SALT is a Swedish barbershop quartet that won the Sweet Adelines International competition Quartet Championship for 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada in October 2006.[1][2] Sweet Adelines, "one of the world's largest singing organizations for women", has members over five continents who belong to more than 1200 quartets.[3][4] SALT's November 2008 feature performance in Anaheim, California was noted by the Vasa Order of America.[5] At the time of winning the Sweet Adelines competition, SALT included tenor Anna Öhman, lead Annika Andersson; baritone Anna-Stina Gerdin, and bass Susanna Berndts.[6] The quartet announced its retirement on Facebook in June 2012 "after singing together for 13 years".[7]
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Origin | Huddinge, Sweden |
Genres | Barbershop |
Years active | 2000–12 |
Members | Anna Öhman – tenor Annika Andersson – lead Karin Sjöblom – baritone Susanna Berndts – bass |
Past members | Anna-Stina Gerdin – baritone through 2007 |
Website | www.saltonstage.se |
Discography
edit- SALT II (CD; 2010)
- SALT (CD)
- Let's Warm Up! (instructional CD)
References
edit- ^ "SALT". sweetadelineintl.org. Sweet Adelines International. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- ^ "Coronet Club". coronetclub.com. Sweet Adelines International. Archived from the original on November 2, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- ^ Donaldson, Samantha E. (December 14, 2012). "In tune with the season: Local singers are Sweet Adelines". The Tennessean. Gannett.
- ^ Ghianni, Tim (February 4, 2010). "Sweet Adelines: World's Largest Singing Organization for Women". American Profile. Publishing Group of America. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Harborlites Chorus of Anaheim" (PDF). The Vasa Star. September–October 2008. pp. 2, 25–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ Bergman, Ingmar (April 2007). "SALT – With a Passion for 'Entertainment'". Pitch Perfect. 59 (4).
- ^ "SALT quartet" (in Swedish). Facebook. June 18, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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