KEVIN OLUSOLA
Updated 05-May-2020.
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Kevin Olusola: 23-year-old cellist Kevin “KO” Olusola, hails from the small town of Owensboro, Kentucky. Since he started at six, he became Principal Cellist of the Kentucky All-State Symphony Orchestra and also co-principal cellist of the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Kevin has soloed for National Public Radio, Carnegie Hall, and PBS. In January of 2009, KO was the Runner-up in world-wide renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s “Celebrate and Collaborate” international competition out of more than 400 contestants from across the globe.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Kevin Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the vocal band Pentatonix . his celloboxing version of mark Summer’s “Julie-O” went viral in April 2011 . Olusola has performed at classical musical festivals such as the Amsterdam Cello Biennale and the Kronberg Academy Festival . he was chosen by Quincy Jones to represent him in concert at the 2012 Montreux Jazz Olusola went from an average student to a high honors student in his senior year . he led the spanish language table and went to Costa Rica for four weeks to study Spanish . Olusola decided to switch to East Asian Studies after being introduced to China . he lived in Beijing for 6 months through a PKU-Yale joint program . in school, he worked as a book Olusola started the piano at age 4, the cello at age 6, and alto saxophone at age 10 . he was heavily involved in music programs throughout grade school at Owensboro, Kentucky . Olusola was one of the principal cellists of the Yale Symphony Orchestra . he started thinking about music as a career when he began working on “celloboxing” he won runner-up in pre-med mentor helped him make the decision to finally go into music . he started uploading celloboxing covers to his YouTube channel . after a summer of neurobiology research at Yale, he moved to Beijing he decided to enroll in the Berklee College of Music . he videotaped “Julie-O” with the help of YouTube star and Yale alum Jake Bruene . Olusol Olusola’s first EP, PTX, Volume 1, was released on June 26, 2012 . it sold 20,000 copies in its first week of release . the group won the Sing-Off title on Nov. 28 Olusola co-wrote four of the songs on the album, Natural Disaster, Love Again, Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack and Run to You. the album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Independent charts . the Christmas album was re-released on November 19, 2015, additionally labeled the “Deluxe Edition” the album Olusola also released a solo EP in early 2015, titled The Renegade EP . pentatonix won a Grammy in the “Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a cappella” category Olusola is a Christian.