PORT ANGELES — The Los Angeles-based a capella band, The Filharmonic, a finalist on NBC’s “The Sing-Off” and known from the motion picture “Pitch Perfect 2,” will make a stop at Peninsula College during its national tour in March.
The group will perform at 7 p.m. March 2 in the Little Theater at the college at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Tickets — $20 for adults and $15 for youth 17 and younger — will go on sale Wednesday.
Only 100 tickets will be available to the community online through the Peninsula College bookstore, www.bookaneer.pencol.edu, under “merchandise.”
The remaining 152 tickets are reserved for Peninsula College students and are available at the Associated Student Council office in the Pirate Union Building.
The show is underwritten by the ASC, allowing for free admission to current PC students.
“We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to bring such a high caliber group to PC,” said Kennady Whitehead, ASC vice president of programming.
“The Filharmonic is the biggest group that the Peninsula ASC have had the chance to host. We are expecting this show to be a complete sellout.”
The event coordinator is advising students and community members to secure their tickets as soon as possible.
The Filharmonic, made up of six Filipino-Americans, reached the semifinals of NBC’s hit musical competition, “The Sing-Off,” in 2013 (Season 4) and then completed the first Sing-Off National Tour, sharing the stage with Linkin Park, The Black Eyed Peas and Pentatonix.
They also had a part in the movie “Pitch Perfect 2,” a music comedy released in 2015 by Universal Pictures.
The Filharmonic is on a national “Get Up & Go Tour,” with performances at venues in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, South Dakota and three stops in western Washington in early March.
“We are very fortunate to land a stop on this tour,” said Rick Ross, Associate Dean for Student Life.
“Hats off to Kennady and her programming team for making this happen.
“What a great opportunity for this community’s aspiring young vocal artists, and music fans of all ages, to see a world-class a capella group in such a small venue.”
The band includes vocalists VJ Rosales, Joe Caigoy, Trace Gaynor and Barry Fortgang, vocal bass Jules Cruz and beat boxer Niko Del Rey.
Their music style is described in their online biography as an “urbanesque hip hop sound with ’90s nostalgia.”
For more information, contact Whitehead at 360-417-6432.