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There is a certain incongruous charm when children sing adult songs, such as My Grown-Up Christmas List. The soloist on this piece is, I presume (because of the maturity of the voice), 16-year-old Amanda Ault, so maximum irony is not quite achieved. Nevertheless, it is a strange effect.

The Ault Sisters, though still technically a children's act (Alicia and Alanna are 14 and 12, respectively), sing in an adult style, if not completely in an adult register. They offer pleasing and well-schooled vocal harmonies, the sort of harmonies one rarely hears except in sister acts, that certain naturalness peculiar to the blending of sibling voices.

Their voices are simply accompanied, by A. Dale Wood or James Muratori on piano, and yet their sound seems to require little else. Their performances are pitch-perfect, if a bit formal. Particularly for people their age, I was hoping they would relax just a bit for some of the more light-hearted fare. But that's a petty complaint about a CD that leaves very little to complain about.

Christmas Feelings will be well-received by lovers of pop children's music and formal choralistas alike.

--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 2007)

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From the liner notes:

Amanda Ault, soprano
Alicia Ault, soprano
Alanna Ault, soprano

A. Dale Wood, Piano (tracks 1-10, 12, 15, 16, 18-20)
James Muratori, Piano (tracks 11, 13, and 17)
Adam Moore, Drums

Vocal Coaches: A. Dale Wood, Linda Fletcher, Tom Oliver, and Jennifer Tung

Amanda, Alicia, and Alanna Ault are a classically trained vocal trio from Mississauga, Canada. They have won many individual and group awards at local music festivals, such as the Peel Music Festival, the Rotary Music Festival, Burlington, and the Milton Music Festival, and have performed in such venues as the Mississauga Living Arts Centre''s Hammerson Hall and RBC Theatres, Toronto''s CNE Bandshell, and Hamilton''s Theatre Aquarius.

The Ault Sisters

Christmas Feelings

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