Could this local graduate be one of Disney’s next big music stars?

Kettering native Holly Gyenes has been hired by Disney as an original cast member for its new a cappella concert tour experience.

Gyenes graduated from Kettering Fairmont High School in 2013. She was a member of the award-winning a cappella group, Eleventh Hour. Eleventh Hour made national headlines when it was the youngest group to appear on "The Sing-Off" back in 2010.

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In 2015, Gyenes was heard as a background singer on the self-titled album from three-time Grammy award-winning a cappella group Pentatonix.

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Credit: charles caperton

Following her graduation from the University of Dayton in 2017 with a degree in Music Arts, she performed with the professional a cappella group Vocalight, which recently won third place at Varsity Vocal's International A cappella Open at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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Credit: HANDOUT

About D Cappella: To qualify, Gyenes was required to submit a video recording of two audition pieces — one pop song and one Disney cover. After Disney reviewed her submission, she was selected for the lineup.

Deke Sharon, considered the “Godfather of Contemporary A Cappella” was called on to help form the group.

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D Cappella will present new, contemporary arrangements of Disney repertoire and this seven-member group will perform at approximately 40 arts venues across the United States. Tour dates will be announced in early 2018.

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