And it's time for our artist spotlight. You may remember Sons of Sarin Depp.
They won the hearts of fans and judges alike as finalists on
America's got talent with their emotionally
stirring interpretations of pop music,
arranged with a unique blend of vocals, harp, piano and cello.
And this Friday they take the stage at Jewitt Auditorium at the College of Idaho
as part of the Arts everywhere season of Caldwell Fine Arts.
So we have the lead singer of Sons of
Serendip, Mica Christian joining us right now.
Such a pleasure to have you here on the show, Mica.
Uh for those who,
yes,
we're so excited to have you and for those who didn't
have the pleasure of seeing you on America's got talent.
Tell us a bit about your band.
Yeah. So we are a classical crossover group.
Um heart, cello, piano, and I'm the vocalist for the group
and we got known originally from taking popular music and
rearranging it and putting our own creative spin to it.
And that was actually how we got our start on America's got talent.
Our first performance
uh for a public audience was for the auditions for America's got talent
and we ended up placing fourth that season.
And since then,
we have been traveling all over this beautiful
country performing for all kinds of wonderful audiences.
And so it's been a real blessing.
Oh, that, that's beautiful. Where did the idea
for all of these classical instruments come together with your vocals, right?
To cover pop, but do
it in, uh, in a, you know, in almost like a classical way.
Where did this concept come from?
So
it wasn't something that we had planned.
Three of the members of the group were, um,
roommates and two of them were studying
in the same music program at Boston University
and the other roommate was studying law and I ended up actually,
um
uh the, the, you know, lawyer at the time.
Um, and he, um,
he's the pianist in the group and he introduced me to the other guys and he
said one of my roommates is a harpist and one of my roommates is a cellist
and I had a different image in my head.
Um So then when I met them, I was like, wait a minute, this is interesting. And so,
um we, we had joked about putting something together.
There was no real, you know, intention on becoming a band.
But then when I heard about the American's got talent auditions,
I just asked them, I was like, hey guys, do you wanna audition?
Uh, just for fun and just see what happens and everybody was like, yeah, sure.
And next thing, you know, we're swept up on this incredible journey
and it's been, we're actually celebrating our 10 year anniversary this year. So,
oh,
my goodness, a decade, a
decade.
You know, and, and just by happens, you know, like you, you just, you,
you took a chance.
Yeah,
exactly.
And, and you never know where life takes you.
It's, that's such a great point to the fact that,
you know, just walk through the door and see what's on the other side.
I love that. I love that. Ok. So let's talk about you though.
So, singing when, and where did you study your art?
So, I actually grew up singing in church and, um,
and also in chorus as well in, in, in, you know, middle school and high school.
And then I joined a cappella groups, um,
when I was in college and one of the groups that I joined was called, um,
Hyena Sound and it's a semi pro a cappella group, one in Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
And we would perform like 90 to 100 concerts every summer.
And so I learned a lot. I wasn't studying music at the time.
I, I took every music course that I could,
but I was studying communication and sociology.
And so I just soaked up as much as I could from each member of the group.
Um, there were, you know, different guys and a lot of them were, um, you know,
studying music and studying voice
and then, um, I kind of put music to the side for a little while.
Uh, after I graduated I pursued other things and going to
seminary thinking and I was gonna be, you know, in ministry, you know, in that way,
um, you know, like in a church or, you know, that kind of setting.
But then after I graduated
from seminary,
um, just, I felt like led in a completely different direction and, you know,
music ended up becoming a central part of my life.
Um, after,
and, um,
and, and so once things started to take off with the group,
uh I then started to do more voice lessons, you know, one on one with, um,
some vocal coaches and,
uh, because I was trying to figure out how to stay, you know,
in this industry for as long as I can.
And so, yeah,
I've grown a lot over the years and it's been just a really beautiful journey and,
um, have grown to really appreciate,
um, you know, the experience of sharing music and singing, you know, over the years.
Yeah. What a gift, how blessed and what a gift. Ok.
So we're actually gonna get to hear a performance
at the end of the show from your band.
Tell us about this performance.
So the song is I lived and this song actually means a lot to us and we'll,
we'll be performing the song um you know, at the, the concert that's coming up
and it means a lot to us because it was
the first song that we performed with an orchestra.
And um and it, that was a dream of ours.
When we first started, we were like, oh,
it would be amazing to have an opportunity to perform with orchestras.
And this song I lived um it's a remake of a 11 Republic tune.
And um yeah, and so it means a lot to us. That's awesome. OK.
So again, your debut is coming up here in Caldwell at the Jewitt Auditorium,
where can people see you live in person?
So yeah, you can see us live at the Jet A
Auditorium at 7 p.m.
this Friday and it'll be a mixture of songs that
they already know and love uh just done in a,
a really creative way
uh as well as some original material.
And we're also gonna be doing some storytelling too.
Uh We try to create an experience for the audience and uh and so yeah,
it's always a really good time and
you know, the goal is to,
to connect on a deeper level and just have a great time together.
I love that. And then people can also follow you too at Sons of
Sarin dip.com, right?
Yes, they can. Sons
of
sarin.com. All the information is there, Mia
Thank you so much for sharing a portion of your journey with us today.
We look so forward to having you here in town and everyone stick around to
see a little sneak peek performance a little bit later on in the show.
Thank you again, Mia,
everyone stick around more to come here on ido today right after the break.