Blue Jupiter Electronic PRess kit
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Blue Jupiter Bio
Broadway Records Recording Artist, Blue Jupiter, is four singers belting soaring pop and Broadway leads with tight harmony and unbelievable beatboxing. And most importantly, nothing else. This New York City-based quartet is just 4 mouths and 4 mics. Real voices and non-stop energy.
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Blue Jupiter’s biggest exposure came from the Lifetime TV show “Pitch Slapped” seen by millions . Blue Jupiter’s female lead singer, and star of Pitch Slapped, Diana Preisler, alongside members of Blue Jupiter became known to their loyal audience as they all coached and performed for young a cappella singers weekly, on TV screens across the globe. However, Blue Jupiter's fan base was earned way before their reality TV stardom, from over 15 years of non-stop touring.
Blue Jupiter’s “twisted” a cappella versions of Broadway and pop songs have garnered awards such as “Audience Favorite” at the Moscow Spring A Cappella Festival, and “Audience Favorite” and “Best Arrangement” at several Harmony Sweepstakes Competitions in the US.
In 2019, Blue Jupiter was asked to be US Cultural Ambassadors to Russia, where the group toured the Urals region of Russia, and performed at the US Consolate in Moscow for international dignitaries.
Their creative, a cappella twist has landed Blue Jupiter on Oprah, LifetimeTV, and as the voice of the Oreo Cookie commercials produced by Randy Jackson (American Idol, Mariah Carey). They've headlined shows for Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, Sands Casino in Macau China, and Villa Roma Catskills Resort.
They’ve shared the stage with national touring artists like Pentatonix, Livingston Taylor, Owl City, Third Eye Blind; Blake Lewis of American Idol, Neil Sedaka, Take 6, Andy Samberg, and many more. They’ve sung for tens of thousands of kids, from elementary age to college as part of their educational outreach Program “The A Cappella Experience. ”Blue Jupiter has performed for international brands like Disney, Nokia, ABC Family, Microsoft, Honda, Weather Channel, Berkshire Hathaway, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the NBA and many more. With performances in 49 US states and over 200 shows in China and Japan, Russia, Canada, Costa Rica, and across the Caribbean.
Blue Jupiter was formed in 2001. What began as pizza money for hungry students at Berklee College of Music in Boston, quickly became a full-time professional career. Gigs started pouring in from high schools, colleges and Universities across the US. Originally an all-male ensemble, Blue Jupiter's early albums: “Ear Candy,” “Scattered Flurries” (a Christmas album) and “Live from NYC.” all received rave reviews. Those recordings caught the ear of Diana Preisler, a Broadway performer in New York City. This match was meant to be. She polished their look and encouraged the group to enter National competitions. Barely a month later, Blue Jupiter had won the Oreo Cookie Jingle Competition, worked with famed record producer Randy Jackson, been seen on Oprah and started experiencing a very full calendar of events. The surprise: requests kept coming in for a group that could also bring a powerhouse female lead. Diana stepped up and Blue Jupiter’s Twisted Broadway sound was born.
Blue Jupiter’s “twisted” a cappella versions of Broadway and pop songs have garnered awards such as “Audience Favorite” at the Moscow Spring A Cappella Festival, and “Audience Favorite” and “Best Arrangement” at several Harmony Sweepstakes Competitions in the US.
In 2019, Blue Jupiter was asked to be US Cultural Ambassadors to Russia, where the group toured the Urals region of Russia, and performed at the US Consolate in Moscow for international dignitaries.
Their creative, a cappella twist has landed Blue Jupiter on Oprah, LifetimeTV, and as the voice of the Oreo Cookie commercials produced by Randy Jackson (American Idol, Mariah Carey). They've headlined shows for Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, Sands Casino in Macau China, and Villa Roma Catskills Resort.
They’ve shared the stage with national touring artists like Pentatonix, Livingston Taylor, Owl City, Third Eye Blind; Blake Lewis of American Idol, Neil Sedaka, Take 6, Andy Samberg, and many more. They’ve sung for tens of thousands of kids, from elementary age to college as part of their educational outreach Program “The A Cappella Experience. ”Blue Jupiter has performed for international brands like Disney, Nokia, ABC Family, Microsoft, Honda, Weather Channel, Berkshire Hathaway, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the NBA and many more. With performances in 49 US states and over 200 shows in China and Japan, Russia, Canada, Costa Rica, and across the Caribbean.
Blue Jupiter was formed in 2001. What began as pizza money for hungry students at Berklee College of Music in Boston, quickly became a full-time professional career. Gigs started pouring in from high schools, colleges and Universities across the US. Originally an all-male ensemble, Blue Jupiter's early albums: “Ear Candy,” “Scattered Flurries” (a Christmas album) and “Live from NYC.” all received rave reviews. Those recordings caught the ear of Diana Preisler, a Broadway performer in New York City. This match was meant to be. She polished their look and encouraged the group to enter National competitions. Barely a month later, Blue Jupiter had won the Oreo Cookie Jingle Competition, worked with famed record producer Randy Jackson, been seen on Oprah and started experiencing a very full calendar of events. The surprise: requests kept coming in for a group that could also bring a powerhouse female lead. Diana stepped up and Blue Jupiter’s Twisted Broadway sound was born.
News and Reviews:
We have a new album AND…we signed with a record label!
•LISTEN: Blue Jupiter’s newest album “Twisted Broadway, Vol 1” HERE: www.BlueJupiter.com
•CELEBRATE: Blue Jupiter has signed with Broadway Records label, and our album is avail everywhere music is sold!
•WATCH: our 1st music video from our Twisted Broadway album: “Put on a Happy Face”: https://youtu.be/-MSJESZbU30
•FOLLOW: @BlueJupiterBand on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on YouTube
•LISTEN: Blue Jupiter’s newest album “Twisted Broadway, Vol 1” HERE: www.BlueJupiter.com
•CELEBRATE: Blue Jupiter has signed with Broadway Records label, and our album is avail everywhere music is sold!
•WATCH: our 1st music video from our Twisted Broadway album: “Put on a Happy Face”: https://youtu.be/-MSJESZbU30
•FOLLOW: @BlueJupiterBand on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on YouTube
More Videos
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Defying Gravity
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Pop Music Medley
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Use Somebody
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Put On A Happy Face
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Music Samples
Promotional Photos
Feel free to download and publish these photos. Photo Credit: Ilan Harel.
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Quotes from Notables
“You guys are incredible!” - Jane Pauly, NBC
“YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL DEAL” - Gene Simmons founder of the rock band KISS
"Excellent work! Really quite amazing." Livingston Taylor
"[Blue Jupiter is] so AWESOME!" Kimberly Caldwell of American Idol Season 2
“Nothing short of magic!” – Sands Casino Entertainment Department
“Simply the best music act we’ve ever had in our schools” – Member of the Connecticut Board of Education
“Blue Jupiter put on an amazing show at my school, they are sure to be a hit ANYWHERE they perform.” - University Programming Board, Case Western University
"The members of Blue Jupiter were not only extremely talented (which they definitely are) but also wonderfully kind people that wanted to make our show a true success (which they absolutely did). They worked with us and our special requests to open our convention with the WOW factor that we wanted. Thank you to everyone on their team - they are terrific!!!"
-Joy McAndrew, Field Marketing Solutions for CertaPro Painters National Conference, Las Vegas (GigMasters 5 Star review)
“Blue Jupiter’s energy is contagious! My high school chorus students were in awe of their astounding musicianship and unique sound!” - Rita Gigliotti, Choir Director at South Lakes High School, Reston, VA
“Those drums. That was you? Holy [expletive]!” Neil Sedaka
“Man, when I grow up, I wanna sing like that!” - Jimmy Hayes of “The Persuasions”
“We are honored and overwhelmed [by your music].” – CNN/HLN Producer Grayson Thursgard
“One of the best debuts I’ve ever heard.” - Recorded A Cappella Review Board about Blue Jupiter’s first CD, Ear Candy. (www.rarb.org)
“Blue Jupiter does a great job educating children, their show is a fantastic experience.” Eileen Carpinella, Young Audiences of Connecticut
“They made a lasting impression on the chorus. There is a sense of renewed energy in my choral class.” Louise Anderson, Manheim Central High School, Manheim, PA
“This pop quartet will inspire singers for years to come.” - Recorded A Cappella Review Board (www.rarb.org)
"Blue Jupiter was incredible. They are so talented. They totally amazed my guests. "
-Susan S. Mother of the Bride (GigMasters 5 Star review)
"Blue Jupiter was great to work with! They were flexible and accommodating. The performance was "amazing" and the workshop they did with our two student a cappella groups could not have been better. We will definitely want to have them back!"
-Cynthia Jones Burgin Center for the Arts-The Mercersburg Academy (GigMasters 5 Star review)
“YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL DEAL” - Gene Simmons founder of the rock band KISS
"Excellent work! Really quite amazing." Livingston Taylor
"[Blue Jupiter is] so AWESOME!" Kimberly Caldwell of American Idol Season 2
“Nothing short of magic!” – Sands Casino Entertainment Department
“Simply the best music act we’ve ever had in our schools” – Member of the Connecticut Board of Education
“Blue Jupiter put on an amazing show at my school, they are sure to be a hit ANYWHERE they perform.” - University Programming Board, Case Western University
"The members of Blue Jupiter were not only extremely talented (which they definitely are) but also wonderfully kind people that wanted to make our show a true success (which they absolutely did). They worked with us and our special requests to open our convention with the WOW factor that we wanted. Thank you to everyone on their team - they are terrific!!!"
-Joy McAndrew, Field Marketing Solutions for CertaPro Painters National Conference, Las Vegas (GigMasters 5 Star review)
“Blue Jupiter’s energy is contagious! My high school chorus students were in awe of their astounding musicianship and unique sound!” - Rita Gigliotti, Choir Director at South Lakes High School, Reston, VA
“Those drums. That was you? Holy [expletive]!” Neil Sedaka
“Man, when I grow up, I wanna sing like that!” - Jimmy Hayes of “The Persuasions”
“We are honored and overwhelmed [by your music].” – CNN/HLN Producer Grayson Thursgard
“One of the best debuts I’ve ever heard.” - Recorded A Cappella Review Board about Blue Jupiter’s first CD, Ear Candy. (www.rarb.org)
“Blue Jupiter does a great job educating children, their show is a fantastic experience.” Eileen Carpinella, Young Audiences of Connecticut
“They made a lasting impression on the chorus. There is a sense of renewed energy in my choral class.” Louise Anderson, Manheim Central High School, Manheim, PA
“This pop quartet will inspire singers for years to come.” - Recorded A Cappella Review Board (www.rarb.org)
"Blue Jupiter was incredible. They are so talented. They totally amazed my guests. "
-Susan S. Mother of the Bride (GigMasters 5 Star review)
"Blue Jupiter was great to work with! They were flexible and accommodating. The performance was "amazing" and the workshop they did with our two student a cappella groups could not have been better. We will definitely want to have them back!"
-Cynthia Jones Burgin Center for the Arts-The Mercersburg Academy (GigMasters 5 Star review)
Past Clients:
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Network Television:
Star of Lifetime Original Reality Series "Pitch Slapped" Appearance on Oprah! HLN: Theme Song Contest w/Robin Meade NBA Broadcast of National Anthem NBC's America's Got Talent Season 1 Alternate CBS "Jingles" Nickelodeon's "Wallykazam" Multiple Episodes Radio/Industrial/Internet: National Oreo Cookie Campaign Winner's of -Milk’s Favorite Cookie Jingle Contest w/Randy Jackson NOKIA Internet Commercial NOKIA Industrial In-store, on-device promotional video CollegeHumor.com video: ‘Where in the World is Edward Snowden’ Nick.com "All About That Bass" 3 ways, winner of Halo Award Charity and Benefit Events: Relay for Life Braking the Cycle American Cancer Society Alzheimer’s Association The American Red Cross Tunes for Tots Benefit, NYC Dogs Walk Against Cancer, NYC Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Susan G Komen-Race for a Cure Pathways, CT Kirby Puckett 9-ball MLB Invitational Performing Arts & Theatre Northglenn Arts, Denver, CO Adelphi PAC, Garden City, NY The Freeman Stage at Bayside, DE Haynes Auditorium, Sudbury MA Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, Columbia, MA The Freeman Stage, Selbyville, DE Fargo Theatre, Fargo, ND Reinke Fine Arts, Fargo, ND Hippodrome Fundraiser, Gainesville FL Live At the Civic, Helena, MT Symphony Space, NYC The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA Clear Harmonies Concert Series, Arlington, VA Lakeside Ohio Theatre, OH The Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport, CT Stratford University, CT Yale University Theatre, CT Once in a Blue Moon Benefit, CT Landsdale Center for the Performing Arts, PA The Lowry Theatre, MN American Princess Cruises, NYC The Sandusky State Theatre, OH Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, Columbia, MD Clubs & Local Venues Central Park, NYC JZ Club, Shanghai, China Wildhorse Saloon, Nashville, TN The Bitter End, NYC Crash Mansion, NYC The Triad, NYC Birdland, NYC Don’t Tell Mama, NYC Dowes on 9th-Pittsburgh, PA Jammin’ Java, VA Queens Museum, NY Grammercy Theatre, NYC (with Perpetuum Jazzile) Newseum Museum, Washington, DC Javitz Center, NYC The Grisley Pear, NYC Kenny’s Castaway, NYC Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, PA Saltwater Farms, CTlyndon Fairs and Festivals Vermont State Fair Indiana State Fair Tennessee State Fair Oswego Harbor Fest, NY Anoka County Fair, MN Ol Settlers Fest, IA Lake George Music Festival Concert Series, NY Harmony Sweepstakes Chicago Harmony Sweepstakes New York East Coast A Cappella Summit, Boston 2004-2008 SpringSing Athens, GA 2009, 2010 The Princeton Jazz Festival Vocal Jazz A cappella Festival, Colorado Springs, CO Bijou Blender, CT ACappellaStock, Utah SoJam A cappella Festival-NC West Coast A cappella Summit-San Rafael, CA SingStrong Music Festival, DC 2008-2014 SingStrong Music Festival, Chicago 2012-2014 NCHSA-National Championship of HS A cappella Light Up The Night Christmas Celebration, Pittsburgh, PA AH! A cappella, Rye, NY Baldwinpalooza, NY Korean Festival, NYC AcappellaFest, Chicago, IL Midwest VocalFest, IL |
Opening Act / Shared Performances with:
Oprah Gene Simmons Neil Sedaka Adam Young (Owl City) Randy Jackson (American Idol) Blake Lewis (American Idol) Livingston Taylor Stella McCartney Former 1st Lady, Laura Bush Third Eye Blind Trey Songz Mack Wilberg, Mormon Tabernacle Choir Director Andy Samberg (SNL) Dick Asher (CBS records) Celebrity Chef Scott Conant Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson Colleges and Universities
Greenfield Community College – Greenfield, MA Southern New Hapshire University – Hooksett, NH Manchester Community College – Manchester, NH New England College, Henniker, NH Phillips College, Andover, MA NH Community Technical College, Manchester, NH Marymount University – Arlington, VA Univ of Findlay, Findlay, OH Univ of New Haven, W Haven, CT Bay Path College – Longmeadow, MA Sacred Heart University – Fairfield, CT Lyndon State College – Lyndonville, VT Central Connecticut State University – New Britain, CT Hobart and William Smith College – Geneva, NY Rowan University – Glassboro, NJ PennState Berks – Reading, PA Eastern Connecticut State University – Willimantic, CT Albright College – Reading, PA Cedar Crest College – Allentown, PA New Jersey Institue of Tech – Newakr NJ St. Vincent College – Latrobe, PA Dickenson College, Carlisle, PA Arcadia University – Glenside, PA West Chester University – West Chester, PA Hood College – Frederick, MD State University of New York- (multiple campuses) Penn State University- (multiple campuses) University of Wisconsin- (multiple campuses) Minnesota State University- (multiple campuses) Bucknell Univeristy, PA Susquehanna University, PA Swarthmore College Middlebury College Davis and Elkins College College of St. Rose Lasalle College Rider University – Lawrenceville, NJ Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA John Carrol Univeristy – Cleveland, OH University of Pittsburgh Titusville – Titusville, PA Idaho State University, ID Nazareth College – Rochester, NY University of Akron – Akron, OH University of Connecticut – Waterbury, CT UMass Dartmough – Dartmouth, MA Bates College – Lewiston, MA Husson College – Bangor, ME University of Maine Presque Isle – Presque Isle, ME Saint Joseph University – Philadelphia, PA Rhode Island College – Providence, RI Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts – North Adams, MA Fitchburg State, MA Post U-Waterbury, CT Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ Keene State, NH Gettysburgh college, PA Ramapo College, NJ Univ of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Rollins College, Winter Park, FL Philadelphia University, PA CIA Cullinary Institute of America, NY NJ Institute of Technology SUNY State University of NY at Oswego, NY CUNY-Staten Island, NY Harrisburg Area Community College, PA Univ of Delaware, DE (with Andy Samberg, SNL) |
Twisted Broadway Vol. 1 PRess Release
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Contact: Kelly Stotmeister [email protected]
917.261.3988 x6 BROADWAY RECORDS ANNOUNCES BLUE JUPITER: TWISTED BROADWAY, VOLUME 1 (New York, NY) November 13, 2017 - Broadway Records today announced that Blue Jupiter: Twisted Broadway, Volume 1 (An A Cappella Album) will be released digitally and in stores on Friday November 24, 2017. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.BroadwayRecords.com and Amazon.com. Blue Jupiter’s new album, “Twisted Broadway Volume 1 (An A Cappella Album)", delivers classic Broadway show tunes, but eachhas been twisted: boldly re-imagined in Blue Jupiter’s signature a cappella style that combines soaring pop and Broadway leads over tight harmony and beatboxing. Listeners will immediately recognize the hits from classic shows like Wicked, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, The Sound of Music, Chicago, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and more. But they’ve never heard them like this before. Where groups like Post Modern Jukebox deliver modern songs in old fashioned styles, Blue Jupiter prefers time travel in the opposite direction. "Twisted Broadway" features classic Broadway songs with a wickedly modern, contemporary a cappella sound. Blue Jupiter’s biggest exposure came from the Lifetime TV show “Pitch Slapped.” Blue Jupiter’s female lead singer, and star of “Pitch Slapped” Diana Preisler, alongside members of Blue Jupiter, became known to their loyal audience as they all coached and performed for young a cappella singers weekly, on TV screens across the globe. Blue Jupiter's fan base was earned long before their reality TV stardom from over 15 years of non-stop touring in 48 US states and hundreds of shows in China and Japan, Canada and across the Caribbean. Blue Jupiter is comprised of Diana Preisler, Marty Gasper, Jonathan Minkoff and Jeff Washburn. Marty Gasper, Blue Jupiter’s beatboxer and producer says, "There are so many great Broadway songs. But how do you shake off the one thing that poisons artistry the most; the one thing that the original composers struggled to banish -how do you banish predictability? For Blue Jupiter, the answer is to find a twist. Use the twist of present to explore the past. Use the twist of harmony and beatbox to tell these timeless stories so that we can hear classic Broadway as if the ink was just barely dry.” Track List: 1. I Got the Sun in the Mornin’ 2. Magic to Do 3. My Favorite Things 4. Over the Rainbow 5. Summertime 6. Defying Gravity 7. Close Every Door 8. All That Jazz 9. Whatever Lola Wants 10. Put on a Happy Face 11. Let It Go 12. Over the Rainbow (Reprise) Blue Jupiter will be touring in support of this release, beginning with an album release concert on November 19, 2017 at The Green Room 42 in New York City. Additional tour dates to be announced.Visit bluejupiter.com and follow @bluejupiterband for more info. Broadway Records (Van Dean, President) is one of the preeminent theatrical record labels to produce original cast albums for major Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including the Grammy® and Tony Award-winning The Color Purple (2015 revival), the Grammy® nominated Matilda The Musical and Fiddler on the Roof (2015 revival), Allegiance and Disaster! among others. Recent releases include Anastasia, Bandstand, Groundhog Day, The Lightning Thief, The Visit, Doctor Zhivago, Side Show (2014 revival), Bonnie & Clyde, Big Fish and NBC’s television events, The Wiz Live! and Peter Pan Live!. The label’s critically-acclaimed “Live at Feinstein’s/54 BELOW” series features top Broadway stars including Patti LuPone, Aaron Tveit, Annaleigh Ashford, Norbert Leo Butz, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley, Frank Wildhorn and Friends, Micky Dolenz and many others. Most recently, Broadway Records launched the Broadway for Orlando initiative (in partnership with creators Seth Rudetskyand James Wesley) as a response to the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. The all-star benefit single, “What the World Needs Now is Love” (recorded at NYC’s Avatar Studios on Wednesday, June 15, 2016) has been downloaded more than 65k times and raised over $100k to date and counting, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the GLBT Center of Central Florida. Additionally, the song reached No. 1 on the iTunes song chart in its first week of release and broke into the Billboard Top 100 with no commercial radio play. To learn more, visit BroadwayRecords.com. GET SOCIAL WITH BROADWAY RECORDS: Facebook: /BwayRecords Twitter/Instagram: @BwayRecords # # # |
