Senior quartet plans to roll out
Augmented Fourth prepares for a summer farewell tour spanning the U.S.
Katie Rose McEneely
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Arts
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But it certainly isn't their last hurrah.
The four are planning a cross-country farewell tour for this summer, spanning nearly every state and 15,000 miles.
They haven't booked shows for the tour yet, but a week after announcing plans via e-mail, they've gotten a lot of response, Christiansen said.
Their summer tour is planned out week-by-week so far. They plan to leave in mid-May and to travel for about two months, Pullmann said, nearly everywhere, "except Utah."
All four members of the group jump to crack jokes about the state - they don't have anything against it, Pullmann explained, but "we set up our map and noticed this big circle around Utah. It wasn't intentional, but it looks that way."
They're trying to arrange for free lodging throughout their trip. Christiansen said he's talked to some of the churches they'll sing at about hosting them overnight and they also hope to crash with friends who live across the country.
"Hopefully, we won't sleep in the car," he said.
The four have lived together since sophomore year, when they were "exiled from Koon dormitory," and ended up in an off-campus house, Pullmann said. All members of Mu Alpha, they decided to form a quartet .
"The fact that we can still hang out together outside of living and singing together is kind of amazing," Christiansen said.
What part they sing depends on the song, but generally, the quartet said, Cox sings high, Christiansen second tenor or bass, Pullmann bass/baritone and Zarcone takes whatever is left.
"So it's like this: scraps, high, middle, low," Cox said, pointing to each member in turn.
Christiansen said though the group has lately increased their sacred music repertoire, they originally knew more secular music.
"All that love and lust stuff," Cox crooned.
This year they decided to return their focus to the hymns and church music they learned at home. Now their program draws from over 30 songs, which, Pullmann said, the quartet can prepare for performance inside an hour.
After the tour, Cox wants to teach Latin and Greek, he said. Christiansen is going into a Lutheran seminary in Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Zarcone will take the Certified Public Accountant examination.
Pullmann needs to take "baby bio" so he can fulfill his final graduation requirement for Hillsdale.
"I could have done it sooner, but … I didn't want to," he said.
"Didn't want to have a horrible semester like Tom," interjected Cox, who is currently taking the class.
Additionally, Pullmann will marry in the fall, after which he "will probably do something unrelated to his major, like carpentry," he said.
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