Dean Kaelin, a renowned vocal coach who works out of Salt Lake City, started with Archuleta about the same time as when Keith encountered him. Kaelin not only works with singers on their performance chops, but also on technical issues. He said Archuleta already had a lot of innate style, but he was struggling with a paralyzed vocal chord when he first arrived, likely weakened from a viral infection.

“We started working together when he was going to do ‘Star Search,’ ” said Kaelin. “The vocal chord paralysis has resolved itself for the most part, but it is interesting. I think that is why that David still has a sort a special quality to his voice, that teeny bit of breathiness. It is to his credit that it is not a handicap for him. He worked through it and it gives his voice a sweet, slightly airy quality that appeals to listeners.”

Christmas time

Archuleta said he chose to do a Christmas outing for his sophomore effort simply because he loves the season and the sounds associated with it.

“I could definitely have gone more fun, more mainstream, more radio-friendly and all that, but that is not what I felt I wanted to do with this album,” said Archuleta. “The songs I am singing have a real reverence in them. I felt like I needed to really portray that. Give that to people — what Christmas means to me, the bigger picture. It was a way of giving back, for so much has been given to me in my life.”

Said Kaelin: “We worked together again after his recent summer tour. The pop stuff is demanding on his voice. He has to be careful because when he is doing those tours with the screaming people, he naturally tends to push heavy and loud.

“But this Christmas album demanded some very technical work — ‘Ave Maria,’ ‘O Holy Night’ — things he really had to sing out,” added Kaelin. “But I think his voice is sounding strong, and the Christmas program itself should be kind of nice — a gentler and prettier concert than the pop shows.”

Most of the songs on the album are classics of the holiday, but Archuleta did pen a new number. It’s called “The Melodies of Christmas,” and the song addresses what such music means to him.

“That song talks about the memories that Christmas songs seem to bring back,” he said. “This is the holiday that brings back the most memories. … Like, I remember sitting around the Christmas tree, singing those songs with family. I try to capture that mood.”

Discovering writing

There is no doubt that, though still in his teens, Archuleta has been able to tap into a world-class gift for interpretation. But lately, he has traveled far and wide to be mentored on crafting songs himself.

“For me, I am just beginning to write, but it is so much fun — I love it,” Archuleta said, “As a singer, it is your job to get the message across for the songwriter. But as a songwriter, you are able to tell your own story.

“Sometimes it is like journal writing, but out in the open. Some things I am like, ‘I can’t wait to share this.’ Other things are like, ‘Wow. Yikes! I am not sure I can share this with people.’ “

Archuleta was spending time in Los Angeles, and previously in New York, to work on his next project with several experienced songwriters.

“That is the best way to learn it, to see how other people do things. I’ve found that everyone has their own way of doing things. You really learn a lot — and then figure out what works for you.”

The major lesson learned? Not being afraid to take risks, said Archuleta.

“I had to get where I was not afraid to look dumb,” he said, “That is the biggest thing, not thinking, ‘I don’t want to throw that out there, because someone else might think it is just dumb.’ You have to get over that. It’s been a great thing for me personally.”

Kaleidoscope MP3s & MP4

Thanks to Sheila!

Pat-A-Pan MP3
Silent Night MP3
The First Noel MP3

Pat-A-Pan MP4

CFTH Reviews!

The Deseret News:

A few hours ago, I talked with David Archuleta.

He was in New York taping a TV special that will be aired on Univision on Dec. 10. Anyway, we talked about his Christmas CD “Christmas From the Heart,” and his upcoming two-date concert at Abravanel Hall next week.

He said he was looking forward to coming back to Salt Lake City to perform.

What impressed me was the fact that when I would ask a question, he would sometimes break out in a song that either referred to my question or led into the answer.

One of those questions was about his birthday. He turns 19 on Dec. 28. And he said “My birthday is just around the corner.” And then, in perfect pitch, he launched into “Just Around the Riverbend” from the Disney film “Pocohantas.”

Anyway, he was full of energy and, if not a little scatterbrained, down to earth.

The David Archuleta interview will run in the Deseret News Nov. 20. Check it out online or read it in the newspaper.

The Reviews:

Former “American Idol” contestant David Archuleta’s new holiday album, “Christmas From the Heart,” puts the singer’s mellifluous voice front and center and wins over the listener with his original renditions of classic holiday music. Archuleta’s velvety delivery of “Silent Night” lulls the listener into a dream-like state, while the string arrangements on “Oh Holy Night” add to the intensity. And his Latin vocals combined with an urgent backbeat on “Pat-a-Pan” lend a more contemporary feeling to the set. Archuleta pays tribute to his Latin heritage by singing in Spanish on “Riu Riu Chiu”; elsewhere, the singer summons his usual pop style (while slipping in light sleigh bells) for “Melodies of Christmas,” a song he co-wrote. Archuleta’s vocal virtuosity gives “Christmas From the Heart” a timelessness that should appeal to his fans and lovers of the traditional.—Kelsey Paine

Entertain Your Soul:

Tis the season where I prepare myself to do many blogs on Christmas releases – movies, music, books – but allow me to start a big early by talking about my favorite Star Search alum and American Idol Season 7 sweetheart, David Archuleta. What a talent he is – sweet, cuddly, and his smooth, young voice is always rewarding to listen to on a really bad day. I will never forget his rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” on American Idol – it made me cry and feel a sense of passion that I do not often feel for cover songs. He is young and charming – what a character.

Listening to his Christmas album is no different – in the spirit of the holidays I always love to feel the “warm fuzzies” and drink a good cup of hot chocolate in front of the fire. His release “Christmas from the Heart” is one I would recommend anybody use for a good Christmas party or a cuddle session with a lover on a snowy night. This is David Archuleta doing his finest covers – from “Joy to the World” to the tear-inducing “Ave Maria” with the Salt Lake City Children’s Choir and the City of Prague Philharmonic – one of my favorite classics, beautifully covered. Grab your tissues.

Start your holiday season a little bit early – light up the lights, decorate the tree, and grab a good cup-o-nog – put in “Christmas from the Heart”, sit back, relax, close your eyes – and take it in. It is elegant – and coming from the vocals of such a young artist – it is one to keep in your collection – he has years to go in his career – and many Christmas’ in the future to make beautifully harmonized melodies – from the heart.

Favorite track: Ave Maria

Overall Grade: A

Recommended: Light your fires, get the family – aboslutely.

November 18th, our dear Anne turns XXI!!

Happy Birthday, Anne!

DEAR ANNE,

Today is special because you’re 21
Today brings a chance
to look towards the future
new dreams, new successes.
To a bright new tomorrow
waiting for YOU!

Many Congratulations
on your
Special Day

Here’s a prayer-song “Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone” from one of your favorite singers, Chris Tomlin.

Finally, we wish with our whole heart that we could move the earth and sky and beam David Archuleta to Klang, Malaysia to sing a “Happy Birthday” song to you. Sadly, it didn’t happen.

BUT, Anne, hope this makes up for it even though the singing is nowhere near David Archuleta’s perfect rendition of the song.

Much Love From,

Your ArchuFriends

OH MY GOSH! OH MY HEART!

David Archuleta + Cancer Survival Celebration + Ice Skating + Christmas Carols = Family & friends sitting around at a warm fire place roasting marshmallows….fuzzy, very fuzzy wuzzy, warm feeling.

First Song

Listen to David Archuleta singing “Silent Night” at the Kaleidoscope Taping ! Thanks to @jjayj.

David and Ashley. The last 3 lines were heavenly! Imagine if you were there and his voice filling the arena. Shivers….fuzzy.

A much closer view of all three songs:

Pat-a-Pan

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Silent Night

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The First Noel

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Second song

Listen to David Archuleta singing “The First Noel”. Thanks to @jjayj.

Solo David. The First Noel is one of my favorites from CFTH! Oh man! He sang it like the CFTH arrangement, the humming at the end of the song…. wowww!!!! More fuzzy-ness.

For both songs, it was just him and the instrumental track – there were no backup vocals. From the twitter updates, people were awesomely impressed with David and there was quite a bit of promotion for CFTH

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Third song

NO WAY! NO WAY!!!!!!!! Pat-a-pan?????!!!!!!!! NO FUZZY WAY!!

Pat-a-pan????!!!!!! Holding breath until audio trickles in…..

Listen to David Archuleta singing Pat-a-pan – thanks to @jjayj.

Also solo David. The audio doesnt have the French part, just the end bits but he changed them up and singing to his own backup vocals!!! Bluesy/jazzy ending. And mind you, perfect French singing, according to peeps’ report. FUZZY WUZZY. My new catch phrase ^.^

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And can you imagine this????!!!!!

@zerogravity1 David was jammin’ to Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Night w/ all the kiddies! So archudorable!!! Dying!!!

No fuzzy way that we don’t have a video for this, righttttttt?

Oh yes we doooooo!

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Learn more about Cancer Survivorship from Women and Cancer and Healthy Women (twitter @HealthyWomen).

Read the Twitter updates from the amazing Dana from SnarkyArchies  and  AnnieDAFG/Kaleidoscope.

PHOTOS

Yeah that's our David! Singing The First Noel. Wore a shirt and vest with jeans

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Untagged pics from David Daily:

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David will be singing ‘Silent Night’ at the Kaleidoscope taping in Washington D.C.  this morning. Skating to his singing will be Ashley Wagner 2009 World Junior Bronze Medalist:

Catch all her updates via her twitter : AshWagner2010 or her youtube channel : youtube.com/user/ashwagner2010. She might film some backstage senes and post them so keep your fingers crossed. You can also follow Annie of DAFG who has a list of fans who are attending the taping via her twitter: AnnieDAFG/Kaleidoscope

I used to watch a lot of ice skating shows and I especially loved it when the skating was accompanied by a live performance. Something magical and ethereal happens when you combine the two. The combination of athleticism and musical artistry is just beautiful. It’s almost fairytale like. I hope we get to watch it sometime in Malaysia or maybe some fan will record it and post on youtube.

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