Street Corner Renaissance
The group's founder and Artistic Director, Maurice Kitchen
was a frustrated twenty five year insurance industry claims
professional. Lamenting about unfulfilled dreams and lack of
earnest effort, he quit his job and joined forces with Torre Brannon
Reese, the founder of a successful mentoring program, Kwame Alexander,
a former Seventh Day Adventist Minister/Pastor, Anthony (Tony) Snead,
an itinerant legal assistant and Charles (Sonny) Banks, a city worker
on the verge of retirement and a life of golf. The five banded together
"for one last Hoorah!" They formed a group of distinguished gentlemen
A' Cappella Singers, Street Corner Style; dedicated to singing the
music they loved from a by- gone era. Well past their prime; all had
been long suffering with life's responsibilities and dreams deferred
when this fantastic voyage began And what a voyage it has been.
December 2013, the fellas suddenly found themselves in A'Cappella
heaven when they joined the cast of NBC's season 4 network hit show,
"The Sing Off.' SCR was an instant hit and crowd favorite. Prior to
that their biggest accomplishment included opening for Otis Williams's
Temptations, Chuck Berry, Kool & the Gang and Boyz II Men. SCR has
worked with some of the biggest names in music while singing songs from
the age of innocence. Their latest CD, "Life could be a dream" burned
the charts with hot singles ranking from # 1-17 in multiple categories
on Billboard.biz. Their video of the same name was featured on MTV,
VH-1 and numerous other video outlets and was a YouTube sensation.