Joshua Diamant's RARB bio

My singing career began at the age of six when I provided vocals on commercials for Zeller's department stores, Domino's Pizza, and an obscure Canadian toy that ended up being banned because it was unsafe. Eleven years later, with countless piano lessons and chorus rehearsals under my belt, I arrived at Columbia University, intent on joining an a cappella group. My auditions for the existing groups on campus proved unsuccessful, but a certain insane grad student decided to form a new group out of the people whom he met at callbacks. This ragtag bunch soon became Nonsequitur, and, much to my surprise, I soon found myself directing the group, a position I held for the first seven of the nine semesters I sang with them. I miss college a cappella tremendously, and I now get my singing jones out in the Zamir Chorale of New York, a world-famous semipro choir focusing on Jewish music.

I am also a fledgling audio engineer. Nonsequitur's first CD, on which I am acting as primary producer and engineer, is having a troubled birth, but hopefully we'll have some clips available soon for you to hear. I used to write music for radio and TV commercials, but alas, those days are over.

Nonmusical interests? I'm a major political junkie and a passionate devotee of C-SPAN, The New York Times, and the more moderate hosts on Air America Radio. Tell me where you live and I can probably name your Congressional delegation from memory. I adore reading, thinking, and theorizing about why people and societies act the way they do. I'm a wannabe gourmet chef, but lack of time and money keep me from nursing that interest as much as I'd like. I'm an occasional journalist and long-inactive actor.

I'm currently 22 and wrapping up a bachelor's degree in ethnomusicology. I live on the Upper West Side and spend my Sunday mornings directing the choir at Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies in Paramus, New Jersey. I have absolutely no clue what I want to do when I "grow up," but if you're my age and you do, you're probably wrong. In the meantime, writing for RARB is a pleasure and an honor.

Reviews by Joshua Diamant

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	Vocal Point (University of Rochester) - The Swimsuit Issue [03 Aug 2005]
	Eclipse - For Show [22 Jul 2005]
	Voice Of Praise - Resting In His Grace [25 Jun 2005]
	Reverse Osmosis (University of Southern California) - Purity Guaranteed [23 Jun 2005]
	Fleet Street Singers (Stanford University) - Fleet Street [14 Jun 2005]
	The Melismatics (Lehigh University) - Just What You Need [09 Jun 2005]
	The Sil'hooettes (University of Virginia) - Tangled [20 May 2005]
	The Swingle Singers - Mood Swings [10 Mar 2005]
	Bear Necessities (Brown University) - Dry Clean Only [08 Mar 2005]
	Rock4 - Crazy English Summer [06 Mar 2005]
	Staticflow - Staticflow [02 Feb 2005]
	Maybebop - Heisse Luft [27 Jan 2005]
	Yellowjackets (University of Rochester) - Fourteen [31 Dec 2004]
	The Bobs - Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs, 20 Years [21 Dec 2004]
	The Princeton Singers - Old New Borrowed Blues [20 Nov 2004]
	AHQ - Purpose [18 Nov 2004]
	Starving Artists (Brandeis University) - Honestly [26 Oct 2004]
	Juxtaposition (Virginia Tech) - Me Put On Show [18 Oct 2004]
	In The Buff (University of Colorado) - Disturbing the Quiet Enjoyment of the Home [15 Oct 2004]
	Bucks County Motet Singers - Music of Holy Week [13 Oct 2004]
	The Amateurs (Washington University) - Amateurity [26 Sep 2004]
	The Chorallaries of MIT (MIT) - Staring Down the Infinite [14 Aug 2004]
	The Idea of North - Evidence [06 Aug 2004]
	The Sirens (University of Southern California) - Tied to the Mast [03 Jun 2004]
	Mosaic Whispers (Washington University) - Defrosted [05 May 2004]
	The Dartmouth Subtleties (Dartmouth College) - Irony [04 Feb 2004]
	Voice Trek - Voices of Light [31 Jan 2004]
	Awaken A Cappella (UCLA) - Dysfunktional Family Album [26 Dec 2003]
	Fourth Avenue - Scrapbook [07 Nov 2003]
	The Dear Abbeys (Boston University) - Not Too ShAbbey [19 Oct 2003]
	Ithacappella (Ithaca College) - Left On Gravel [11 Sep 2003]
	Clef Hangers (University of North Carolina) - Breeze [29 Jul 2003]
	The Adelines (Waterville High School) - Perfect Blend [24 Jun 2003]
	Yellowjackets (University of Rochester) - Nature's Call [20 Jun 2003]
	The Exboyfriends - Karaoke Bar Brawl [31 May 2003]
	Xtension Chords (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) - Rollin' Up the Sleeves [26 Apr 2003]
	Men In Black - Mostly A Cappella [10 Apr 2003]
	The Harvard Din & Tonics (Harvard University) - The Green Album [05 Mar 2003]
	Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones (Harvard University) - Imprudence [24 Feb 2003]
	Chicago A Cappella - Holidays A Cappella Live [22 Feb 2003]
	Eclipse - Think Twice [29 Dec 2002]
	The Amateurs (Washington University) - The Bristol Sessions [07 Nov 2002]
	AHQ - Lookin' Up [04 Nov 2002]
	Madrigaļa - Viva Voce [26 Aug 2002]
	Madhatters & Tangled Up In Blue (University of Wisconsin - Madison) - State Street [23 Aug 2002]

45 total reviews