We are Northern Lights; a mixed A Cappella group from Durham University, in our 12th year as a group! We are thrilled to say that we won the 2023 and 2024 UK semi-final of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA), held at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London, for the first time in Northern Lights’ history. We had the privilege of representing the UK in the sold-out final at The Town Hall in New York two years running, alongside the top nine a cappella groups from across the UK, US and Canada.
Last academic year, amidst competition preparation, we featured in a Vocal Room episode, linked below, produced by the AC Product, which has amassed 17 thousand views and counting. We also put on a successful show run at Durham and Edinburgh Fringe and headlined Music Durham’s ‘A Cappella at the Gala’ show, featuring Durham’s 4 finest a cappella choirs. We are so excited to see what this year of Northern Lights has to come!
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In June 2023, we released our album 'Meet Me In The Sky' on all streaming platforms, followed closely by the video release of our ICCA Set on YouTube, which is now close to 10 thousand views.
In our 10th generation we also won the​ Open A Cappella competition, and we were honoured to receive 2 CARA (Contemporary A Cappella Recording) award nominations for our debut album, as-well as taking home an A Cappella Video Award for 'Outstanding Video Editing' for our ICCA Set 2023, thanks to the AC Product. Other accolades for our recorded music include our song 'Feelings' being featured on the Best Of Collegiate A Cappella compilation and our song '365' on the Voices Only.
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Northern Lights is formed with the stated intention of being a close and supportive environment, and pride ourselves on our ethos 'One entity, One voice'. Although we are all driven members who constantly wish to improve the quality of our sound and performance, we are also a tight-knit group of friends who just love performing together. The fact that we have all developed such close friendships through A Cappella allows us to perform to a higher standard and this is something we are immensely proud of.
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As a group, we also get invited to perform at all kinds of events, from weddings and corporate functions to balls where our average audience is 200-300 people. If you would like to see more of our music and performances, please head to our media page and if you want to find out more or enquire about booking us, head to our contact page.