Stanford Raagapella's @ Toyon Hall on May 12th, 2016

13 May 2016 · 2 min

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The YouTube video records Stanford Raagapella’s live a‑cappella set performed at Toyon Hall on May 12 2016. The piece is an eclectic vocal collage that blends non‑lexical humming, rapid phonetic runs, and brief fragments of words or names drawn from many writing systems – Greek‑style characters, Arabic‑style diacritics, Devanagari‑like symbols, Georgian script, and Latin‑based transliterations. The singers intersperse repeated calls such as “Cecilia, Celia, Celia,” creating a playful, multicultural soundscape. The performance showcases the group’s vocal agility, cultural curiosity, and willingness to treat language itself as an instrument rather than a vehicle for semantic meaning.

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ὀἰἰᾱᾱἰάᾱ ὀᾰᾱ ᾰᾰἰ ᾰἱᾱ ᾰά ᾰ ᾰ ᾷ ὀὰ ᾰ ἰ ᾷᾷ ᾷ ὀῷ ᾷἰ ὀ ᾷ ἰ ἰ ᾷ ἷ ὀ ᾷ ὂ ἰ ᾷ ´ ᾰ ´ ἰ ´ ᾷᾰ ἷ ᾰ ἰ ἷ ᾰ ʷ ᾷ مجھے مجھے مجھے مجھے مجھے مجھے ḏḏḃḏṃḏ ḏṏṏ ḏ Ḏḏᴏᴏ ḏ Ḏᴏḏ ᴏᴀᴏ ᴏ ᴀᴀᶦᴇ ᴀᶠᴇ ᶠᴏ� ᴀᵏᴏ ᴀᵎᴏ ᶠᵏᵏ ᴀ ᴏ ᶜᴏᶦᵇ ᴀ ᶠᶜᴇ ᵏᴀ ᴀ ᵏᵎᵏ ᶠ ᴏ ᵏᶜᵏ ᵏ ᴏ ᶜᶦᶠᵇ ᶠ ᶠ ᵏ ᵎᵎᶜ მეეა მადექ მქარალინია დანამიქა სავასა რა ვა ევრრქაCecilia, Celia, Celia,