FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2016, 4:00 p.m. CDT
Contact Jason Hogue, Peru State College Marketing and Communications, 402.872.2429
New York –Peru State College alum Ryan Chapelle is touring with world famous a cappella group
Rockapella. Chapelle and the group’s current tour previously stopped in California,
Florida, Nevada and Japan. Upcoming dates this spring include performances in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Wisconsin.
The a cappella group formed in 1986 and may be most famous for their stint as the
house band on PBS’s “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?” The group is also known
for their commercial work with brands like Folgers, Almond Joy, NBC and Taco Bell.
None of the original lineup are still with the group, however Scott Leonard and Jeff
Thatcher joined in the early nineties before Rockapella’s game-show height. Chapelle
joined the group in February of 2015.
Chapelle told the Lincoln Journal-Star’s Ground Zero, “It’s surreal to be on stage
with them, and it’s more than being on stage with them, it’s being buddies with them.
We all know each other’s wives.”
Steven Holden with the New York Times reviewed Rockapella’s latest performance “Hits
Like You Never Heard” in January of 2016. Holden’s glowing review included praise
for Chappelle, “The concert was so rhythmically animated that in places you could
almost swear they were singing along to tracks. The most impressive moments were solo
turns by Mr. Thacher and Mr. Chappelle.”
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For more information, visit www.peru.edu or call 1-800-742-4412.
About Peru State College: Peru State’s “Campus of a Thousand Oaks,” an arboretum, is nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state’s first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroom undergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. It is a college of choice fostering excellence and student achievement through engagement in a culture that promotes inquiry, discovery and innovation.